The Baltimore Marathon took place on Saturday, Oct. 15, with runners competing over 26.2 miles of city streets. Runners began in early morning, and the winners completed the race witin two hours. The top finishers were each awarded $15,000. The race was sponsored by local athletic apparel company Under Armour.
The majority of runners were amateurs, many of whom were running their first marathons. In total, the marathon saw its largest ever number of entrants, with 11,000 runners participating.
It was a year of firsts for the Marathon. In addition to the record number of runners, 2005 marked the first year in the race's five-year history that a Kenyan runner did not win. Instead, Mykokla Antonenko from Ukraine finished first with a time of 2:15:39. The first woman to finish was Russian Ramilya Burangulova, with a time of 2:41:58.
Next year's marathon will take place on Oct. 14, 2006.
