Over 40,000 female and male participants arrived ToTel Aviv Marathon 2023 which was held today (Friday), and like every year most of the city was blocked to vehicle traffic. During the event, the streets on the race course are closed to traffic, including the streets that cross and lead to the course, starting at 04:00 in the morning until 1:30 p.m. After several hours of being closed to vehicular traffic, all the streets were reopened, except Rokah St. between Ibn Gvirol and Shitrit in both directions.
In the full marathon stage, Dominic Kipangano Mibey from Kenya won first place this morning after breaking the previous track record, 02:10:30 hours of William Kiprono Yigun from 2015. Kipangno Mibey reached the finish line first after stopping the clock at 02:10:11 hours .
Yirgal Yilmagat from Ethiopia won the special women’s division in first place, arriving after 30:59 minutes. Thousands of people watched and encouraged the runners along the route.
According to the police announcement a short time ago, Levi Eshkol, Yuval Naaman, Yehuda Amichai, Shay Agnon, 2040 Kiryat Shinoch Complex and the Great Block in Tel Aviv were opened to vehicle traffic. The streets of Rothschild, Allenby, Kaplan, the conquerors, the Sharona complex, the Carmelite, the Bima area and the Culture Hall were also opened.
Tel Aviv Marathon (Photo: Avshalom Sashoni)
The police said that parking in the running lanes should be avoided starting in the evening and that vehicles found in the running lanes will be towed to the Reading and Nahum Goldman parking lots. For your convenience, we have put together the full list of roadblocks and the race route, so that you can prepare for the annual running celebration.
The full race course
Exit to the race from Rokah Blvd to the west near the Mimidion parking lot, Rokah Bridge, right to Ibn Gvirol against the direction of traffic, right to Shi Agnon against the direction of traffic, left to Levi Eshkol against the direction of traffic, left to Yuval Neman against the direction of traffic, left to Amichai Yehuda, right to 2040 (back road), turn left before Marc Chagel’s square to Yitzhak Artzi Street.
Continue on the road that surrounds the parking lot, go around the security guard’s booth, make a U-turn and continue running along the boardwalk, Tel Aviv Port, left to the boat landing, right to Yarkon, Herbert Samuel, Koipman, right to Nahum Goldman, at the Clock Square turn right to the second entrance through the port gate along The water line to Peres LaShalom Center and back on the same route through the second ascent to Nahum Goldman, left to Koifman.
At the Yosef Halevi intersection, turn right to Yarkon, right to Rabbi Kook, left to Ari, right to Allenby, left to Rothschild St., right to Marmork, left to Huberman, right to Dizingoff, Kaplan, right to Aranya, left to Alof Magen, left to David Elazar, left to Kaplan in the opposite direction The traffic, Dizengoff against the direction, left to the 1550th St. against the direction of the traffic.
Turn left again to Hamima Square, right to Rothschild St., right to Allenby, left to Geula, right to Yarkon, the exhibition, right to Dizingoff, left to Ben Gurion St., right to Malki Israel against the direction of traffic, left to Frishman against the direction of traffic.
In the last section of the race, turn left from Frishman to Eben Gvirol against the direction of traffic and at David HaMelech switch to running with the direction of traffic, turn right to Rokach St., enter the Sportek parking lot to the end, then turn right into the park and run along the park’s paths towards the east until the end point at the Givat al-Nashoim.
The map of the roadblocks (photo: Police Spokesperson)
the road blocks
▫️ Northern region: Gillot Junction, 2040, Levi Eshkol, SH Agnon.
▫️ Eastern region: It will not be possible for vehicles to travel from Begin/Namir towards the west on the following streets: Bnei Ephraim, Rokah St., Pankas, Arlozorov, the train.
▫️Western region: Vehicles will not be allowed to travel at all on the coastal road Herbert Samuel, Kuipman.
▫️Southern region: It will not be possible for vehicles to travel from south to north on the following roads: Y-M Ave. from Ben Zvi, Elifelt from Kibbutz Galuyot, Koipman/Yarkon from Eilat St., Herzl from Derech Jaffa St.
Roadblocks on roads via Namir/Menachem Begin/Route 20 (Ayalon routes):
▫️Derach Namir will be closed to vehicle traffic from 08:00 until 11:45 between Gillot and Shlomo Goren intersections (Halacha) in both directions.
▫️Road 20 (Ayalon lanes) will be allowed to travel during the entire race to the north and south.
Entry and exit will not be allowed at the following interchanges:
▫️ Pharmacist interchange to the north and to the south will be closed to vehicle traffic from 4:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
▫️ The Fair Center Interchange heading north will be closed to vehicle traffic from 4:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
▫️ There may be blockages of the entrances to the Peace Interchange according to traffic congestion.
The participating public and the public expected to arrive at the event complex are requested to use the parking lots as detailed below:
▫️Industrial area in BV on Yarkon St.
▫️Rag Stadium parking lot on Sheshet Hayam St.
▫️ The industrial area parking lot, near the mother of the colonies.
▫️ Kiryat Shaul civilian+military parking lot, in Moshe Sana/Bnei Ephraim in Tel Aviv.
▫️Haberzel Street parking lots/Raul Ulenberg.
▫️ Rafidim parking lot on Rafidim St.
▫️ The fair center parking lots (Pharmacy Square) and the Drive Inn parking lots (on Isaac Ramba St.) where access will be possible until 06:00).
▫️ University parking lots, George Weiss St. in Tel Aviv.
▫️ Arlozorov train parking lot, at a crossroads.
Instructions for the public participating in the race and for the crowd expected to arrive at the event complex in Yehoshua Gardens:
▫️ It is recommended to arrive at the event complex by Israel Railways, University Station.
▫️ It will not be allowed to bring weapons into the event area.
▫️ Bicycles/electric bikes will not be allowed into the event area, not even into the race axis.
General instructions for the public:
▫️ One should avoid using vehicles on roads and streets that will be blocked as mentioned.
▫️ The road closures will be marked on the day of the event in the Waze app and the municipality call center 106, the driving public is advised to update accordingly.
▫️Studies will take place in schools and kindergartens. As a result of the blockades, there is a likelihood of difficulties in reaching the educational institutions in Tel Aviv, and preparations must be made accordingly.
During the race, one of the participants, a 48-year-old resident of Tel Aviv, felt ill and collapsed on Sderot Rokach near Sportek in the city. MDA medics and paramedics who were deployed along the route provided medical treatment on the spot and performed CPR, which included the use of a defibrillator, and when the runner’s heart started beating again and he regained full consciousness, he was evacuated in an MDA intensive care unit to Ichilov Hospital in a condition stable.
A senior medic on a MDA motorcycle Aviad Amar who arrived first on the scene said: “As part of the assessments and the large deployment of Magen David Adom in cooperation with the marathon production and the municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, we deployed with very large forces along the entire length of the running route. I saw the runner who stopped on the side of the road and collapsed. I immediately got to him and recognized that it was a cardiac arrest, I started performing CPR and connected a device that once gave an electric shock. A few moments later the runner began to wake up and regain full consciousness. We continued the medical tests and we are referring him for further treatment at Ichilov Hospital in the city when he is in a stable condition.”