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A gallery of pictures submitted by Baltimore Sun readers:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/other/bal-marathon-ugc-photos,0,5900957.ugcphotogallery

Here’s the Sun page on the Baltimore Running Festival:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/today/bal-marathon,0,2910560.storygallery

In previous posts, I’ve been a bit hokey in my complaints about the rebranding from a “marathon” to a “running festival”, but I have to admit that it’s probably the right move. It really is a whole set of events at this point, and the name makes things less intimidating for first-time runners. Good luck to everyone who takes part.

A next step that I encourage: Emulating Ireland a year or two from now with a Baltimore Walking Festival in the spring.

Since a large part of Saturday’s event involves closing roads for runners, it only makes sense that you wouldn’t want to drive to the Baltimore Marath — er, Foot Festivus.

With that in mind, here’s a page on the MTA site that can help you find a transit option. Transit lines

I know that Google Transit Baltimore is handy for this as well, but they’re still working out a few bugs. While I still encourage people to use that service, it’s good to cross-check it on the MTA page.

Anyhow, these tools should be a good start for anyone going to the Baltimore Marath — er, Podiatric Parade — this weekend at Camden Yards. It’s also not a bad start for getting to Orioles games, since the apparent source for public transit info on the Orioles’ site is fairly sparse, as of early October 2008.

Labels: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Maps, Running, Transit

posted by Patrick  # 2:28 PM