Regional Race Preview: Northern Central Trail Marathon (MD) on Nov 29, 2008

The steam is building for the 19th Northern Central Trail Marathon and the 13th Two-Person Relay, Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. The out-and-back course travels along the Northern Central Railroad Trail (NCRT) through rural and scenic northern Baltimore County. The USATF certified course starts at Sparks Elementary School and travels 1.8 miles along gentle rolling hills before reaching the flat NCR Trail. The course has a slight grade up for 11.7 miles north along a dirt and crushed stone surface and turning to come back 11.2 miles along a slight downgrade back to the 1.5 miles of "gentle rolling hills" to the finish at the school.