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Posts Tagged ‘Maine’


Back to Back (Part 3): The Maine Marathon

This past weekend I ran my first back-to-back marathons with the New Hampshire Marathon on Saturday and the Maine Marathon on Sunday. I came into this race feeling really good despite having run a marathon the day before other than a small muscle pull that I got relatively early into the previous race. The goal [...]

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Back to Back (Part 2): Bridging the Gap Between Marathons

This past weekend I ran my first back-to-back marathons with the New Hampshire Marathon on Saturday and the Maine Marathon on Sunday. Obviously, the big concern is what do I do in between the races to keep from being completely stiff and sore on Sunday for the second race, right? Whatever I did must have [...]

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My First Attempt at Back to Back Marathons

This weekend I’m going to try something new by running the New Hampshire Marathon on Saturday and the Maine Marathon on Sunday. I’ve never done this before, but I feel that I’m in good enough shape for a pair of sub-3 hour marathons. New Hampshire will be a new race for me that I’ve never [...]

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Volunteers Needed for Maine Marathon on October 4th

The Maine Marathon is next Sunday on October 4th, and volunteers are still needed! It’s a big undertaking for one of Maine’s showcase events, so if you have some extra time and can help out you should head into Portland. Volunteers will be given a T-Shirt and a coupon to attend a 2010 Portland Sea [...]

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The Maine Marathon Will Feature An Atayne Trash Run (Again)

Last year, Atayne cleaned up after the Maine Marathon by organizing a trash run. This Summer, they did the same thing for the Beach to Beacon. I wasn’t able to participate in either one, as I was out of town at a wedding for the marathon last year, and had a broken foot this year. [...]

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Back Cove Trail Repair

For those looking to get a run in on Monday or Tuesday this week, you’ll need to find a new route if you planned on running the Back Cove. There will be some repair work being done on the Eastern end of the trail near Tukey’s Bridge to fix some damage caused by rain. Work [...]

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Heather Pagano wins her debut marathon

The Maine Marathon was this past weekend, and local favorite Heather Pagano had a very strong showing in her debut marathon by taking the title in 3:06:54. She used the Weekly Back Cove Race Series this Summer as her training ground, and it seems to have served her well. “It was overwhelming,” Pagano said. “I [...]

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Want to give back? The Maine Marathon needs your help…

This morning, I wrote about some of the difficulties that marathons face when considering their environmental impact. It can cost thousands of dollars more to go green than to not worry about such things. Another difficulty marathon directors face is finding the manpower to take care of all the tasks that need to be done [...]

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