B&A Trail Marathon and Half Marathon

Annapolis Striders' races on the Baltimore and Annapolis Trail
Holly along the trail

Runners gathering in the high school before the races

And the runners are off.....

Annapolis Striders' bunny mile makers

Kids cheering, bells and whistles

Many many Navy shirts, men and women runners

Go Navy Women!

Families came to cheer

Kids helped out with volunteer jobs.

Turned out to be a "high flying sky day" (poet John Ciardi)

This was absolutely the only evidence on the half marathon trail of recent rains.

Bridges on the trail are substantial.

DAFFODILS were abundant in the Annapolis area, along the trail and in ditches were no exception.

Last water stop!
Water stops were adequate for a chilly day.
And the very last water stop was enthusiastic and cheering until the last runners came by.
Yea Volunteers!

They did NOT run out of post-race food: oranges, whole bananas, bagels and cream cheese, pizza.

Post race party

Wonderful volunteers in charge of awards

Two half marathon finisher's medals
Oh sad, though, they ran out of full marathon finisher's medals, which will have to be mailed later.

For more information about the B&A Trail Marathon, see my Don's blog: minnesotadon.blogspot.com.

Delaware Marathon / Half Marathon

December 17, 2011

Below: signs to protect the park, the beach
Signs of environmental caring







Pictures posted by Sweetpea

SIGNS

Signs seen on our car trip to the Jackson Mississippi Marathon / Half Marathon, some shot out the car windows or on the run in the race.

Crossing the Mississippi just north of the Ohio

Signs on barns in south eastern Missouri



Paintings on Mississippi River dikes

Just one of many displays at a rest stop near New Madrid

Small part of a gracious gracious rest stop in Mississippi

Rainbow Co-Op grocery in Jackson, Mississippi: great little co-op doing great work in their community. We found everything we were looking for.


First ever discovery of ORGANIC potato chips


Favorite marathon race spectator sign ever!

Mississippi Blues Marathon / Half Marathon

Saturday, January 7; Sweet Pea and I earned finisher's medals.

Ten (10) porta potties at the start. Still long lines when the race began. There were ten more beyond the start, but we were unable to find them before the race.

THE HALF MARATHON COURSE

Gated communities and boarded communities

Some marathons begin and end at the capitol building, but Mississippi's magnificent capitol was visible from the race course.. only in the far distance. (dome near the center of the picture)

Access roads, entrance ramps, exit ramps... who knows? Plenty of exhaust to inhale, and usually sharing the road with traffic



Typical residential communities? Abandoned buildings, burned out houses, boarded up homes.
Were the city leaders hoping for donations? Why did they not allow the race course to explore more parks, historic buildings, etc.?




GOOD NEWS

Best marked course we have run: many good signs and a thousand orange cones!

Water stops were fabulous.

Orange shirts... volunteers! ... were everywhere. There was never a question of which way to go at any corner.

Post race food was outstanding. The party was a PARTY!