Welcome to my 2+ month late recap of the latest 50 marathons 50 states adventure! The Maine Marathon took place on October 1, 2017 in Portland, ME.

If you've been following my last few posts leading up to this race, I am RELIEVED that it is all over. With all the injuries and struggles I've had this season, I was afraid I was going to struggle (even more than usual) to finish this race, or even end up hurting myself.

Here we are, the marathon less than a week away, and I'm NOT READY. My injuries have not healed 100%, and my training has been extremely spotty in the past month. Also, the forecast calls for weather in the 70s-80s AND thunderstorms. I'm in for a world of hurt.

March, my most important training month for Kentucky, was full of ups and (mostly downs). It started off ok, but a 14 miler ended badly with some right ankle pain forcing me to take a week off.

I am now officially halfway through my training. I'm a little behind due to a back injury and a little vacay out to Monterey, but I'm catching back up and I ran my first long run of the training season. Last Saturday was a 12 miler in cold but sunny weather, hovering around the mid 40s. It's my ideal temperature and I don't look forward to the weather warming up.