Race for the Cure moves off Alaskan Way Viaduct this year

February 1, 2010 at 12:22 pm | In Health, How to help, Not WS but we're mentioning it anyway | 2 Comments

(WSB photo from Race for the Cure, heading north onto The Viaduct, 6/7/2009)
Not West Seattle-specific, but it does affect many people here in many ways — Just got a note that registration is open for the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, a tradition for your WSB co-publishers and thousands of other Seattleites – and noticed in the fine print, it’s not going to be on The Viaduct this year – the location is instead listed as Seattle Center. Not surprising, since construction in the area is accelerating, but this doesn’t seem to have been reported elsewhere yet, so we thought we’d pass it along, for those who will miss walking with that great view, and for those who will be happy to have one less traffic-closure morning, among others. Here’s the race information; here’s how to register. The date this year: June 6, only four months away. ADDED 1:41 PM: We asked R4TC for the official reason behind the move, and it’s partly as expected – from Danie, “Due to scheduling issues with the Sounders at Qwest field and the viaduct coming down in 2011 a location change was necessary. The route is still TBD, but the venue has great potential and participants will be VERY pleased.” (That’s the SOUTH end of The Viaduct coming down next year, of course, not the central section.)

2 Comments

  1. The March of Dimes walk (May 15th) isn’t going to be on the viaduct this year either. It’s going to be held at the Seattle Center instead of Qwest Field.

    Comment by Bonnie — 2:48 pm February 1, 2010 #

  2. Thank god. Maybe the buses in west Seattle will be able to operate.

    Comment by transplantella — 2:55 am February 2, 2010 #

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