Army Ten-Miler - Race Course

Race Course

The race course is USA Track and Field certified and is mostly flat, fast and picturesque.

• The race starts along Route 27 adjacent to the Pentagon and proceeds north and across the Arlington Memorial Bridge.

• From there the course circles the Lincoln Memorial and goes off to the left to Constitution Avenue turning north on 19th Street and then northwest on Virginia Avenue.

• A the end of Virginia Avenue, the course turns south on Rock Creek Parkway and passes underneath the Kennedy Center.

• The parkway is followed to Independence Avenue near the John Ericsson Memorial. The route continues past the National World War II Memorial and the Washington Monument on the left, and the Jefferson Memorial on the right. The course continues along Independence Avenue going past the Air and Space Museum to 3rd Street where it turns north, crossing the National Mall to Pennsylvania Avenue.

• The course goes east on Pennsylvania Ave. to 1st Street where the U.S. Capitol is on the left.

• The course turns west at Independence Avenue and then turns south on 14th Street where it takes the HOV lanes of I-395 for the last two miles of the course to the South Pentagon Parking Lot.