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October 18, 2010

Weekly walking/running roundup

What I’m doing: Probably catching up with some buddies in Anne Arundel County. Maybe interviewing people at a race on Sunday.

Why: Last weekend was the running festival, and next weekend will be the Marine Corps Marathon, so this weekend is the best week to take things easy and meet for a relaxed Saturday run/brunch.

What else I recommend: If you just ran the marathon or half-marathon, I recommend not racing at all. Assuming that's not the case, I like the student-public-hybrid nature of the Raven Classic Cross Country 5K (in list below). I would also be interested in how the Goddard Running and Orienteering Club Fall 10K turns out, especially for anyone using it as an offbeat tune-up for the Marine Corps 10K. For a Friday option, there's the MPRC 5K Walk/Run.

Other options: Black Hill 10K, 5th Annual Halloween 5K Run & One Mile Fun Walk, 2-person relay, Baltimore Crossroads @95 5K CrossCountry Challenge, St. George’s Dragon Run, Little Falls Biathlon, Run with Miss Darby 5K, Neal Elementary Harvest for the Hungry 5K, Capital Hospice "Celebration of Life" 5K Walk/Run, George's Creek watershed Association Halloween 5K & 1 Mile Walk, MSD 5K, Inaugural Raven Classic Cross Country 5K,, Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department 5 Mile Run, St Ursula's 5K, Chaka Barefoot DC 5K Run/Walk, Fall into St Michaels 5K Run/Walk

Scarecrow Classic 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk, Legends of the Fall #4, Key School 5K/10K and family fun run, HCC ECO Run, Roaring Lion Run 5K run/walk, Habitat Halloween Dash 5k Run/Walk, Queen of the Roses 5K, RASAC 3.5 Miler – “From the Highlands to Nova Scotia”

What did you do last weekend? Upload race photos here.

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.

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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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