Toronto Waterfront Marathon set to close Queen Street East in the Beach on Sunday, Oct. 20

By AUNALYA TURNER

Queen Street East in the Beach will see road closures on Sunday, Oct. 20, for the annual Toronto Waterfront Marathon (TWM).

Locally, Beach residents can expect Queen Street East between Woodbine and Beech avenues to be fully closed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 20.

The annual (TWM) will begin at 8 a.m. on University Avenue., just north of Queen Street West, and the finish line will be located on Bay Street, just north of Queen Street West, near Toronto City Hall.

In between those two points, thousands of runners are expected to take part in the 42-kilometre marathon.

With runners heading in both directions along Queen Street East in the Beach (and the turnaround point being at Balsam Avenue) local residents are encouraged to come out and cheer the participants on.

Further East Toronto road closures for this year’s TWM will include:

Woodbine Avenue (between Queen Street East and Lake Shore Boulevard East from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Lake Shore Boulevard East (between Woodbine Avenue and Carlaw Avenue between 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.); Carlaw Avenue (between Lake Shore Boulevard East and Eastern Avenue from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.); and Eastern Avenue (from Carlaw Avenue heading west to Jarvis Street from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.).

At last year’s TWM, participants helped raise more than $2.42 million in support of 159 official charity partners. Since the marathon’s TCS Charity Challenge began in 2003, participants have raised more than $53 million for local charities.

For more information on this Sunday’s Toronto Waterfront Marathon, please go to https://www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com/event-info/