Ultramarathoner from Federal Hill one of 14 Marylanders in Ironman championship

Ultramarathoner from Federal Hill one of 14 Marylanders in Ironman championship

Whenever Alyssa Godesky needs a break from the rigors of running 50- and 100-mile ultramarathons, she kicks back with five hours of pedaling, swimming and a mere sprint of 13 miles.

 

Sharing stories of breast cancer

Thirty thousand pairs of sneakers. Thirty thousand pink ribbons. Thirty thousand people trying to beat something. If nothing else, the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure was really 30,000 stories. Tales of people whose lives have been somehow touched by breast cancer. Thousands of reasons for showing up to walk or run on a rainy, cold, dreary morning.

 

2009 marathon leaves smaller footprint

B'More Green: Stats for the 20,000-person race included 16,640 pounds of recycled materials, 100 planted trees

Alphonce Yatich of Kenya tops all in Baltimore Marathon

A defending champion was overthrown in the men's competition at the Baltimore Marathon on Saturday, and a new event record was set in the women's.

 

A greener Running Festival cleanup

By the time the last of the runners completed Saturday's Baltimore Running Festival, there was hardly any evidence of the many water bottles, used cups and waste that pile up at the finish line.

 
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Baltimore Running Festival is a relative thing for this bunch

Organizers of this weekend's Baltimore Running Festival can't say exactly how many families, spouses, friends and co-workers will be running among the more than 17,000 who have signed up for the eighth annual event.

Kenyans sweep top spots in marathons

The three years that passed since John Itati ran through the streets of Baltimore didn't tarnish his memory. The same mile marker brought the same surge past the rest of the field and the identical feeling that he couldn't lose.

Runners take marks for Marathon Festival

A bed in Connecticut was too comfortable, so Omea Peter will tour Baltimore.

Pukstas looks to make misstep a lapse of past

The men's marathon at the Athens Olympics ranks near the top of road racing's great catastrophes.

Festival's numbers could exceed 10,000

The Oct. 15 Baltimore Running Festival has attracted a record total of entries, and the number getting their heart rate up near the Camden Yards staging area could exceed 10,000.

Two marathoners know their way home

Erick Kimaiyo and Elvira Kolpakova again ruled the roads of Baltimore, albeit with considerably more suspense.

Running Festival presents more than a marathon

Marathons aren't for everyone.

Kimayo runs down field with command showing

Erick Kimayo met Charles Kamindo, a fellow countryman from Kenya, yesterday morning at Camden Yards. They warmed up together for Baltimore's Comcast Marathon, then raced shoulder to shoulder for 21 miles, until the elder Kimayo ran away and hid with a royal performance near the castle on the...

They're king, queen of the hills

Luka Cherono trains in the altitude of western Kenya. Elvira Kolpakova hails from a Russian town in the Ural Mountains. No wonder they seemed to be the only runners in the inaugural Baltimore Marathon Festival who didn't seem daunted...

2009 Baltimore Marathon map


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