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From YouTube: Kamenetz Officially Commenced 2011 Komen Race

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On Sunday, October 23, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz greeted runners, walkers, survivors, and volunteers for the 19th Annual Susan G. Komen Maryland Race for the Cure in Hunt Valley . He spoke from the mainstage to all attendees and race participants in the Race Village .

The Race Village opened at 6 a.m. on the Executive Plaza complex at McCormick Road and Schilling Circle in Hunt Valley . The timed 5K Run began at 8 a.m. and the 5K Walk/1 Mile Walk started at 8:30 a.m. Nearly 30,000 participants ran/walked the race this year.

Kamenetz gave cheers and encouraging words at the beginning of the race from the start-line stage and rang the bell to start the 2011 race.

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Guess what folks? There are 30 000 of you out here, ready to run what a fantastic crowd for the susan g conan.

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This is the fifth year that the race has been run right here in baltimore county. We are expecting to raise three million dollars this morning. What a great number this is the number one fundraiser in the state and one of the top seven most productive and successful affiliates in the common network of foreign affiliates throughout the country.