Coach Jen B

My 6th MidWinter Classic is in the books.   If you live in Maine, I believe this is the must-do race in the winter.  I look forward to it each year and this year was no different.   MidWinter Classic is a 10 mile race in Cape Elizabeth usually held the morning of Super Bowl Sunday.  You never know what the weather will be like.  One year the temperature was in the 40s and I wore shorts!  But this year was definitely not shorts weather (for me anyway).   It was actually a pretty nice day.  Sunny, in the high 20/low 30s but windy.  I opted for my Spandits fleece lined Bandit, Spandits custom tights (half Abyss and half Fast Cat), Darn Tough socks, Mizuno gloves, Altra One 2.5s, and my Altra half-zip top.   Before heading down to the race, I rolled out my tight hamstrings (and calves, quads, IT band... the works).  I love how my Trigger Pin does the job.  I mostly chose my One 2.5s because they had my...

Happy Hump Day!  Summer is nearly over and marathon mileage is increasing - sounds about normal for me. I was looking over my marathon plan and race schedule today and I'm on week 6 of marathon training already!  How did that happen? Holy hot long run done! 12 miles done this am. Thankful for a fab babysitter so I can get my run in! Cushy run in my #Enigma5 fueled by @honeystinger #realhydration with @sosrehydrate #teamrehydrate @headsweats #hsambassador #seeninspandits @procompression #keepittight and @flipbelt @armpocket @garmin and #goodsport #antichafing #fitfluential #ffcheckin #phillymarathon ##sweatpink #ffobsession #mamalete #marathontraining and photobombed by the dogs! Of course. 😜🐶💜 A photo posted by Jen Boudreau (@runningwtg) on Jul 10, 2015 at 7:32am PDT My fall race schedule is pretty full right now.  I super excited and super nervous all at the same time about this!   My fall races Maine Half Marathon -- 10/4 Not only is this a race, but i...