Marathon Route Residents Request: No Peeing on the Lawn

By CHARLENE ARSENAULT

Photo via Boston Marathon/Facebook

“Please respect the communities through which the Boston Marathon runs by taking advantage of these facilities, if needed,” notes the Boston Athletic Association on its website, where along with lots of other information, provides a list of locations where portable toilets are located along the route.

On Monday, April 20, thousands of runners take part in the 119th Marathon, running the 26 miles (and 385 yards) from Hopkinton to the finish line in Boston.

The route follows 135 through Ashland, Framingham, Natick and Wellesley to where Route 16 joins Route 135. It continues on Route 16 through Newton Lower Falls to Commonwealth Avenue, and onto Route 30. Continuing on Commonwealth, the route then winds onto Chestnut Hill Avenue to Cleveland Circle, then headed left on Beacton Street to Kenmore Square, and back on Commonwealth Avenue. Onto Hereford Street, the final stretch is onto Boylston and into the finish line in Copley Square.

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That’s a lot of people, runners and spectators, clogging many miles of road, either running or partying and cheering on the sidelines. People along the race route, much like a parade route, have grown used to the chaos.

An important request for the many spectators who party along the streets, and yards, of the marathon route has been issued: please don’t urinate on their lawn.

Here is a list of the portable toilets provided by the B.A.A. along the route:

• Mile 3 - Ashland
• Mile 7 - Framingham
• Mile 10 - Natick
• Mile 12 - Wellesley
• Mile 18 - Newton
• Mile 23.5 – Brookline

As the B.A.A. notes, these are in addition to the toilets at every water and Red Cross station. Please respect the communities through which the Boston Marathon runs by taking advantage of these facilities, if needed.

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