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January 31, 2011

Weekly walking/running roundup

What I’m doing: Probably just running around the B&A trail's BWI loop over and over to get my required mileage. One happy point: If I appear a bit suspicious but still behave in a civil manner, the TSA mall cops are now officially legally unable to arrest me just for being there and looking weird, according to a court decision reported last week. (On second thought, I'm not sure I really want to memorize legal decisions just to feel comfortable running without a passport -- maybe I'll jog in Towson instead.)

What else I recommend: Brian Hand, a professor of exercise physiology at Towson University, will be hosting a fairly inexpensive "Basics for Beginning Runners" workshop at Falls Road Running Store on Saturday morning at 11. If you're interested in information, he's available here.

Other options:

Weekdays - Glen Burnie daily walking program, Rockville all-comers group run, Federal Hill Monday runs, Weekday runs at Goucher, MCRRC weekday runs, Open track workouts, ESRC weekday runs, Pacemakers Wednesday runs

Saturday - Family nature walk, Calvert County Sweetheart 1 mile run, Chesapeake Bay Running Club Trail Series 3K, Howard Striders Saturday bagel runs, NCRTS Saturday group runs, PGRC Thursday runs

Sunday - Bear Run 4 Mile, Family nature walk, RASAC Nobles Mill 5 Miler, Dundalk Superbowl 5K, BRRC Billy Goat Series trail race, Columbia Penguin Pace 5K, Group runs at McDaniel, BAH3 Sunday run (innocuously boisterous linked content, as usual)

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If the same agent sees you running by a second time at the same spot on the BWI Trail an hour and a half or so after the first he might not think you look suspicious but I bet he'd think you were nuts.

Hee hee -- good point. It's a fairly large loop, but quite pretty in the summer -- there are horses along part of the route, if I remember correctly.

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