Roads across Sacramento will be closed Sunday for the 28th California International Marathon, which ends at the Capitol around 3 p.m. and is expected to draw 8,000 participants.

Midtown and downtown will be affected by road closures starting at about 8:15 a.m., according to a press release.

The race begins in Folsom at 7 a.m.

The runners will come from J Street and go to L Street before the freeway between the 23- and 24-mile mark. The intersection at 33rd and J streets will close from 8:12 a.m. - 12:46 p.m.

Runners will continue along L Street to Eighth Street, where they will take a left and turn to the Capitol for the finish line.

The 22nd and L streets intersection will be closed from 8:15 a.m. - 1 p.m., and the Eighth and L streets intersection will be closed from 8:18 a.m. - 1:14 p.m.

Runners lagging behind the street closure times will have to follow normal traffic rules as pedestrians, according to the press release.

For a full list of street closures, visit the marathon’s website here.

Map from www.runcim.org.

Brandon Darnell is a staff reporter for The Sacramento Press.