The Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon is Sunday.

More than 35,000 people are expected to participate throughout the entire weekend of events produced by P3R, a fitness organization that hosts races, events and health and fitness programs throughout the region.

The P3R app gives real-time participant tracking from start to finish. Friends and family can submit a cheer for runners that may be seen on screens along the course. The app features course maps as well as other information and notifications.

Tracking and sending cheers to your favorite #RunnersofSTEEL is easy with the P3R App. Don't forget to download the app to make race weekend easy and to support your friends and family who are participating in the half or full marathon!

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The National Weather Service forecast shows a high of 66 degrees on Friday, 72 on Saturday and near 77 on Sunday with lows in the lower and upper 40s throughout the weekend. John Darnley, observation program leader for the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, said Sunday should be “a near-perfect day for a marathon.”

There will be sun, some cloud cover and light winds at 6 to 8 miles per hour. There is an 8% chance of precipitation, Darnley said. Runners still on the course in the afternoon might feel some humidity, but nothing extreme, he said. It should reach 74 degrees by 3 p.m.

Road closures/parking

Road closures begin Friday and continue through Sunday late afternoon. The Boulevard of the Allies will be closed between Wood and Stanwix Streets beginning at noon Friday and Liberty Avenue is scheduled to close starting at 1:30 a.m. Friday.

More than 100 streets in Downtown, the Strip District, North Side, West End, South Side, Uptown, Oakland, Shadyside, Point Breeze, Homewood, East Liberty, Highland Park, Friendship and Bloomfield will be closed.

For full lineup of maps of the various course routes, go to the marathon’s official website.

According to P3R, street closures with most impact will be the Boulevard of the Allies, West General Robinson Street, North Shore Drive, Ridge Avenue, Penn Avenue, Liberty Avenue, West End Bridge, Carson Street, Birmingham Bridge and Fifth Avenue. The 16th Street, West End and Birmingham bridges will be closed at times. Streets will reopen on a rolling basis.

It is recommended to use ParkPGH for real-time information on available parking spaces. Parking is available on the North Shore, Station Square on the South Side and First Avenue, Downtown, with access to the Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s light rail system.

If you plan to take public transportation, Pittsburgh Regional Transit will be operating according to its regular weekend schedule and with extensive detours because of street closures.

Race times

The sold-out marathon is 26.2 miles. The UPMC Health Plan half-marathon is 13.1 miles. There is also a half-marathon walking division. The marathon relay has four lengths of varying distances. All races begin at 7 a.m. Sunday at Liberty Avenue near 10th Street, Downtown.

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On Saturday, the UPMC Health Plan / UPMC Sports Medicine Pittsburgh 5K run is a 3.1-mile distance beginning at 8 a.m. and the Chick-fil-A Kids Marathon is a 1-mile run that starts at 9:30 a.m. — both on Pittsburgh’s North Shore.

The Sheetz Pittsburgh Toddler Trot is a 40-meter distance and begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Point State Park. Following at noon is the Pittsburgh Pet Walk Fueled by Pro Plan. Proceeds benefit Animal Friends.

Pittsburgh Health & Fitness Expo

The Pittsburgh Health & Fitness Expo kicks off race weekend at 11 a.m. Friday beginning at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. Participants can pick up packets that contain a race bib and event T-shirt. Photo identification is required.

There will be vendors and activities such as workout classes at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Hall of Fame class

The marathon will induct its 15th class of Hall of Famers on Saturday. This year’s inductees are Dr. Freddie Fu, Greg Fredericks, Chris Gibson and Kristin Price. The induction ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. Saturday in the West Lobby of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown.

Fu was the long-time chair of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He founded the Freddie Fu Cycling Team in 1998, which supports the marathon by riding alongside handcycle participants and other participants.

Tribune-Review Dr. Freddie Fu talks with colleagues between knee surgeries at UPMC South Side Hospital in 2005. Fu is one of the inductees going into the marathon’s Hall of Fame on May 6.  

Fredericks, a Penn State University graduate who coaches cross country there, had a running career that includes a second-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials, making the Olympic team that did not compete because of the boycotted Moscow Games.

Gibson has completed more than 225 marathons and ultramarathons and has won 30 ultra marathons. Gibson was the founder and race director for the GNC 50 Mile Run/100K National Championship in Pittsburgh from 1992 to 2001 and has trained more than 2,000 runners and walkers to complete a half or full marathon.

Price, a Penn-Trafford graduate, won the WPIAL Class AAA title in the 1,600 meters and finished third at the PIAA Track and Field Championships. She ran the inaugural Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon and won the half marathon in 2010.

Neighborhood cheer

Marathon organizers created a link for the more than 300,000 spectators of neighborhoods to cheer on runners, starting with Downtown near the start at Liberty Avenue between 10th and Grant Street near the Westin Hotel. Finish line viewing is good between Grant Street and Wood Street. The Strip District is the first leg of the race and the last before runners head back into town.

Neighborhood festivals include the North Side at East Ohio Street and East Commons and the South Side from East Carson Street to the Birmingham Bridge. There will be cheer groups at Fifth Avenue and Magee Street in Uptown and in Oakland at Schenley Plaza. Mellon Park in Shadyside, Bryant Street Market in Highland Park, and Liberty Avenue from Silky’s Pub to Church Brew Works in Bloomfield is a well-known spot for spectators.

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