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Maryland > ZOOMA Annapolis Women's Half Marathon &
10K
Annapolis, MD
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Date
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Event
Details
The second in a series of women's race events taking place across the
country in 2009 -- with half marathons also in Austin, Denver and
Atlanta -- the ZOOMA Annapolis Women's Half Marathon & 10K saw
more than 2,400 runners cross the finish line at its end-of-May 2009
running, with more than 1,100 of those runners finishing the event's
half-marathon alone.
Both races share the same starting line, which lies just outside the
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, here on the campus of the United
States Naval Academy. From there, those running the 13.1-mile race
follow the course as it winds its way along a brief loop to the north
of the stadium and then heads back southward along Farragut Road to
Cedar Park Road, and then follows Taylor Avenue and Baltimore Boulevard
across the US Naval Academy Bridge over into the town of Arnold, where
the bulk of the race route unfolds.
Most of the rest of the race takes runners on a long straightaway
stretch between the campuses of the Naval Academy and Anne Arundel
Community College in Arnold, where runners reach the turnaround and
then make their way back along the roads and the tree-lined, thickly
forested Baltimore-Annapolis Trail that parallels the
Ritchie Highway toward the finish line in Jonas Green Park, overlooking
the Severn River flowing by.
While the course features lengthy stretches of mostly gentle, flat
terrain (especially for the first couple of miles through the city
streets of Annapolis), runners hit their first significant hill of the
race just after crossing the bridge over the Severn River, at about the
mile 3 marker as they're making their way onto the Ritchie Highway.
From there, the course follows a steady, gradual ascent between mile
markers 3 and 6, followed by a brief downhill stretch between miles 7
and 8. The courses rises again around mile 9 and then follows a gradual
but steady descent between mile 10 and the finish line at the park.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, about 30 miles east of
Washington, D.C., and roughly the same distance south from Baltimore,
the city of Annapolis tends to experience mild to moderately warm
weather conditions in the late spring, as well as its wettest weather
of the year on average during the month the race is held. In May, the
city's average monthly temperatures range between 75°F and
52°F, while rainfall amounts average just over 4.4 inches for
the month.
Fees
$85 for the half marathon, if registered by March 1, 2009
$95 between March 2 - April 19
$105 between April 20 - May 30
Registration
Registration for the spring 2009 running of the ZOOMA Annapolis 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
races.zoomarun.com
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