Pick Your Cheering Spot for Sunday's Marathon

The Newport Amica Marathon will start and end at Easton's Beach in Newport and will wind its way through Middletown and Portsmouth on Sunday. That means there's a little more than 26 miles with places to catch the action and cheer on the athletes as they run through your neighborhood.

Race route

Here's a breakdown of the race route and resulting road closures, provided by the Middletown Police Department:

The race will be held Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 and the marathon will begin and end in Newport. Approximately half of the race route winds through the streets of Middletown. The race is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. and will end at approximately 2 p.m.

The Marathon will begin in Newport near Easton's Beach and will enter Middletown at the beach line on Purgatory Road. 

The course will go east on Purgatory Road, right onto Tuckerman Avenue, right onto Purgatory Road, (east end of Tuckerman Ave), right onto Sachuest Point Road all the way to the Sachuest Point Wildlife Refuge. 

Runners will turn around and head west on Sachuest Point Road, right onto Hanging Rock Road, north on Indian Avenue to Black Point in Portsmouth.

The runners will then turn around and head south onIndian Avenue, South onto Hanging Rock Road right onto Sachuest Point Road and head west. 

The runners will then make a left onto Tuckerman Avenue, left onto Purgatory Road and end at Easton’s Beach in Newport.

See the complete race route in the PDF map in the image gallery above.

Motorist advisory

The Middletown Police Department requests that motorists use care when driving in the area on race day.

For more information

Visit the Amica Marathon website at www.amicamarathon.com. 

After the race, find results here.