This weekend was the Mount Desert Island Marathon/Half Marathon. Since we're only half crazy, we did the half. It starts in Northeast Harbor and ends right across the sound in Southwest Harbor. In between is 13.1 miles of hills and amazing scenery (the MDI Marathon was recently named one of the most beautiful marathons in the world). And even on a cold (48° F) and windy (winds of 10-20 mph) day the course lived up to the hype.
We arrived in Bar Harbor the day before and enjoyed a hint of what was to come.
The night before we had the shirts all ready to go.
It was an auspicious start to the day with a beautiful sunrise (this picture doesn't do it justice) on the way to the buses to the start.
And the start of the half itself. While it may not look too bad in the picture, it was cold. Frigid some may say. Thankfully we were about to run 13.1 miles to ramp up our heart rates and make us warmer.
At the finish, bling in hand (or at least around neck). Despite it being cold and windy we both had an awesome race. We gave it our all and beat our time goals. That said, we're looking to improve on our times next year.
