Independence Avenue
Street in Washington, D.C., United StatesWikipedia
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Oct 26, 2026
Michael BrownHOST
I mean that the building is inaccessible.
Michael BrownHOST
Think about a dirty bomb going off on the National Mall in D.C. Based on the prevailing winds, that would go right up the White House, right up Constitution Avenue, right up Independence Avenue, and hit the Capitol, and hit the Supreme Court, and boom, they're out of business.
Michael BrownHOST
Nobody can go to work.
Michael BrownHOST
So each of those, every department and agency and all three branches have to identify what the government calls its most mission essential functions.
TimHOST
The first one is, uh, the DC Gauntlet.
TimHOST
So participants who don't make it through to the DC Gauntlet by 12:33 will be diverted from the certified course at Independence Avenue, and they'll be diverted to 14th Street.
TimHOST
They can continue running, but they will not complete the 26.2 mile course, and they won't be recognized as official finishers.
TimHOST
The second gauntlet is what they call Beat the Bridge Gauntlet.
Stephen VadenGUEST
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Stephen VadenGUEST
when it should be common sense, because every dollar that we're spending heating, cooling, running water through, like the South Building in Washington, DC, right behind us there in the Whitten Building on Independence Avenue.
Stephen VadenGUEST
That building on its busiest day isn't a third full.
Stephen VadenGUEST
It can hold 7,000 people approximately.