The fans were great, they were everywhere and very vocal. It was A beautiful day. The course was tough, first four miles were flat, the last four miles slightly down hill and rolling hills over the rest and A few more than rolling. It was well organized for the first one. I bet they had 40 tables giving massages. That felt great.

Barry (3:48)

a real challenging course. many hills. some more severe than others. but all and all an excellent event, well planned and executed.

Although the roads need to be repaired I will return next year to keep rollin rollin rollin.

The hills on this course have been grossly underestimated. Extremely hilly and difficult, all the way to the difficult hill at mile 21 that seems to never end. The strangest part of this marathon is that virtually no food is offered on the course. Sugar wafers are offered before the 7 mile marker, but no bagels, bananas, or cookies are offered elsewhere. Gu is offered at mile 18, but with a course this difficult, mile 18 is much too late for replenishment, and Gu is really more of a liquid replenishment when taken with water. Some sort of food, especially bananas would be of help. I saw many good runners overcome by heat and electrolyte loss. This is a very difficult race and the hills should be taken very seriously. It was difficult to find medical personnel to help with runners overcome by the conditions, and the route is not very scenic. The spectators, however, are full of spirit and very involved in the event.

Great support. Water stops were well manned, and plenty of gatorade and water. Course has more hills than other marathons I've run.

I just got done running this marthon. It was very hilly in the first 18, downhill somewhat in the last 8. Overall a nice course. It would be hard to PR on, but I did since it was my first marthon

Baltimore will shine this Saturday. The weather is going to be perfect and history will be made. SuperBowl Champs, World boxing title and now a World Class Marathon. I will be the happiest man alive growing stronger with each stride. STAND TALL BALTIMORE!

Wow! Over 10000 runners for the Inaugural Baltimore Marathon.
That's Great!
Looking forward to enjoying all the events!
Dave and Crew, Great Job!
Fred Riley

So far we have only dreamed of running it, but on October 20, the dream ends and we (Findlay Striders) wake up to run another inaugural, once in a lifetime, event.