Ten miles finished in my little free people set, I will be wearing for marathon day this weekend. My first Maine Marathon, I never imagined going from a little cross country runner with a long run of 10ish miles to training up to 15-18 to running the whole 26.2, the second Maine Marathon I sped up 20 miles in and felt confident crossing the finish line by 26.2. Hopefully, this third Maine Marathon will be the best one yet, but maybe it’ll never compare to the first time. 18 to 22 to 29, am I still as fast at 29 as I was at 18 for this Maine Marathon course? It’s been 7 years already, do I get a masters degree in marathon running if I do it all again? We shall see how much Coach OBJ prepped us for a lifelong sport!

When the mileage for a full marathon is tough, I find willpower to finish for the reasons I'm running which may be bigger than myself. In highschool, being with my best friend and her mom one of my best friends too, everyday as she fought cancer through all of her treatments&surgeries for years, she's an angel of inspiration to raise awareness and to fundrasie for those still fighting. Before all of my races, I like to write the names of those special loves from family or friendships inspiring the journey to be running the event. Grampas on all of my race bibs, sometimes a little ribbon with a name on a safty pin for the race bib does the trick. Running for love, running for god, running for something bigger than self. Sunday will be an ultimate challenge, I have faith everything will fall into place.