New Route, Finish Line For 2021 Broad Street Run

PHILADELPHIA — The 2021 Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run is nearly here. But before runners hit the streets on Oct. 10 they need to know about some changes to this year's race.

One change is all in-person runners are required to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Learn more about that change here.

The 41st annual 10-mile run will take place at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Oct 10.

This year's race features a new finish line.

Due to planned construction in the Navy Yard along League Island Boulevard, this year’s race will end on Pattison Avenue just west of Broad Street.

With the finish line change, the course was adjusted to maintain the race’s 10-mile distance while adjusting for the relocated finish line on Pattison Avenue.

The awards ceremony, medal distribution, and other finishing line activities will take place in the parking lot next to the NovaCare facility, 1566-1999 Pattison Ave.

At City Hall, runners will be diverted off Broad Street to John F. Kennedy Boulevard. They will run west on John F. Kennedy Boulevard toward 16th Street. They will turn left onto 16th Street; run south to Market Street; make a left on Market Street for one block before following 15th Street south to South Penn Street in order to return to Broad Street.

Runners will again be diverted off Broad Street in South Philadelphia, turning east at Hartranft Street. The course follows Hartranft Street to Citizens Bank Way, where runners make a right before hitting Pattison Avenue. The final stretch of the 2021 course is along Pattison Avenue, and runners will cross the intersection at Broad Street just before they reach the finish line.