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Sold-Out Houston Marathon Weekend Sets Start Times, Corrals and Major Road Closures

Race-day operations center on pulsed starts, firm time limits, live tracking, early arrival guidance.

Overview

  • The Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon take place Sunday, Jan. 11, with ABC13’s live coverage starting at 6:30 a.m.
  • Start schedule: 6:35 a.m. wheelchair and handcycle, 6:45 a.m. half elite, 6:55 a.m. marathon elite plus the open field.
  • Both races start at Congress and Fannin with six pulsed corrals and finish at Lamar and Crawford near the George R. Brown Convention Center.
  • Course limits are four hours for the half and six hours for the full, with the convention center opening at 5 a.m. and Houston police beginning downtown street shutdowns about 5:30 a.m.
  • Highway impacts include full IH-69 closures from 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, while features highlight first-time half-marathoner Alfredo Garcia Jr. and 82-year-old marathoner Fred Ward.