Recognized by Running Times magazine in 2008 as a top ten marathon for percentage of finishers qualifying for The Boston Marathon.

Profiled in the January 2009 issue of Runner’s World magazine as an alternate marathon you should consider.

The Northern Central Trail Marathon and two person Marathon Relay are held the Saturday after Thanksgiving in northern Baltimore County, Maryland. The majority of the course is run on the scenic and flat Northern Central Railroad Trail. The Two-Person Relay covers the same route at the same time as the marathon. Each team member runs a 13.1 mile leg of the relay.