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Maryland > Maryland Half Marathon
Timonium, MD
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Date
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Event
Details
Run on the weekend after the Memorial Day holiday through the streets
of this town just to the north of Baltimore, the Maryland Half Marathon
also is run as a benefit for the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer
Center at the University of Maryland. This out-and-back race starts and
finishes on opposite ends of the Maryland State Fair Grounds in
Timonium, and offers a mixture of flat stretches and some significant
hills along a race course made up entirely of paved surfaces.
From the starting line at the southern end of the fairgrounds, runners
follow the course heading out onto West Timonium Road, which they
follow west for the first mile and a half or so of the race until
meeting up with Jenifer Road, where they turn right (north) and run
along the eastern edge of the Baltimore Country Club at Five Farms. The
first two miles or so of the race are mostly uphill, climbing roughly
200 feet in elevation from the start to the second mile marker.
After passing through mile 2, runners head around the northern end of
the club grounds and onto Marys Chapel Road, which they follow south
through the club and which features the rolling green pastures of the
golf course on both sides of the road. The next four miles or so of the
course are mostly downhill, as runners trek through to the halfway
point in the race with only one minor hill between mile markers 4 and
5. As runners head along West Seminary Avenue, they turn onto Thornton
Road and hit the mid-point of the race course, passing by Essex Farms
Park twice as they run a roughly mile-long out-and-back along Thornton.
The second half of the race takes runners northward along Thornton all
the way through Padonia Park back up to West Timonium Road, and runners
hit the second big uphill of the race between mile markers 7 and 9.
Runners turn onto Honey Ridge Road (which becomes Valleyfield Road) for
a nice downhill stretch through the area known as Mays Chapel,
following the course as it continues downhill along miles 9 through 11.
After this stretch, the final couple miles of the race feature a
gradual uphill toward the finish line back at the fairgrounds.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located about 15 miles north of Baltimore, the town of Timonium shares
much the same weather conditions as its neighboring town Towson, which
also lies just to the north of Baltimore. In May, average monthly
temperatures range between 75°F and 53°F, while
rainfall amounts average around 5.57 inches for the month, making May
the area's wettest month of the year on average.
Fees
$75
Additional donations encouraged
Registration
To reserve your spot in the spring 2009 running of Timonium's Maryland
Half Marathon, register online at the event website.
Website
www.mdhalfmarathon.com
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