End of the Week

Finally, a morning filled with sunshine! I headed out a little before 7am to run the powerlines. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, the winterberries and rosehips are beginning to show bright red as the rest of the foliage along the lines turns the fall hues of yellow, brown and maroons. It was a good, but uneventful, run and with that, I finish out this week at 38 miles. Easy to do with a 21-miler thrown in :-)

We're meeting up with some of the Trail Monster Runner crew tomorrow night for beers at Novare Res in Portland, which should be fun, and then Sunday morning we're headed up for an overnight to Mt. Desert Island. Snowman really wanted to drive the course beforehand, and as it sounds like there are some decent hills in the last few miles, it will be good to get a feel for the terrain and mentally have an idea of what we'll be facing. Plus, we know that when we're up for the marathon, we won't have the chance to enjoy the park, which is truly beautiful and one of our favorite places. We're planning a 12-mile run on the carriage roads on Sunday, and then some sort of hike/walk on Monday, depending on how Snowman's plantar fasciitis is feeling.

My boss had really wanted to treat us to a night out on Monhegan Island this summer, which would have been great and was really nice of him. Unfortunately, it just never panned out with schedules, etc. Guess, we'll just have to add it to the list to do next year! So, instead, he's treating us to a night at the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor, the town where the marathon finishes. Isn't that nice?! Perhaps a bit much for the two of us regular old 30-somethings, but it will be fun, and besides, it's free :-)