B&A Trail Marathon and Half Marathon

The race registration fees increase as follows:

                                                                                                                        Marathon                                          Half Marathon

Register on or before 01/1/2027:                                                                $85.00                                                   $75.00                                             

After 12/31/2026 but before 02/16/2027:                                                   $95.00                                                   $85.00

After 02/15/2027 but before 03/03/2027:                                                 $105.00                                                   $95.00

In person registration at packet p/u on Saturday 3/6/2027:                 $115.00                                                 $105.00

Race day registration will not be available.

Please note that the prices shown above are net of and do not include service fees that will be added to such prices when you register for the marathon or the half marathon.

If you registered for the Marathon or the Half Marathon and, for whatever reason you are unable to run with us on race day, you will not be entitled to a refund of your registration fee, you will not have an opportunity to defer registration to a future race, and you will not be allowed to transfer your bib to another runner.  Please carefully consider this policy when registering for either the Marathon or the Half Marathon.

If you register for the Marathon and decide that you would rather run the Half Marathon, you may switch your registration via your RunSignup account. You can make this change until March 03, 2027, thereafter you can request a change at packet pick up. There is no refund if you change races.

If you registered for the Half Marathon but would like to switch your registration to the Marathon you can do so via your RunSignup account up until March 03, 2027. You may also change your registration at packet pick up.

The course will run approximately two miles on residential streets with the remainder on the B&A Trail; an asphalt rails-to-trails bike and running path.  There is only one significant hill on the course for both the half-marathon and the marathon.  The marathon course and the half-marathon course are each USATF certified (the marathon course is a Boston qualifier). We will make an effort to have volunteers act as course monitors/traffic controllers at turns and places where the B&A Trail intersects at grade with local roads. Although the B&A Trail is closed to automobile traffic, it is open to walkers, bikers, and other runners so we ask that you stay alert and courteous.

USATF Course Certification: MD23001LM (half-marathon); MD21001LM (marathon).

You can pick up your race packet on Saturday, March 6, 2027 between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM at Severna Park High School.  You can also pick up your packet on race day, Sunday March 7, 2027, from 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM.  If you are local, we ask that you make an effort to pick up your packet on Saturday so as to avoid congestion on Sunday morning. We ask that you provide a photo ID at packet pick up.  You may pick up packets for other runners if you provide a photo of their ID and a note (which can be an e-mail or text) authorizing you to pick up the packet for the other person(s). 

Runners must be at least 13 years of age on race day for the half-marathon and at least 16 years of age on race day for the marathon.

The average high temperature for central Maryland for the beginning of March is 52 degrees, and the average low temperature is 34 degrees. Of course, weather is unpredictable, and snow and rain or other conditions are possible. If the conditions are icy or snowy resulting in unsafe conditions the race will be canceled and will be announced on this page and on the Annapolis Striders Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/annapolisstridersinc

Time limit: The marathon and the half-marathon will start promptly at 7:30 AM.  The marathon course will remain open for 6- hours (approximately a 13:30 pace). Course support will begin to be withdrawn at beginning at 1:00 PM. Please Note: in past years we have allowed an early start for marathoners who would like extra time to complete the course. We are not doing so this year due in large part to traffic control issues at the start of the race. We have, however, allowed a six-hour time span to complete the marathon course. If you don't think you can complete the marathon course within the specified time limit, please consider switching to the half-marathon. There is no time limit for the half-marathon. 

Race timing will be provided by Maryland Timing, and the results will be available from Maryland Timing. http://www.mdtiming.com/2025/B&AMArathonINformation.htm

Questions concerning results can be e-mailed to: rhall@mdtiming.com

The Anne Arundel and City of Annapolis Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will provide First Aid support for this race. First Aid personnel will be stationed at the finish line and throughout the course for any medical emergencies. They have their own communications equipment, and their First Aid Support Team (FAST) is CPR/AED and First Aid trained.

There will be two aid stations on the half-marathon course each of which the runners will pass twice. One is located where the B&A Trail intersects with Jones Station Rd. (approximately mile 2.9 heading south and mile 10.9 heading north). The other is located where the B&A Trail intersects with Arnold Rd (approximately mile 5.5 heading south and mile 8.7 headed north). 

Marathon runners will also have access to the two above-mentioned aid stations, and four aid stations that are only on the marathon portion of the course, three of which runners will pass twice. There will be aid stations: (1) just north of the intersection of the B&A Trail and Robinson Rd (approximately mile 13 heading north and mile 25.5 heading south); (2) just north of the intersection of the B&A Trail and Earleigh Heights Rd. (approximately mile 14.3 heading north and mile 23.7 heading south); (3) just north of the intersection of the B&A Trail and Jumpers Hole Rd. (approximately mile 16.5 heading north and mile 21.9 heading south); and (4) just south of the marathon turn around at Aquahart Rd. (approximately mile 19). 

All aid stations will have water and Gatorade available.  In addition, aid stations on the marathon only portion of the course will have gel packets, Vaseline, and band aids.  

Porta pots will be placed on the course on the B&A Trail (1) at the Jones Station Rd. Aid Station; (2) at the Jumpers Hole Aid Station and (3) at the Aquahart Rd. Aid Station by the marathon turn around. In addition, restrooms are available on the marathon only portion of the course behind the ranger station at Earleigh Hights Rd., (approximately mile 14.3 heading north, and mile 23.7 heading south). 

You must run the race for which you are registered. If you register for the marathon but decide mid-race to only run the half-marathon you will be scored DNF for the marathon and will not be considered to have run the half-marathon.

IMPORTANT: No headphones; no strollers; no animals that are not service animals. This applies to the marathon and the half-marathon. 

If you feel you need to use ear buds, we ask that you only wear only one.  We want you to be fully aware of ambient sounds as you run. The B&A Trail is open to the general public so, in addition to those running the race, other runners, bikers, walkers, and roller bladers will be free to use the trail.  We want you to be fully aware of your surroundings at all times.

Because the trail will be open to the general public during the entire marathon and half marathon, we ask that you observe common rules of running etiquette.  Please, do your best to keep to the right side of the trail.  If you have items you want to dispose of, we ask that you do so at one of the aid stations.  If that is not possible, please try to leave any discarded items by a mile maker so we can pick them up when we retrieve the mile markers.

All finishers will receive a commemorative medal. We will present awards for the male and female overall winners of both the marathon and the half-marathon. In addition, we will present awards for male and female masters runners of both races, and awards for male and female runners who finish at the top of their respective age groups.

No cash prizes are offered.  

Each participant will receive a long-sleeved T-Shirt.  Each participant will also receive a knit cap featuring the B&A logo.

We will not have a bag drop, so please leave valuables in your car. You may, however, leave your warm-up/cool down cloths in the school cafeteria. 

Parking is available in the school parking lots. There is also street parking in the neighborhoods adjacent to the school. Volunteers will direct traffic on race day. Please follow the directions given by the volunteers. 

The closest airport to the race is Thurgood Marshall Baltimore Washington International (BWI). Hotel and bed and breakfast accommodations are available throughout the Annapolis and BWI airport areas. There will be no road closures in the morning affecting driving to the school.

Post race refreshments will be available in the high school. In addition, post-race massages will be available from licensed massage therapists.

Enduro photos will once again photograph the race so you can memorialize your run!

Volunteers are always needed and always welcome.  You can volunteer on this website, or you can email toml@annapolisstriders,org.

Tom Lyden is the race director. To contact him, please e-mail: ba_marathon@annapolisstriders.org