Hotel for Marine Corp Marathon

JoLiKaWa

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Jul 7, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/7/96

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Three of us going down from Ct.Need info on most logical place to stay
re:start/finish line.Staying Sat. and Sunday nights. Thanks!!

Terry Williams

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Jul 7, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/7/96

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Call the 1-800 number to the Marine Corps Marathon. They will
send you a complete listing of hotels. There are over 16 hotels
listed, too many to list here. They vary from 60 per night to 159 per
night, your choice. Hope this helps you. I'll be coming there with
4 friends from Florida, have fun!

Terry Williams

Al Hromjak

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Jul 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/8/96

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In <31E06C...@amaranth.com> Terry Williams <will...@amaranth.com>
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Is this *the* Terry Williams, former Lompoc, CA HS great?

----Al Hromjak

PGSPersEng

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Jul 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/8/96

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When I went last year, I stayed at a hotel in downtown DC (the marathon
start is across the river in Arlington). It worked well because my wife
and kids could visit the sites more conveniently. We also found the
options for going out the night before/after the race were better (a short
walk to Georgetown).

The morning of the race I was quite surprised to find out that the subway
wasn't operating in time to get me to the race site -- didn't matter,
there were *many* other marathoners who also walked to the subway station,
and groups got together to take a cab. Cost only a few bucks each. After
the race, simply took the subway back to within a few blocks of the hotel.

I only walked through the hotel district near the marathon start, but it
appeared that if you want to enjoy DC as well as the race, staying in the
city itself is a better choice.

Good luck!
Paul

Bob Kinne

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Jul 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/9/96

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In article <4rpjso$q...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> joli...@aol.com (JoLiKaWa) writes:
>Three of us going down from Ct.Need info on most logical place to stay
>re:start/finish line.Staying Sat. and Sunday nights. Thanks!!

Roslyn or Crystal City are reasonably close, and both have
many hotels. Since the Metro runs near the start/finish,
anyplace on a Metro line would work well.

Cheers
Bob Kinne, SLM

ROBERT LASSEIGNE

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Jul 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/10/96

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In <4rpjso$q...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> joli...@aol.com (JoLiKaWa)

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>Three of us going down from Ct.Need info on most logical place to stay
>re:start/finish line.Staying Sat. and Sunday nights. Thanks!!

I have always stayed at the Sheraton National which is the host hotel.
They provide race day shuttle to and from the Pentagon where the busses
are to bring you to/from the start/finish.
All the other hotels on the list also provide shuttle service.

Terry Williams

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Jul 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/10/96

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No Al, just little ole me Florida born and bred.

PhredRunr

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Jul 18, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/18/96

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Quality Hotel at Iwo Jima - walking distance to start and finish.
(Although walking TO the race always seems easier than walking back!!)
See you there.