THIS IS SO BALTIMORE. DOWNTOWN ON PRATT STREET TODAY? YOU HAD COSTUMES AND CABLE RUNS. SPIDER-MAN AND STREET SWEEPING, AND CRYOTHERAPY AND COWBELLS. [CAL BELL -- COW BELL RINGING] THIS SCENE, AS OUR CITY HOSTS COMIC-CON IN THE MARATHON. >> I’M NERVOUS ABOUT THE HILLS. I’M NERVOUS ABOUT THEIR NOT BEING ENOUGH BATHROOMS AND WATER STOPS. >> IRAN AND THAT -- I NEVER RAN IN THE BALTIMORE BEFORE. KATE: THE MEN’S MARATHON FAVORITE? JEREMY LIVES A BLOCK FROM THE , WHO LIVES A BLOCK FROM THE STARTING LINE. >> THERE’S EXCITEMENT FOR SURE. IT’S THE HOMETOWN RACE. IT’S ONE BLOCK FROM MY HOUSE OVER THERE AT CAMDEN YARDS. IT IS ALWAYS JUST REALLY EXCITING TO SEE ALL MY FRIENDS IN BALTIMORE RUNNING THE STREETS I RUN THERE’S A LATE ENTRY THAT EVERY DAY. KATE COULD MAKE FOR A CONTESTED : FINAL STRETCH THE 2017 , BALTIMORE MARATHON CHAMPION. HIS NAME IS JORDAN TROPE. WORD IS, HIS WIFE COULD BREAK THE TAPE ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE. BUT WE COULDN’T TALK TO HIM AHEAD OF TIME, BECAUSE HE IS WORKING TONIGHT. HE IS ON CALL AT SHOCK TRAUMA AS A RESIDENT. AND HIS ROTATION WILL KEEP HIM UP ALL NIGHT UNTIL THE START TOMORROW MORNING. RACE OFFICIALS TELL US HE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE START, BUT HE COULD STILL RUN. THEY SAY CRAZIER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE IN BALTIMORE. IT COULD HAPPEN. HE ALSO SAYS HE WON’T BE COMPETING TO WIN IF HE DOES END UP WORKING ALL NIGHT, BUT THAT IS A RELATIVE TERM BECAUSE WHEN HE WON IN 2017, HE DID IT INTO: 29. REPORTING LIVE FROM THE MARATHON
Runners prepare for 19th annual Baltimore Running Festival
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Updated: 8:05 AM EDT Oct 19, 2019
The forecast for Saturday is ideal for endurance events such as the 19th annual Baltimore Running Festival. Spectators will probably be chilly, but the runners will be pleased.The entrants are getting ready for the Baltimore Running Festival.Along Pratt Street in downtown Friday, it didn't take long for citizens to figure out Baltimore's hosting two distinct events.More than 10,000 runners filed through the Convention Center to pick up their bibs and a shirts for one of Saturday's four races."I'm doing the Baltimore Marathon, the full marathon. It's my second full marathon, but I've done a lot of halves before," participant Liz Watson said. Erik Riddick is participating in the half marathon. Riddick explained why he's running 13.1 miles on Saturday."I've been asking myself that, too, because it's a mental challenge you have to deal with," he said.On Saturday, 20,000 runners -- from all 50 states, 17 foreign countries and previous podiums -- are expected to be on the starting line.Jeremy Ardunoy, who took third in 2018, is the men's marathon favorite this year."It's absolutely special. It's particular to me as a resident of Baltimore. It's really an exciting day. I get to run these streets that I run all the time, and it's cleared out," Ardunoy said.
BALTIMORE — The forecast for Saturday is ideal for endurance events such as the 19th annual Baltimore Running Festival.
Spectators will probably be chilly, but the runners will be pleased.
The entrants are getting ready for the Baltimore Running Festival.
Along Pratt Street in downtown Friday, it didn't take long for citizens to figure out Baltimore's hosting two distinct events.
More than 10,000 runners filed through the Convention Center to pick up their bibs and a shirts for one of Saturday's four races.
"I'm doing the Baltimore Marathon, the full marathon. It's my second full marathon, but I've done a lot of halves before," participant Liz Watson said.
Erik Riddick is participating in the half marathon. Riddick explained why he's running 13.1 miles on Saturday.
"I've been asking myself that, too, because it's a mental challenge you have to deal with," he said.
On Saturday, 20,000 runners -- from all 50 states, 17 foreign countries and previous podiums -- are expected to be on the starting line.
Jeremy Ardunoy, who took third in 2018, is the men's marathon favorite this year.
"It's absolutely special. It's particular to me as a resident of Baltimore. It's really an exciting day. I get to run these streets that I run all the time, and it's cleared out," Ardunoy said.
