{"id":471989,"date":"2026-10-20T21:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/471989\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T21:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:42:07","slug":"record-number-of-runners-expected-at-lubbock-marathon-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/471989\/","title":{"rendered":"Record number of runners expected at Lubbock Marathon this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; The 8th annual United Supermarkets Lubbock Marathon is expected to draw a record number of runners this weekend, and Lubbock police are asking drivers to be patient on the roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The race starts Sunday morning at 8 a.m. at Buddy and Maria Elena Holly Plaza, with runners winding through downtown and several city parks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Road closures and police presence<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lubbock police said about 35 officers will be stationed at intersections. Barricades will be up, and parts of Mackenzie Park, Aztlan Park, Mae Simmons and the roads around Dunbar Lake will be closed until the race is over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Drivers are urged to leave early or take another route to avoid getting caught behind the pack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cPlease understand that there will be streets that are blocked off. You will not be able to traverse them. If you attempt, then you\u2019re going to get talked to and hopefully not ticketed for violating law. So, we just ask that people be patient,\u201d said Chief Seth Herman, Lubbock Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police also remind drivers it\u2019s a crime to move or drive around a barricade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Additional information and the athlete guide are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/lbkmarathon.com\/faqs\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/lbkmarathon.com\/faqs\">lbkmarathon.com\/faqs<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Race schedule for Sunday<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Shuttle buses begin transporting runners to and from the Lubbock Civic Center starting at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, according to the race schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Start times are as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">8 a.m. \u2014 Hand cycle and push chair<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">8 a.m. \u2014 Marathon and half marathon<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">8:10 a.m. \u2014 5K<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">8:15 a.m. \u2014 10K<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">8:20 a.m. \u2014 Kid\u2019s Fun Run<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; The 8th annual United Supermarkets Lubbock Marathon is expected to draw a record number&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,160010],"class_list":["post-471989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-texas-tech-running-back-jkoby-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}