From about 7:45a thru 11:30a tomorrow morning, Decatur will serve as the eastern point for the 2nd annual ING marathon. The race takes a different path through town than last year, coming east down W Ponce and veering off at East Lake, heading down to College, taking College past Agnus Scott to Commerce, going under the railroad bridge, up to Ponce and then a right on to Clairemont in front of the Courthouse. Outside the city limits it will then turn left onto N. Decatur and head on over to Emory.

If my shorthand instructions just don’t do it for you, check out the city’s ING page here or click on the marathon’s official map and street list w/ times.

Decatur’s “official” cheering section will again be the Fellini’s parking lot on Commerce, but the city is also trying to paint the entire route through Decatur the color orange. So get out along the route tomorrow morning decked out in orange and help the city cheer on runners and perhaps even win another cash prize like last year!

ALSO SEE: March’s Decatur Focus featured the winning “Burma Shave” entries (like the one in the AJC pic above) that will have this year’s runners gasping for air as the laugh their way through town.