{"id":914662,"date":"2026-09-29T23:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/914662\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T23:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:54:10","slug":"county-marathon-october-4-quinte-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/914662\/","title":{"rendered":"County Marathon October 4 | Quinte News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The County Marathon returns to Prince Edward County this Sunday.<\/p>\n

This is the 23rd annual event capturing the essence of a countryside marathon, combining the joy of running with the charm of local wineries, picturesque lake views and warm hospitality.<\/p>\n

In addition to the marathon there will be a half-marathon, marathon relay, 5K Fun Run and the County Kids 1K.<\/p>\n

The full marathon begins Wellington Ontario and finishes in Picton in front of the Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n

There will be road closures and traffic disruptions during the event on October 4.<\/p>\n

The closures are rolling, meaning roads will reopen when necessary.<\/p>\n

In addition, major intersections will be managed to keep traffic moving and allow vehicles through at regular intervals.<\/p>\n

The road closures will be coordinated by a specialized road race company and the Ontario Provincial Police.<\/p>\n

The following roads will be closed at these times:<\/p>\n

County Road 33 (Wellington to Bloomfield): 7:30 am \u2013 9 am
\nCounty Road 12 (Bloomfield to Sandbanks): 8:00 am \u2013 12 pm
\nCounty Road 11 (Sandbanks to Picton): 9:00 am \u2013 1:00 pm
\nCounty Road 10 (starting at County Road 11): 9:30 am \u2013 1 pm
\nCounty Road 10 (intersection of County Road 1 and County Road 10): 7:30 am \u2013 1 pm
\nPicton Main Street (Lake Street to Cystal Palace): 7:30 am \u2013 2:30 pm.<\/p>\n

Click here to see an overview of the entire race route.<\/a><\/p>\n

Drivers are asked to proceed with caution and avoid travelling in the vicinity of the race route if possible. Please note: access to the Prince Edward Community Centre grounds (375 Picton Main Street) is also available through the back entrance on Macsteven Drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0The County Marathon returns to Prince Edward County this Sunday. This is the 23rd annual event capturing the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[3735,3736,49,48,295,44,3733,3731,3734,3729,3730,3737,66,3732],"class_list":["post-914662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-bancroft","tag-brighton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-news","tag-pec","tag-picton","tag-prince-edward-county","tag-quinte","tag-quinte-news","tag-quinte-west","tag-science","tag-trenton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}