Coach Jen B

No matter how long I live in Maine, home will always be Pennsylvania.  Running the GORE-TEX Philadelphia Marathon was one of those dream-come-true marathons for me. at least one of us made it to the Rocky Stairs!  The best husband, race supporter, driver ever.   THE DRIVE DOWN Well, it was a long drive.  It seemed like it took forever.  Because, well, it did.  Which left us with like 5 minutes in the expo to get our race packets and head over to dinner. Brooks Ghost 8 - GoreTex.  So cushiony and perfect in many ways.  I am loving them! DINNER!  I was invited to dinner with Cynthia from GORE, along with the other bloggers who were invited to run Philadelphia.  Bad blogger here...didn't get any photos of the people...but the food.  Oh my!   I opted for the signature dish - pasta with meatballs.  Absolutely delicious!   And to top it off, dessert was a fancy cannoli. ...

Taper week is here, at last! I'm not sure which Spandits I'll be wearing this Sunday.... maybe these?   I am positive I'll start to get the crazies this week - but for now, I'm surprisingly calm.   We'll see how I really am come this Thursday or Friday!   or these?   Let's talk about training.  I chose to follow the Hanson Plan this marathon cycle...mostly because the last time I trained with it, I PR'ed at Sugarloaf.  I wasn't looking forward to all of the speed and longer mid-week runs.  To me, they seemed rather anxiety provoking.... How on earth was I going to fit them in?   Somehow I managed to get them in - thanks to my fabulous support crew.  Don't you think LL Bean should use this?  I'm completely in love with this photo by a sweet and talented friend ! Thanks to Gore, I've had excellent gear to train in as well.  I see LOTS and LOTS of miles in this warm gear as the temps drop....and ...