Local runners can get ready to celebrate this week.<\/p>\n
P3R, the organization behind the Pittsburgh Marathon, announced that registration for next year\u2019s race will open at 10 a.m. Wednesday, followed by a free launch party from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. outside of Mike\u2019s Beer Bar on the city\u2019s North Shore.<\/p>\n
The launch party will feature live music, giveaways and a 1-mile or 3-mile fun run, said spokeswoman Kelsey Emch.<\/p>\n
Marathon Weekend \u2014 including the Marathon, Half-Marathon, Marathon Relay and 5K, among other events \u2014 is set for April 30 to May 2.<\/p>\n
The weekend has steadily grown in popularity, rising from 10,000 participants when the Marathon returned from hiatus in 2009 to a record-setting 52,000 this year. Participants hailed from every state and several foreign countries.<\/p>\n
Officials expects to top that record again with more than 55,000 participants in 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether you\u2019re running your first 5K, walking the half-marathon, racing for a personal record or cheering on a loved one, Marathon Weekend is a celebration of movement that brings our community together,\u201d P3R\u2019s interim CEO Bob Shooer said in a release.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to welcome participants from Pittsburgh and around the world back to our streets next spring.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those interested in registering for the Marathon<\/a> or learning more about the launch party<\/a> can visit P3R\u2019s website, p3r.org\/races<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local runners can get ready to celebrate this week. P3R, the organization behind the Pittsburgh Marathon, announced that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-263142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}