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Despite Distance, Club Members Stay Close~Second in an occasional series~Editor’s Note: Many Steeps members who have moved away from Frederick continue to stay in touch with us, and even travel back here for training, racing and socializing from time to time. We thought we’d reach out to learn more about our long-distance club …

by: Tim O’KeefeThe 2021 version of the Summer Decathlon was like no other of the 28 previous events. It came after a year when the Decathlon was cancelled. Due to the high school track season being extended, the first 5 events were NOT held on the track. AND it started just as COVID restrictions …

Despite Distance, Club Members Stay Close~First in an occasional series~Editor’s Note: Many Steeps members who have moved away from Frederick continue to stay in touch with us, and even travel back here for training, racing and socializing from time to time. We thought we’d reach out to learn more about our long-distance …

By Mark LawrenceThe City of Frederick was still pretty nervous about the pandemic at the beginning of Spring, so the thought of permitting a big event like the Frederick Running Festival that normally happens the first weekend of May made people uncomfortable.  Among them were the Mayor and Board of Alderman in Frederick.  As …

“I consider myself athletically challenged. Anyone who has run with me knows I can fall standing still. I am a late bloomer in my running journey, I did not start until I was 40. RobinUnbelievable to me, I won a hula hoop contest at my son’s elementary school, then won a jump rope contest. …

“My grandfather always said, he was going to make a runner out of someone in the family. I suppose I was his choice as many of my visits with him were spent being timed around a track or up and down the halls of his apartment. Since that was his wish, I decided to try…

“So how did it start…? I needed to drop a few pounds (and still do), so I started biking. Well, bikes are WAY too efficient and the time needed was more than I could commit, so I then tried running. It was a slow start, but I eventually found like-minded people who were supportive. In…

As we now know, streaking in running lingo has recently assumed a new meaning. It has nothing to do with running naked in public as a result of a lost dare. Streaking simply means running on consecutive days, for a set period of time, without fail. It is not as easy as you might think. As …

“I ran my first organized race in 1995, the Garrett 5K, in downtown Frederick. It was soon after that that I became a Steeplechaser. By 1997, I had run numerous 5K races and thought I was ready to try a marathon. I figured, I better do it soon because I was coming up on 30…

“I started running in 2011, when my best friend encouraged me to try the treadmill by just ‘running the straights’. I soon discovered I was better suited to run outside and ran my first 5K that same year. It was the Way Station Turkey Trot and I ran it in just under 30 minutes. A…