2024 Broad Street Run date and start time are announced

Broad Street Run participants and spectators, get ready for a rewind. This year’s edition marks a return to the race’s traditional ways, with a little spin due to a baseball game.

The 2024 Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run will be held May 5, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department announced Wednesday. Runners will be able to cross the finish line in the Navy Yard for the first time in three years, and spectators are encouraged to cheer along the course.

The starting time is getting pushed half an hour earlier, to 7:30 a.m., to accommodate a Phillies game. Last year, the race was moved to April instead of its usual first Sunday in May, also to accommodate a Phillies game.

“We are delighted that the Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run is back to its normal date and race course,” Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said in a statement.

Runners have not experienced the traditional race course since 2021, when Navy Yard construction caused slight changes in the route and a relocated finish line.

Three years after the disruption, the race course is ready to return to its straight-line format. The route begins on North Broad Street below Somerville Avenue, has no turns, and ends at the Navy Yard.

Registration for the nation’s largest 10-mile road race opens Feb. 1 at 12:01 a.m. and ends Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m. There are 40,000 spots available. As tradition dictates, runners will be selected through a lottery system and notified of their participation the week of Feb. 19.

NBC10 and Telemundo 62 will broadcast live beginning at 7:30 a.m. on May 5.