Coach Jen B

I was born and raised in Pennsylvania until 1990, when my family decided to move to Maine.  We make it a point to go back and visit family about once a year... but I've never raced in Pennsylvania.  Well - I checked that off my bucket list at the Runner's World Half and Festival!  I actually checked off my first FOUR PA races in one weekend!  How about that? The TRAIL Race! rocking my Sparkly Soul Headband, Spandits Inferno Shorts, ProCompression sleeves and pc racers & my Altra Torins This year Runner's World added a new race to their running festival - a 3.8 mile trail run, which brings to total running mileage to 26.2 miles!  I felt honored to participate in the first year of adding a 4th race to the festival. The Trail Race took place Friday afternoon at South Mountain Park.  David and Lacey took us over in the vans - which was rather awesome!  Not having to worry about how to get there, where to park!   pre race self...

Race season is here!  The weather is improving.  Sometimes slowly.  But it's getting better!  There is no time like the present to start registering for those races to motivate you to MOVE!   Gone For A Run is hosting a Log Off, Shut Down, Go Run 10k Race.   Even better is that you get some rather awesome swag with this race!   *women's athletic tank or men's lifestyle tee *race bib *finishers medal *Gone For A Run car magnet  Here's how you register:  *click here to visit Gone For A Run *Register before April 14th (hurry!!!! it's at 95% right now!) *Complete the 10k race either by running, walking between the dates of April 24-26th *You'll receive your race swag before you run.   *The medal will come separately and will arrive to you prior to your race day! I'll be participating in this year's 10k - it will be the perfect race to follow up Boston.  To be entered for additional raff...

Beach to Beacon is the road race in Maine that sells out in under 4 minutes on a cold, early March morning.  For a 10k, this race takes a lot of planning.  Not only is it organized by the incredible Joan Benoit Samuelson, it attracts over 6500 runners from all over the globe and offers an entire 6.2 mile wall of spectators cheering you on to the finish.  The race organizers put in a ton of thought and work into this race - as do the thousands of volunteers that help make this race successful.   To add to the excitement of Beach to Beacon, elites and master level runners from all over come to this little coastal town in Maine to race - this year Shalane and Meb joined the elite runners to run this course.   Love meeting fellow bloggers - especially this one!   Kara , a Maine Native, and teacher runner too! I'm not a big crowd kind of person.  They make me nervous.  Give me a small town race any day.  But, for some reason, I still lo...

I have a whole lot of running new to share with you.  First and foremost, yesterday was a big race day for me (and a lot of people I know).  Yesterday, at 7 am, the Beach to Beacon 10k registration opened, and then closed 4:58 later.  Not 4 hours and 58 minutes, 4 minutes and 58 seconds later.  Craziness.  How many people exactly registered for this race in record time?  4,000 people!  And I'm in!  Ward is too.  And many more of my friends got in too.  It was so much fun to watch facebook light up yesterday with many of my friends proclaiming their acceptance into this race! Now, why on earth is this race so exciting?  There are a multitude of reasons. For me, #1: the brains and organizer behind this race is Joan Benoit Samuelson.  My idol. #2: the race takes place in a beautiful coastal town in Southern Maine - Cape Elizabeth and ends at my mom's most favorite lighthouse.  It's always emotional for me to enter the g...