Baltimore Ten Miler, 2018

The Baltimore Ten Miler was held Saturday, June 2nd, 2018. Thunderstorms had been forecast, but the weather was warm and cloudy, 73 degrees at starting time, with calm wind. The route was the same as last year, starting in Druid Hill Park, leading along East Drive to Wyman Park Drive, down Howard St. to 28th St, along 28th St. to Greenmount Ave., up Greenmount to 33rd St., along 33rd to Lake Montebello, around Lake Montebello, and back along the same route to Druid Hill Park.
      Dave Berdan, from Owings Mills, MD, was the winner in the men's division, with a time of 54:28. Breanna Bordenski, from Pasadena, MD, was the winner in the women's division, with a time of 1:03:39.
      My son Douglas and I ran together the whole race. He's an experienced runner and triathlete who ran the Broad Street Run in Philadelphia on May 6th. Our finish time was 1:26:19, for a pace of 8:38 per mile, better than I expected. I finished 453 out of 3898 total finishers, number 1 out of 40 finishers in my age group!