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Race Reports for Baltimore Marathon 2008

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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?

  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: what a day....lets see where do I start...my phone shut itself off in the middle of the night. So I woke up 30 minutes late. I forgot my fuel belt on the table. And my water bottle for the ride up, in the fridge. I got the baltimore at 730 (race started at 8) and there was NO WHERE TO PARK!! So after driving around for 24.5 minutes I found a place and RAN to the start. I started almost dead last. I passed a ton of people and caught up to Coment (hayle) at the 4:30 Pace Group area about 4 miles into it. We did great for anther 4-5 miles then I started to hurt. I walked through mile 10 water stop and only ran a few times there after. My right knee is killing me still today. Butch said it is my IT band....i was hoping it wasn't. Walking is tough, sitting and or resting is fine. It only really hurts when I put weight on it. So....we will see how the rest of the week turns out. There were areas of the race where the course was noot very well marked. At one point there were a few runner in
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was a great venue and a very well-put-on race. I probably won't return to it, but only because my marathoning challenges have to move on from this point. There are much better races (Marine Corps for instance) that I'd rather do at this time of year. But I defintely recommend this race for a good hilly challenge if you're doing Boston in the next year. It's a great primer as the profile is similar.
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Overall, this was a great race for me. At this point in my running "career" I feel like my legs are strong and can get me through the race without a lot of problems. The rate limiting factor for me is simply cardiovasuclar fitness, but hopefully with continued training that will improve. I'm running San Antonio in a month, and if my legs have recovered enough I should do well, since it is much flatter. As for Baltimore, I love the race. The shirt they hand out is UA, so it's one of the best. The medal is cool too, and you can't go wrong with free beer. I also like that the half-ers don't start with the full, but finish with them. I read a race report that said the merge was bad, but at my pace it was seamless. Two years ago it was bad for me, so whatever they changed (both the time and the merge point) worked for me. There were a lot of volunteers, though some of the kids could have used an additional lesson on handing off their cups. No real complaints, though.
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Always a great race, and getting bigger each year. It is a challenging course that takes a lot out of you towards the end. This was my 5th year participating in it (4 finishes) and my 7th marathon finish!!
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This race was good and well run but lacked a little something. The end was a little anti-climatic for some reason. The tent areas were very crowded and hard to get through. I did the Shamrock Half and thought that race was awesome from start to finish. And please fix that merge - I'm usually a nice easy going competitor but I really wanted to injure some half runners. It's just a frustrating factor to deal with when you have already been running for 15 miles and have the hardest part of the course in front of you.
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