What I'm doing: I'm tempted to trek way our to McHenry (the town, not the fort) for the Snowflake Chase.
Why: A drive through western Maryland a couple weeks ago took us through some beautiful areas. I'm not sure I'll be able to make it out there this week, however. (Edit: My wife and I will probably be heading down to Washington this weekend instead for a family visit. If we're lucky and take the right walking route, we might catch the unusual site of a crowd in Guy Fawkes masks at the WikiLeaks rally).
What else I recommend: I'll be at the Federal Hill run tonight for the first time in months, and I imagine that they're receiving a little bump in general people working to get rid of holiday pounds.
Other options:
During the week - Glen Burnie daily walking program, USATF instruction for coaches, Weekday runs at Goucher, Federal Hill Monday run, Rockville all-comers group fun run, PGRC weekday runs, ESRC weekday runs
Saturday - Silver Spring Shooting Starr 4-miler, BRRC Saturday long runs, McHenry Snowflake Chase 5 miler, NCR group run,
Sunday - Howard Striders Operation Iceburg #1 (2M/6M), WRRC group run, Jarretsville RASAC North Bend 6.5 miler, BAH3 Sunday run (caveat: Groups like this are by definition a bit off-color)
EXTRA NOTE: The John Lewis Memorial Run has a new date. See steeplechasers.org for details. As always, please refer to each linked page for up-to-date information on any event.