Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The Annapolis Striders will host its annual Ten Mile Run downtown this Sunday.
About 5,000 people will descend on downtown for the Annapolis Striders' Ten Mile Run this Sunday. The race starts at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at 7:45 a.m. and ends back at the Stadium at about 10 a.m. The Annapolis Police Department will be closing several streets on a rolling basis during the run, according to a press release. People looking to travel in and out of Rowe Boulevard will need to take a detour around the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Police officers will direct drivers at the intersections of Farragut Road and Rowe Boulevard and Herbert Sachs and Rowe Boulevard. Parking on the race route will be not be impacted aside from the brief road closures, and a city press release stated that parking along Main …
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Over the years road races have become extraordinarily expensive. Fortunately the Annapolis Striders have found a way to counter that.
Twenty years ago, when my husband and I decided we wanted to start our married life healthy, we took up running. It was the cheapest way we could find to lose weight and get fit. After an initial purchase of a couple of pairs of running shoes, some shorts and tank tops, we knew we would not have to spend much more. Unfortunately, shortly after entering the world of running, we discovered the best way to stay motivated was to register for races. Suddenly we had a new expense to add to our budget. As we started running longer distances, moving from 5Ks to 10-milers to half-marathons and finally marathons, this expense began to grow. Each year, as the New Year approaches we begin to plan our races for the next season and each year we are …
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Runners complete the Anniversary Run 15k in Quiet Waters Park on Sunday, wrapping up this year's Championship Series.
It has been 12 years since I last participated in the Annapolis Striders Championship Series. Melissa Currence is to blame for setting me on that path and for that I am grateful. Unfortunately, life took over and the next 10 years, try as I might, something always got in the way. I had almost given up on the chance of ever running the series again. But when I sat down this year with the race schedule and my calendar, I realized—barring accidents and unforeseen mommy duties—I could do it. No vacations, marathons, triathlons or major family events were standing in my way. Finally, I was able to make my return to the series. The eight-part race series started in January with a 5k in Severna Park and continued throughout the year with races …
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Local runners, triathletes, and cyclists share what they are thankful for with Patch readers.
Over the past year, I have spent a good deal of time getting to know the local runners and triathletes in Annapolis. I have watched Annapolis Striders members cross the line of their first 5K, 10K and even marathon. I have watched as Annapolis Trail Runners trained for their first ultra marathon. And I have watched dozens of Annapolis Triathlon Club members cross the finish line at Ironman races across the country. I am grateful to have been a witness to these life changing events in so many people’s lives. Fitness does change people’s lives. Crossing the finish line for the first time is not just a momentary glory. It is something that sticks with us forever. More than that, the training that goes into these events leaves all of us with a…
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Sunday morning was a beautiful morning for the race—the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC.
On Saturday afternoon, 220 Annapolis residents had their fingers crossed hoping beyond hope that the meteorologists were right and the storm that had been dumping a wintery mix on the area for most of the day really would pass. By Sunday morning, these 220 had breathed a sigh of relief and were heading into Washington, DC, to run the 36th Marine Corps Marathon. The weather, though chilly by most accounts, was perfect for a morning spent running 26.2 miles through the streets of the city. “The weather could have been a little warmer at 4 a.m., but by race time I was ready to shed the extra clothing I had on,” said Noreen Leary, who was running her fifth marathon. Leary was not alone in shedding her clothes as she ran. This is one of many …
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Hundreds of local residents will be heading to DC to run their first marathon. Patch columnist Ann Brennan shares her three top tips for surviving the rest of marathon week.
The Marine Corps Marathon will take place this weekend in Washington, DC, and more than 200 of the close to 30,000 runners participating in the event will be from Annapolis, Severna Park, Davidsonville, and Crofton. Many of the local runners heading out to run the Marine Corps Marathon this weekend are experienced marathoners, but based on years past, more than a third will be first time marathoners. The People’s Marathon, as it is called, has one of the highest percentages of first-time runners of all other marathons. In Annapolis this may be even more likely as the Annapolis Striders, Blue Point Timing and Fleet Feet Running Store all have running programs for first-time marathoners with the Marine Corps Marathon being their target race…
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Road closures, weather and a fender bender made for an eventful Metric Marathon on Sunday morning.
The sixth race in the eight-part Annapolis Strider’s Championship Series proved to be much more of a challenge for runners, race directors and even the police who volunteered their time for the race on Sunday morning. Having spent much of the past three weeks hoping for approval of the new route designed to circumnavigate the closed roads in South County, Race Director Melissa Currence was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief on Friday afternoon as the approval came through. But Sunday morning, even as the runners were lining up, Currence and her crew realized the course was almost a half mile longer than the planned 16. Try as they might, the problem was not fixed before the gun went off. For runners, more concerning than the extra …
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Columnist Ann Brennan takes the advice of local athletes to heart in her first half Ironman in eight years.
This weekend I covered 72.3 miles in Williamsburg, VA. After six months of focused training, I completed the Patriot’s Half Ironman, a 1.2 mile swim, a 58 mile ride and a 13.1 mile run. It took six hours and twenty five minutes. That is a lot of time. A lot of time for my body to be moving, but more importantly it is a lot of time for my mind to be whirling. As I made my way from swim to bike to run, I thought of all of the moments that led up to this day. Yes, there was the training, but that I have done before. Over the past year I have met so many great people and been welcomed into so many incredible local athletic clubs and organizations. I am so thankful for the lessons learned and the ability to apply them to this weekend’s race. In…
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Local runners rally after the cancellation of the Annapolis Ten Miler.
The weather for the Annapolis Ten Miler is always atrocious. It is hot, humid and best described as just plain miserable. But runners expect that and they register months in advance any way. Because of its popularity, the race has reached the same status as many of the bigger marathons the world over, closing registration within hours of opening. So, on Wednesday afternoon, when registrants received notice the race would go on, rain or shine, there was less a sign of relief and more a shrug of, “well, of course.” It wasn’t until Thursday when Annapolis City Emergency Management canceled the race for the first time in its 36-year history that there was any shock. Within minutes of the announcement messages were flying across Twitter, …
Saturday, August 20, 2011
More than 1,200 runners ran their first marathon with the help of Ben Moore, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and retired Marine.
When I decided to run my first marathon, I knew just who to go to: Ben Moore, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and retired Marine. Since I had moved to Annapolis three years before, people had told me about Moore’s Marines, a first-time marathon training program. According to Ron Bowman of Bluepoint Timing, Moore is one of the founders of the Annapolis Striders and had encouraged his friends and family to run for years before he created the first marathon training program in Maryland in 1979. The first group consisted of 15 runners, primarily friends and family. At the end of the training season, all of the members completed the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC. Over the years, runners from all over the state went through Moore’s …
Michael Berry
7:28 am on Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Great article Ann! more ›