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December 29, 2010

New Year's Resolution Run

First of all, sorry for the darkness lately. With holidays and vacations, we've either been not around or extra busy. 

I am definitely planning to do some posts on New Year's resolutions, since fitness goals are usually included on many of our lists. Stay tuned for posts on joining a gym; gym alternatives; making realistic goals, and tips for keeping your resolutions once you've made them. You may have to wait until after Jan. 1 to read all of them, though!

In the meantime, here's some info on a New Year's Resolution Run in Patterson Park on Jan. 1. Don't worry, it's in the afternoon, so you can still stay up late on New Year's Eve!

Saturday, January 1, at 2 PM is the big day for the Resolution Run! Weather.gov is saying it will be partly sunny with a high of 53º, which sounds like fine weather to take in the landscape of Patterson Park!

Registration opens at 12:30 PM at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Hall at 2638 East Baltimore Street. If you've already registered, plan on getting your packets early at one of our Packet Pick-Up events (if you haven't, you can do so at Pick-Up):

Wednesday, December 29, 2010
12 PM - 5 PM at Falls Road Running Store
6247 Falls Road in Baltimore
410-296-5050

Thursday, December 30, 2010
12 PM - 5 PM at Earl's Place
1400 E. Lombard Street
410-522-0225

The race begins at 2:00 PM, and the chili, cornbread and homemade cookies will be ready for you after you've run or walked across the finish line. Even if you're not in the mood for chili, be there for the awarding of the trophies and random prizes. Plus, clients from Earl's Place will share their stories on where they've come from and where they're headed after coming to Earl's Place.

Trophies will be given to the top three male and female finishers, plus the top three male and female finishers in the following categories: 15 and under, 16-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70 and over. Plus, random prizes will be awarded at the post-race celebration!

Even if you don't need to make a New Year's Resolution to keep yourself in shape in 2011, convince one of your sedentary friends to take up the active lifestyle and join us running the road in 2011.

Bob Olsen
Founder
Baltimore Resolution Run

 

Posted by Anica Butler at 4:03 PM | | Comments (1)
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how long is the resolution run?

It's a 5k.

Posted by: question | December 30, 2010 8:52 AM

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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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