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Mountain Maryland Marathon Club * 14305 Bald Knob Road * Mount Savage, MD 21545 * 301-264-3147 * [email protected]
If interested in attending/participating, please consider sending an email to [email protected]. While RSVP is not required, if the RD gets the idea that no one is going to be there, he won't be there, either.
Training Run No. 1 - Sunday, Aug. 14
First training run for 2011 is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 14. Details below:
* We will be running the first 8.9 (ish) miles, which includes about 1.2 mile on road and about 7.7 miles on what is mostly single track trail.
* We will be meeting across from the Green Ridge Youth Center at 7:45 a.m. This is located by taking Interstate 68 to Exit 62 (turn left if coming from east, turn right if coming from west). We will drive to the finish area (which is Aid Station 2) and take as many vehicles as necessary to the start (and figure out logistics of getting everyone where they need to be - no worries, this works out every time).
* These training runs are self-supported. You are responsible for your own water, gels, etc., as well as for finding your way back if you get lost (but if you're one of our designated drivers and still have your car key, chances increase that we will wait for you).
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Training Run No. 2 - Sunday, Aug. 28
* The second training run is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 28 and will run from Aid Station 2 at the start of the green trail (Deep Run/Big Run) to the oasis, all the way to Aid Station 5. That distance is about 13.9 miles.
* We will be meeting across from the Green Ridge Youth Center at 7:45 a.m. This is located by taking Interstate 68 to Exit 62 (turn left if coming from east, turn right if coming from west). We will drive to the finish area (which is the oasis) and take as many vehicles as necessary to the start (Aid Station 2) and figure out logistics of getting everyone where they need to be - no worries, this works out every time).
Training Run No. 3 - Sunday, Sept. 11
* The third training run is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 11 and will run from the Oasis (Aid Station 4) to the finish line - about 16 miles.
* We will be meeting at the finish line at 7:45 a.m. Directions to finish:
- From Interstate 68, take Exit 62 (Fifteen Mile Creek Road) and turn north.
- Make a quick left onto National Pike / 144 West (do not get back on I-68) for about 2 miles.
- Turn left onto Old Williams Road for about 1 mile.
- Bear left onto Black Sulphur Road for about 1.4 miles
- Bear right onto Wallizer Road
- Turn left into parking area (big grassy, empty field)
Training Run No. 4 - Sunday, Oct. 2
* The fourth training run is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 2 and will run from the start to the oasis (about 16.5 miles).
* We will be meeting across from the Green Ridge Youth Center at 7:45 a.m. This is located by taking Interstate 68 to Exit 62 (turn left if coming from east, turn right if coming from west). We will drive to the finish area (which is Aid Station 2) and take as many vehicles as necessary to the start (and figure out logistics of getting everyone where they need to be - no worries, this works out every time).
Training Run No. 5 - Sunday, Oct. 9
* This is the fifth and final organized training run and is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 9. It will repeat the Sept. 11 training run and go from the oasis to the finish line - about 16 miles.
* We will be meeting at the finish line at 7:45 a.m. Directions to finish:
- From Interstate 68, take Exit 62 (Fifteen Mile Creek Road) and turn north.
- Make a quick left onto National Pike / 144 West (do not get back on I-68) for about 2 miles.
- Turn left onto Old Williams Road for about 1 mile.
- Bear left onto Black Sulphur Road for about 1.4 miles
- Bear right onto Wallizer Road
- Turn left into parking area (big grassy, empty field)