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September 27, 2010

Weekly running/walking roundup

What I’m doing: Falls Road 15K on Sunday, October 3. Why: As the Philadelphia Marathon approaches, I’m moving toward longer races. This will be a good tuneup. It could serve the same purpose for those planning to run in the Baltimore Distance Festival. What else I recommend: The Great Allegany Run looks interesting, as does the Rocky Gap Adventure Race. That said, I’ve never been to either one. More options: Memory Walk Harford County, Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes, Gunston Centennial 5K Run/Walk, Great Allegany Run 15K & 5K, BAFC 5K run and 2 mile walk, Becca’s Run, Race to End Violence 5K, GBIA 5K, Rocky Gap Adventure Race, Run for Autism, Dragon Dash 5K and mile walk, Odenton Day 5K, Bobcat Invitational 3-mile, Eagle 5K Run, Osprey Sprint Triathlon, Ridgeway ES Digital Dash 5K RASAC Ma and Pa Run (6K-15K), Donna Brashears 10K and 5K, Falls Road 15K, CBTF Superhero 5K run/walk, Charm City Run Kids XC series, Holy Child Tiger Trot 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run, NCR Half Marathon, Annapolis Striders Metric, Marathon, Komen 5K, Gulf Coast Relief 5K, Home Run 10K and 5K

About this list: By default, I make an effort to list all advertised, publicly accessible Maryland running and walking events within the next week. If you want to highlight a race outside of Maryland (or just want to make sure your race is included), please send me an e-mail with the subject line “Race listings.” The message must include a direct link to your race’s webpage, and it must be submitted at least two weeks before the event.

 

 

 

Posted by Patrick Maynard at 3:27 PM | | Comments (2)
        

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Thank you for this list! This was EXACTLY what I was hoping for when I found this blog! I hope this will be a regular sort of post! :)

Glad it helped, Nakiya. I'm planning on doing it regularly. - PM

I'm excited that the Sun has started a new exercise blog and that you'll be posting specifically about running. I like these posts with race listings too. It can be easy to miss a potentially interesting race for lack of finding it on the Web until it's too late. I have a hankering to do a race this weekend, so am glad to have a trove to look through.

Thanks for the compliment. Let me know if you see anything interesting. - PM

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About Exercists
Andrea Siegel, a reporter at The Baltimore Sun, covers mostly crime and courts in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, as well as legal issues. She wishes she was more physically fit, and, as she's more fond of chocolate than exercise, fitness is a challenge. Her partner on a one-mile-plus daily walk is the family dog, a mixed breed named Moxie, and she exercises at the gym where the D.C. snipers once worked out.
Jerry Jackson has been a photo editor at The Baltimore Sun for 14 years and an avid cyclist for more than 30 years. Inspired by the movie "Breaking Away," he started racing as a teenager in Mississippi when leather "brain baskets" were still the norm. He regularly commutes to work by bike and still enters several mountain bike races a year for fun.
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Patrick Maynard, who will be writing about running and walking, has been a producer for baltimoresun.com since 2008. In 2009, he tweeted on-course for the Sun from the Baltimore Marathon, finishing in just under 4 hours and almost managing to run the whole time. He sometimes walks to the Sun offices on Calvert Street.
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Leeann Adams, a multimedia editor at The Baltimore Sun, also dabbles in content for the mobile website and iPhone app and covers the Ravens via video. She did a triathlon to celebrate her 40th birthday and continues to swim, bike and run -- none of them quickly, though. Her biggest fitness challenge is to balance working, working out, spending time with her husband and being a mom to a 6-year-old boy.
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Anica Butler, the Sun's crime editor, is a former high school runner and recovering vegetarian who spent more of her early-adult years on a bar stool than working out. She is currently training (though poorly) for a half marathon and is trying to live a generally healthier lifestyle. She also hates the gym.
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