It takes a village – or in my case – it takes an entire family.
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...