Super blessed & appreciative yet... feeling it’s the trip that never ends.  Truck still loaded with belongings I packed weeks ago in Colorado.  Visited my Mom & Bro in Arkansas, Sis in St Louis, family in Connecticut.  Pup has come & gone.  Started my 2nd ‘double’ Mainly series — Independence & New England.  11 days, 11 states but struggled, mixed results… in/out of walk-in clinics.  Missed PA.  Shortened 50K day in Mass to marathon distance.  More trail, lotta hills, East Coast humidity.

Checked-out of the swankiest of all my Mainly lodgings.  4-minute drive to Day 5 start.  Lush tree canopy, overcast skies, high humidity & summer mosquitoes.  It’s a plague we don’t suffer in Colorado.  Sweet blood, warm body temp — next series will pack repellent.  No drama, learning experience.  I’d travel to Maine with unicorn-whelps sprouting outta my forehead.  Why the face?!  LOL>

Lotta laps on single-track trail.  Wooden bridge crossing, scenic/aged/spoke New England.  Trail congestion dissipated after majority of runners finished 13.1 mile distance, gathered their medal. Second-half far faster than the first, another ‘negative split’ day.  Check, done.  Ready ready for one last 3-hour commute.  Would stay in Wells, on the Maine coast.  Lobster roll, early to bed.

Day 6.  Last day runner goodbyes (always tinge of sadness) & faster than expected last day finish in Sanford ME.  Hung ’round & cheered on my Mainly mates.  But honestly, heart was elsewhere…. couldn’t wait to see my best pup Ro.  Reunited at last.  Summer has BEGUN!

New England Series — NH & ME