The following roads will be closed for the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K in Cape Elizabeth Aug. 4:

    Route 77, from Sprague Hall to Kettle Cove Road will be closed from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

    Route 77, from Kettle Cove Road to Old Ocean House Road, closed from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

    Crescent Beach State Park will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

    Route 77, at Hillway, closed 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

    Old Ocean House Road (all) closed 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

    Shore Road (all) from Key Bank to Fort Williams, closed 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Scott Dyer Road from Spurwink Avenue (except shuttle buses), closed 7:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.

    All of Fowler Road (except shuttle buses) will be closed from 7:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.

    Runner drop off is located at the Gull Crest Fields
parking lot a half-mile from the intersection of Spurwink Road and
Route 77. Look for flaggers to directing runners and their drivers.
Runners are required to be at the start line by 7:30 a.m.

    Runner parking near the start line will be provided
at the Sprague Fields located at Fowler and Ram Island Farm roads.
Parking for runners also is available at Cape Elizabeth’s high school
and middle school on a first-come basis. Runners will be shuttled from
the parking lots there to the start between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. Please
look for signs providing directions. Carpooling and shuttling is
recommended.

    There is no parking for runners at the finish line
at Fort Williams, which will be restricted parking for media, sponsors,
staff and spectators, who are advised to carpool and to arrive prior to
7:30 a.m. Shuttle buses, which will operate from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., will
be provided to take runners back to the start area and to the school
parking lots.

    Race organizers also encourage runners to arrive by
6:30 a.m. to avoid heavy traffic. Roadside parking is not allowed.

    The Kids Fun Run will take place at approximately
9:30 a.m. on the Parade Ground at Fort Williams. Kids’ races will be
run in heats according to age.

    The formal awards ceremony will begin promptly at 10 a.m. at Fort Williams at the top of the flagpole hill.

    Some of the brightest stars in the elite runner
universe – including U.S. Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi – have
aligned for the upcoming TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K.

    ‘Meb’, who finished third at the 2006 Boston
Marathon, will challenge returning champ Thomas Nyariki and three-time
champ Gilbert Okari, the course record holder. The women’s field is
perhaps the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon’s deepest and most talented
ever.

    The group of 30 world-class athletes will be joined
by the best in Maine and New England and thousands of recreational
runners on Saturday, Aug. 4 in scenic Cape Elizabeth, Maine for the
10th running of one of the marquee events on the international road
race circuit.

    On the women’s side, 2006 champ Alevtina Ivanova had
a scheduling conflict and will not defend her title. But Edna Kipligat
of Kenya, currently ranked second in the world is scheduled to run.

    Prize money for the winner of the men’s and women’s
races is $10,000. In all, nearly $60,000 in prize money will be awarded
to the top finishers and place winners in the various categories for
men and women. A $2,500 bonus also is available for any runner who
breaks an open course record.

TD Banknorth sponsors the race founded by Joan Benoit Samuelson, the
Olympic gold medalist and Maine’s most admired athlete. This year’s
race beneficiary is STRIVE,  a South Portland-based non-profit
organization that serves developmentally disabled youth. For more info,
visit www.pslstrive.org.