This Sunday, Washington D.C. runners and onlookers should brace for some inconvenience, as the 2024 National Women’s Half Marathon and 8K will be causing significant street closures throughout the city. While athletes from across the globe lace up their running shoes for the fifth annual event, D.C. drivers will need to reroute their plans between 6 a.m. and noon to avoid the swath of roadblocks.

According to WTOP, motorists will be diverted from several key thoroughfares including Rock Creek Parkway and Independence Avenue SW between 14th Street to 23rd Street, and both West Potomac Park and East Potomac Park, although the East Potomac Golf Course will remain accessible, this coupled with the Ohio Drive SW getting the shut-down treatment, preparations for an alternative commute should be made posthaste.

Adding to the excitement, DC News Now reports nearly 3,000 runners are registered to participate in the event, representing a gamut of locales stretching from national to international origins, truly embodying the spirit of diversity and competition that the Nation's Capital is renowned for hosting.

For those taking part in the race, and their supporter's spectator alike, the promise of sweeping vistas and the capital's greatest landmarks await, not to mention the tangible accolades, which according to Sportskeeda, includes the exclusive National Women’s Half Marathon & 8k shirt, free race photos recognizing the participants' efforts, and finishers medals for both the Half Marathon and the 8K, ensuring that every step taken is a step enshrined in both personal achievement and the broader chronicle of community triumph.