During the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Katie Zaferes of Hampstead (Carroll County), Maryland, won the Bronze Medal in the Women's Triathlon, which consists of cycling, running, and swimming. Zaferes won the International Triathlon Union's World Triathlon Championship in 2019.
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On the Eastern Shore, in Ocean City, the Island to Island Half Marathon & 5K will take place in May 2022, while the annual Storm Warriors 5K Run/Walk next will be held on November 12, 2022.
The St. Michaels Running Festival will take place on May 14, 2022.
The Annual Governor's Bay Bridge Run (10K) crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge from the Eastern Shore to Sandy Point State Park in May from 1985 to 2006. Its successor, the annual Chesapeake Bay Bridge Run/Walk, started in November 2014. The sixth largest 10K in the United States, it next will be run on November 13, 2022.
Annapolis 10-Mile Run, Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, August 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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In Anne Arundel County, the B&A Marathon and Half Marathon next will be held in March 2023. In Maryland's capital city, the Annapolis Striders sponsor marathons and other events, including the annual Annapolis 10-Mile Run, which next is scheduled for August 28, 2022. The annual Annapolis Running Classic will be held in November 2022.
In Baltimore County, the Baltimore Triathlon will take place at the Hammerman Area of Gunpowder Falls State Park on Oct. 1-2, 2022.
Annapolis 10-Mile Run, Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, August 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
The Maryland Half-Marathon & 5K, a charity run benefiting the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, now held in Maple Lawn in Howard County, will next be held virtually on June 11, 2022. Previously, it had been held in Timonium, Baltimore County.
In Frederick, the Frederick Running Festival will be held in April 2023.
In Montgomery County, the Nanty Narking Nearly 9K & 2 Mile Fun Stroll was held in Sandy Spring in May 2016 and 2017. It followed a path by local historic sites, and offered Civil War era music as well.
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