My niece Liz (mother to Lyla and Makynlee) and her friend Hannah have been training for months to run the Maine Marathon. We agreed that we would drive up to the Red Apple Campground in Arundel, Maine and be their support team for the race. By the way that camp is very nice, owners are super. We drove from Florida to arrive in time to prepare for the race. The girls came up on Saturday and spent the afternoon relaxing and having some homemade pizza for dinner before retiring for the night. We were all up by 5:00 am and let me tell you it was an old fashion Nor'Easter in Maine with driving rain, 40 mph winds and temperatures that barely reached 45! We felt so bad for them to have these conditions to run in (it was Liz's 2nd and Hannah's 1st marathon). They both had run the 1/2 at Disney in February and conditions were beautiful.
Anyway, Les helped them with their "raincoats" which were black trash bags (always the fashion for this type of weather for runners). Off we went to the start line and off they went! We saw them at the 8.7 mile marker in Kennebunk and they were looking strong, wet but strong.
We next saw them at the 18 mile mark and the winds were very strong as they were running the coastal portion of the Marathon. They looked like they were ready to drop but we cheered them on and told them they were in the homestretch! They both perked up knowing that it was close. And before you knew it here they came through the Finish Line! We take our hats off to both of them for their fortitude and strength in teamwork. Bravo!
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