Annapolis Striders

(3/3) And our final low-key Championship Series race of 2026 is the Anniversary Run 15K on Sun. 12/13 at Quiet Waters Park. Head to RunSignup.com/AnniversaryRun to register & it's only $15 if you're not a Striders member, or FREE if you are! It's a great excuse to join the club. 😉

(2/3) Our next Striders race is the Rosaryville Veterans Day Trail Race 50K & 20K on Sat. 11/14 at Rosaryville State Park. While technically sold out, there IS a waitlist, and of course we'll always take more volunteers too. Visit TinyURL.com/RVD2026 for full details!

Congrats to the 194 runners who finished this AM's beautiful Downs Park 5 Miler! Orion Boylston (28:00) & Amanda Hernandez (33:18) were our winners. Results are up at... AnnapolisStriders.org/result… ...& pics are coming soon! Great job by RD Ross Heisman and his volunteer crew. (1/3)

This weekend's big race alongside the Chesapeake Bay is almost here! Yes, runners of all abilities are welcome at Saturday's Downs Park 5 Miler at beautiful John Downs Memorial Park near Pasadena. Race day registration is just $25! Visit RunSignup.com/DownsPark for more info.

5K Class is back! ❄️ Sign up now for this fun training program meeting thrice weekly (Sun. 8 AM @ Bates Track, Tue./Thu. 6 PM @ Annapolis HS track) starting 11/29 & targeting our Valentine's 5K on 2/13. And the program is FREE for Striders members! More: TinyURL.com/asi5kclass

We're just two weeks out from our next low-key & inexpensive Championship Series race: The Downs Park 5 Miler on Sat. 11/7 near Pasadena! Sign up by 11/1 & it's only $10 if you're a Striders member or $15 if you're not. Visit RunSignup.com/DownsPark for more info & registration!

Best of luck to our Annapolis Striders "Moore's Marines" Marathon Training Program participants who are running Sunday's Marine Corps Marathon! Stay positive, pace yourselves, and above all else, keep moving forward! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃

Fourth & final Rosaryville Veterans Day 50K/20K (@RVDTrailRun) fall trail training run is this Sat. 10/24 at 8:30 AM! Free & open to all; only cost is MD State Parks entrance fee. BYO hydration/nutrition. One or more loops of the 9½ mile Perimeter Trail. Hope to see you there!

Our Winter 5K Training starts in late Nov. & we need RRCA-certified coaches to help! Tue. & Thu. 6-7 PM and Sun. 8-9 AM; coaches share taking the lead for one session each week. Club will help pay for RRCA coaching certification. Contact Laura Amin at [email protected]!

Our Rosaryville Veterans Day Trail Race 50K/20K (11/14) is now only a month away! This event is so much fun AND a bargain to boot. But we only have about 50 spots left, so sign up soon at TinyURL.com/RVD2026. (Even MORE fun is volunteering! Sign up at the above link to help.)

A free race?! Yep! Our Dec. 13th Anniversary Run 15K in Annapolis is $0 in advance for @AnnapStriders members or $15 for non-members, but we'd love for non-members to join & get the $0 deal! Visit RunSignup.com/AnniversaryRun to register, & check "Join Annapolis Striders" to join us!

The third of four informal trail training runs for our Nov. 14th @RVDTrailRun 50K & 20K will be taking place this Saturday, 10/10, on the 9½ mile Perimeter Trail at Rosaryville State Park! Park opens @ 8 AM, run starts @ 8:30; only cost is park entrance fee. BYO water/nutrition.

Our next low-key & inexpensive race is just one month away! Join us Sat. 11/7 for the Downs Park 5 Miler, a lovely bayside race along the colorful paths of Downs Park near Pasadena. Early sign-up is only $10 for Striders or $15 for non-members! Full info: RunSignup.com/DownsPark

Volunteers wanted for our Rosaryville Veterans Day Trail Race 50K & 20K on Sat. 11/14! Available duties include parking, registration, course marking, lap counting, trail sweeping, & finish hospitality. Please visit TinyURL.com/RVDVol2026 if you're interested in helping out!

With Sunday's Metric Marathon completed (a few more photos of which are shared here), there are just two races left in our 2026 Championship Series! Visit AnnapolisStriders.org/curren… for updated standings, courtesy of series coordinator Dan Mandeville.

We're bananas for these photos shared by longtime volunteer Donna Harten from her Metric Marathon water stop on Sunday! Our club exists thanks to folks like these. There's no better way to give back to the running community than by volunteering at a Striders event yourself! ❤️

(4/4) The Saturday after that, November 14th, is our Rosaryville Veterans Day 50K & 20K Trail Race, taking place on the beginner-friendly single-track trails of Rosaryville State Park near Upper Marlboro. Head to TinyURL.com/RVD2026 for all the details!

(3/4) Our next Striders Championship Series race is the Downs Park 5 Miler on Sat. 11/7 in Pasadena. As always, preregistration is only $10 for Striders & $15 for non-Striders! See RunSignup.com/DownsPark to sign up, or e-mail [email protected] to volunteer.

(2/4) Results & photos are up at: RESULTS: RunSignup.com/AnnapolisStrid… PHOTOS: karstenbrown.smugmug.com/Met… Big thank-you to race director Will Myers & his big crew of volunteers for doing such an outstanding job in less-than-ideal conditions!