Coach Jen B

Marathon #3 is done!   Yesterday was the Sugarloaf Marathon and it was an amazing experience.   If I could register for next year, I would have definitely registered by now.  It was that good! isn't this the best marathon sign ever? The Day Before On Saturday, Jill, Wade, Izzy, Tucker, and myself headed up to Sugarloaf for packet pickup and to meet Stacy and her family. The skies didn't look too happy for most of the ride up there and we hit quite a few downpours.  It wasn't supposed to rain at all!   I was quite happy with this year's shirt.  Don't you just love the sleeve? Stacy knew someone with a house on the lake 15 minutes from the starting line.  This place had tons of space - a loft on the third floor with 5 beds, the second floor had 4 bedrooms, and the 1st floor had a bedroom.  Needless to say, we had tons of space and everyone had place to sleep.  Awesome!  Considering our crew had ...

Three days later and I’m still in love with this race.   The energy, the excitement – it’s just incredibly overwhelming.   The MDI Marathon is going down in my book as the most incredible races ever.   Yes, sure, it rained.   Two marathons, both in the bone-chilling rain of the fall.   Although it did rain, this course was for sure incredibly scenic.   But I already knew that was going to be the case.   I knew most of the roads that the course went along, but it has been quite a long time since I had been there.   However, driving on the road and running on the road are quite different.   AND being 24 years older, I will have to say I appreciate the beauty of Acadia far more than I did when I was vacationing here with my parents.   The day before the race , I went up to Bar Harbor with my father-in-law and kids.   Ward had to work and so we wouldn’t have two cars up there, it made more sense for me to go u...