just in case you're wondering...all the marathons and 1/2 marathons in Maryland

(races still left to run are in bold)
GW Birthday Marathon (next one is late February 2007)
Greenway Trail (almost a) Marathon (next one is early March 2007)
Lower Potomac River Marathon (next one is 3/11/2007)
B&A Trail Marathon and 1/2 Marathon (2005)
Ocean City Maryland Marathon (next one is 4/7/2007)
Frederick Marathon (full marathon 2003, 2-person relay/half marathon 2005)
*Riley's Rumble 1/2 Marathon (possibly summer 2007, next one is late July 2007, also known as hilly and almost as hot as the Annapolis 10-Miler in August)
Bachman Valley 1/2 Marathon (2004, 2005, race director 2006)
BRRC NCR Trail 1/2 Marathon (2006)
Baltimore Marathon and 1/2 Marathon (half marathon 2004, full marathon 2005)
Montgomery County Half Marathon (same weekend as Bachman Valley, next one is 9/23/2007)
NCR Trail Marathon (2005, going under 4 hours in 2006)

If there are other marathons in Maryland that I should know about, tell me! I also want to know about good mid-distance races in the area-DC, NoVa, south-central PA.

I'm thinking that if I'm ever going to finish all the marathons and half marathons in Maryland, I'm going to have to stop running so many repeats.  Unfortunately, as of this morning I've run all the fall marathons, with the exception of the one held on the day of my race so I won't be running it in the foreseeable future.  And I won't be running any of the spring ones this year because I'll be down in New Orleans.  I think the GW Birthday one is just days before Mardi Gras, so I definitely won't be home at that point. 

So Riley's Rumble it is.  It can't be much *worse* than the Annapolis 10-Miler (which I thought was kinda fun and not bad at all with the exception of the Severn River Bridge on the way back).  And GW/Lower Potomac/Ocean City in 2008, if I haven't qualified for Boston by that point that is.

~Bethany

NCR 1/2 Marathon

Some days you have it, some days you just don’t. Ran the first 5.5 miles at an easy pace (10-10:30), then was supposed to pick it up to marathon pace (9:10) for the rest of the race. Well, that didn’t happen. Ran 5 miles at 9-9:20 pace, then just lost it and jogged it in for a finish around 2:10. Not a bad race by any measure, but not my best effort either.

I did get to meet and talk with a bunch of other marathoners-in-training, which is always fun. Long runs/races are boring when you just do them by yourself. Turns out the woman I was running with ran her first marathon last spring in DC in 4:40, ran the Annapolis 10 Miler at the end of August (great race), and is training towards/tapering for Baltimore in 2 weeks. Great fun.

Next up: 6×800 in 4:00 or less with 400 recovery in 2 days.

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