I love running in Maine. This morning, my running partner and I were jogging along Route 9 in Cumberland when Ellie, who we ran with at Maine Running Company, stopped in her car to say hi. After our run, we headed over to Maine Roaster's Coffee in Yarmouth, and Tiki Humphries walked in - we took a running class from her last spring. We had a good time talking with her - she was at the Olympic Trails in Boston and said she started crying when Joanie did so well. It's a small world up here! Even at church Sunday, all of these folks came up to me. I think DH has been telling everyone how much I'm running, and all the runners are coming out of the woodwork! Who knew that so many people run?? Good, gives me more people to talk to without feeling as if I'm boring them! Blaine, it's hard waiting to hear from you! I've been telling everyone about your win.

There is a really strong and friendly running community up here. I'm glad that you've discovered it. And I'll have a race report with more than you ever wanted to know about the race put together tonight. I didn't even turn on my computer last night. My website got a real quick update before I checked out of the hotel, then I went to cheer runners on for a few hours, and after the awards ceremony had to drive home. I was kinda tired so I spent the evening on the couch with my cat calling people to brag.

Blaine, good to hear from you! I guess we'll give you a few hours to write your report! It was cool yesterday to see how excited everyone on RA was when they heard you'd won. Great community!

You're telling me! I haven't finished getting through all the race reports and other threads that have started up over the weekend when I didn't check the computer and keep finding references to my race. Heheh.