Baltimore Half Marathon 10/11/08

Shorter Race, Much shorter race report.......All in all, an absolutely great day! Perfect weather, lots of fun. Instead of lengthy paragraphs, I've simplified this for easy reading.

General Course Description:

Start at the inner harbor.
Go east past patterson park.
Go north to Lake Montebello. Run a lap around the lake
Run west across 33rd street.
Go south to the harbor, over the howard street bridge, through downtown
End at Raven's stadium

Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Race time: 2 hours, 5 minutes, 25 seconds

Average pace per mile: 9 minutes 35 seconds

Number of girls seen doing the walk of shame to find her car window had been smashed out: 1

Number of crack vials or hypodermic needles stepped on: surprisingly zero

Number of people who had driven to their cars down a one-way street directly into the marathon course and were pissed off they had to sit there for HOURS until it finished: Too many to count

Number of F-bombs heard from angry Baltimore porch dwellers: 1

Number of crazy crackheads trying to hi-five runners: at least 2

Number of encouraging spectators: Countless

Number of aid stations offering beer to runners: only 1

Number of points on the race I could have grabbed a handful of gummy bears: 2

Number of times I heard "alright everybody, last hill" : at least 3