Good morning, Washington. It’s a busy day out there today — the National Marathon has been going strong since early this morning, and runners had clear weather to boot, although a bit on the chilly side. Hopefully, most of you who decided to brave the roads took the long list of Marathon street closures to heart and didn’t get stuck. As a reminder, most of those closures should be lifted by 1:30 p.m.

Results are slowly trickling in — the National Marathon’s website is completely overwhelmed at the moment — but Patrick Moulton of Providence, Rhode Island took honors in the full men’s marathon at a time of 2:21:19; Moulton proceeded to breathlessly tell NBC4 that one of his shoes was untied for the last five miles of the race. Jeanette Seckinger of Massachusetts won the women’s full marathon at a time of 2:48:41. As of this writing, Mayor Fenty is still navigating his way through the course.

But that’s just the beginning of today’s big activities. A.N.S.W.E.R.’s annual March on the Pentagon is this afternoon, beginning at 23rd and Constitution at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. The poster-crazy anti-war group is expecting a large group of people to meet at the Memorial around noon, so you’ll probably see some slowdowns in both traffic and at Metro stations — A.N.S.W.E.R. is telling Metro-riding protesters to deboard at the Foggy Bottom station, and WTOP has the list of protest-related rolling street closures. Best of luck for those of you who are out and about today.

In other news this morning:

>> The D.C. Council will be briefed on Monday, March 30 about the OCTO scandal, including most of those involved in Mayor Fenty’s investigation which was announced on Thursday.

>> Counties in the West Virginia panhandle are looking to siphon jobs and investment away from the Washington metropolitan area.

>> Montgomery County saw a more than 8 percent increase in thefts in 2008, surged by a massive increase in the taking of GPS devices from cars.