1:52 half miler seeks Baltimore Country running teams

You could contact coaches of local universities and find out if you could train with them as a volunteer assistant coach or something similar where the liability of you getting injured and sueing them isn't there. UMBC(university of maryland baltimore county),a DI school, has some of the area's fastest guys.

http://www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/track/

-> UMBC

http://hopkinssports.ocsn.com/sports/m-track/jhop-m-track-body.html

-> John's Hopkins

http://umterps.ocsn.com/sports/m-otrack/md-m-otrack-body.html

->UM college Park

There is also a "meet of miles" on july 23 @ Oakland Mills High School @ 6:00pm in Columbia,MD. Former and current "fast" milers either run or help organize the event. You could go there and network and gain some new training partners. A guy who now runs for UMBC and who has run a 3:50 1500m/(1:52-1:54)800m ran the meet of miles maybe 2 years ago.

http://striders.net/future.htm

Hey man,

I am a 1:54 half miler who lives in the Timonium area in Baltimore County. I'm a rising senior at Lafayette college and there are some fairly good middle distance groups in the area. You should stop into the Falls Road Running Store and talk to Jim Adams, he knows every runner and group in the area. But there are several middle distance guys in the area involved in some various training groups.

Come to the store and talk to Jim though, he is the man in Maryland for running.

Brett Harvey

Where is the Falls Road Running Store? If I were to move there, it would probably be around Timonium/Cockeysville area and it wouldn't be till after next outdoor season (July 2004). Do you have any plans of post collegiate running and if so, where and what do you plan to do?

try contacting Matt Centrowitz at American University. We have a bunch of good middle distance guys. Sean O'brien (3 time all-american miler), Sean Duffy (3:43 1500pr) and Pil Gaeta (1:49 800). A lot of post-collegiate gusy train with us, so you would fit in

Yeah Centrowitz would be your best bet (go check out his own running career)...he lives outside Annapolis and his daughter, who has quite a good future ahead of her, goes to Broadneck High School. Considering we have similar times I would enjoy training with you, but I have been battling this hip injury and the rehab is going slowly. Good Luck

Thanks for the input guys. American University seems like my best bet with their middle distance crew. Is that in DC and does anyone have any contact info for Matt?

This link give you his e-mail address

http://www.american.edu/athletics/track/index.html

(I just don't want to put his e-mail address on the message board)

Hope to see you on on the track

Thanks, I went to that site right after I read your email but thanks anyways for the link. I emailed Matt and asked him of opportunities to train under him and the team. Hopefully he will respond and I\'ll have a team but the downside is no sponser.

If you e-mail me at Dm1921a@american.edu, I can send you his phone number. I just dont' want to put this info on the message boards, i'm not sure if he would like it

got your email address and just wrote you but I don't think I need Matt's phone number till he responds to my email.