This past weekend I participated – or rather waddled since I’m seven months pregnant – in the 9th annual Making Tracks for Celiacs 5K/10K. Because this was my first Making Tracks event, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. As I waited in line to register – quite a few of us registered the morning of the race -- I chatted up several veteran participants and learned that this year seemed to draw an even larger crowd than past years. One thing I noticed was the number of kids there, and the significant distances many of their families had traveled for the event.
From the results tally, it appears that more than 500 runners and walkers participated. Impressively, the
Making Tracks website says over $37,000 was raised. Proceeds help support the programs at the University of Maryland’s Center for Celiac Research (several other cities also have their own 5K’s in conjunctions with Baltimore’s).
As for the race itself, I got a kick out of many of the t-shirts in support of ‘silly-yaks’ and ‘gluten-free cuties’ that I passed (or rather, that passed me). I also enjoyed checking out the Canton waterfront and Patterson Park.
But of course, my favorite part had to be all the gluten-free goodies at the end. I started with powdered doughnut holes from Celiac Specialties, then enjoyed a bagel from Against the Grain Gourmet, nibbled on a mini blueberry muffin made with Jules Gluten Free flour mix, snuck a black and white cookie from Katz’s gluten free and savored a pastry from Tenzo Artisan bakery. It was decadent and gluttonous, but I am eating for two -- something a few generous vendors noted as they gave me seconds.
See you out there next year!
Christine
Making Tracks for Celiacs: Celiacwalk.org
Some of my favorite vendors:
Hi Christine,
ReplyDeleteI also participated in the 10K on sunday for the first time (i was just diagnosed last year). it was lots of fun! I do have a question for you though - where do you see the results tally that you mentioned in your post? I can't seem to find it anywhere on the website. thanks!
Lindsey
Lindsey,
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear you had such a good time! The tally is right at the top of the page: http://www.celiacwalk.org/
Hope that helps!
~The Gluten-Free in Baltimore Team
Thanks! Did you find the total # of runners on the page somewhere too? I guess I was wondering if they had posted results (finishing times, etc) somewhere that I had missed. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteLindsey
Hi Lindsey,
ReplyDeleteCharmcityrun.com has the finishing times under "Race Results."
Hope that helps,
Christine
excellent, thanks so much! I hadnt looked there. Congrats on your finish, also! i particularly enjoyed the raspberry coconut cookie-roll-thing that i had afterwards - i dont eat things like that much, it was fantastic!
ReplyDeleteLindsey