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Maryland > Dorchester YMCA Crab Run Half Marathon
& Relay
Cambridge, MD
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Date
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Event
Details
More than 170 runners crossed the finish line at the spring 2009
running of Cambridge's Dorchester YMCA Crab Run Half Marathon and Relay
race, which
helps raise both money and awareness of the mission of the Dorchester
County Family YMCA, which serves more than 3,000 in the local community
through a range of athletic, fitness and mind-body health programs.
Runners start the half marathon -- which follows an out-and-back course
that past participants say is very flat and fast -- at the Dorchester
County Y, on the Somerset Avenue side of the facility. From there,
runners make their way out toward the banks of the Choptank River, one
of the major tributaries off the Chesapeake here on the Delmarva
Peninsula, and
follows the same course that's used at the annual June running of the
Eagleman Ironman 70.3 Triathlon, which ends with a 13.1-mile run after
a 1.2-mile swim and a 56-mile bike ride.
Thanks in part to its location along the river, most of the course
follows a flat and fast route, and includes some stretches through the
wooded forest areas just outside town. Once they make their way along
the out-and-back route, runners finish the race back at the YMCA.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located along the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, about an 85-mile
drive southeast from Baltimore,
the city of Cambridge tends to experience mild to occasionally cool
weather conditions in the mid-spring, and usually drier weather in
April than in March or May. In April, the
city's average monthly temperatures range between 68°F and
45°F, while rainfall amounts average just over 3.2 inches for
the month.
Fees
$45 for the half marathon, if registered before January 1, 2009
$50 between Jan. 1 - February 13
$55 between Feb. 14 - March 30
$60 between April 1 and the day of the race
Registration
Registration for the spring 2009 running of Cambridge's Dorchester YMCA
Crab Run Half Marathon is now closed, as the event has completed.
Please check back
for updated information on how to sign up for the 2010 running of the
race.
Website
www.dorchesterymca.org
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