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Maryland > Mountain Maryland Marathon, Half Marathon
& 5K
Cumberland,
MD
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Date
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Event
Details
More than 400 runners turned out for the inaugural running of this
northwestern Maryland community's Mountain Maryland Marathon, Half
Marathon & 5K in the spring of 2009, which took runners over a
challenging and hilly course here in the Allegheny Mountains between
the towns of Cumberland and Frostburg, which lies just to the west.
All three races in the event start and finish at the Canal Place
Heritage Area, a shopping, entertainment and historic district in
downtown Cumberland. From there, runners follow North Mechanic Street
up through the area known as The Narrows, and then head west on the
National Highway out toward the town of Frostburg. While those running
the full, 26.2-mile marathon will make their way all the way over to
Frostburg, the turnaround point for those running the 13.1-mile half
marathon occurs between Cumberland and Frostburg near Campground Road.
After runners hit the half-marathon turnaround point, they then head
back east along the National Highway until they reach the turn onto
Long Drive, where they turn left and continue as the road becomes Cash
Valley Road. The half marathon route takes runners about two miles
along Cash Valley Road until the turn-off on the right for the Great
Allegheny Passage, a rails-to-trails project that follows the path of
the former Western Maryland Railway around the U-shaped Helmstetter's
Curve, which those running the full marathon follow all the way
eastward from their turnaround point in Frostburg.
This race's mountain location, as you might have guessed, means that
the race route is often hilly and can be quite challenging for even
experienced runners, as the elevation climb for the full marathon is
about 1,900 feet from the race start to the mid-way point in Frostburg.
While those running the half won't experience quite that degree of
elevation climb, they'll still need to be ready to tackle the hills and
climb from the start in downtown Cumberland to the high point near the
half-way turnaround, and along the Great Allegheny Passage trail back
toward the finish line.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in the northwest corner of Maryland, roughly midway between
Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., the city of Cumberland tends to
experience mild to moderately cool conditions in the mid-spring season,
and relatively even precipitation throughout the year (May is the
area's wettest month on average). In April, the city's average monthly
temperatures range between 67°F and 39°F, while
rainfall totals average just over 3.1 inches for the month.
Fees
N/A
Registration
Registration for the spring 2009 running of Cumberland's Mountain
Maryland Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K 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.mountainmdmarathon.org
Half
Marathon Course Map
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