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Map your own run

Any favorite places to run in Bangor??? I just moved back to the area and am having a hard time finding places. Thanks =)

So.... I stubbled across a web site... (http://www.moosemilers.org) that mentions a USATF Grand Prix Series in Maine.

The USATF Maine Gran Prix consists of 5 races.

May 14, 2006 - Portland Sea Dogs 5K (USATF Maine GP)
June 18, 2006 - Friendly's New England Mile (USATF Maine GP)
August 27, 2006 - L/A Bridge Run 5K (USATF Maine GP)
October 15, 2006 - Physical Therapy 8K (USATF Maine GP)

The Chessie Trail (Lexington, VA to Buena Vista, VA) – In the heart of the Blue Ridge

Old Dominion

You think you'll find some mountains in western Colorado
Fifty weeks of snowy peaks is where you're gonna be
But babe the Rocky Mountains are gradually eroding
The hills of Coors are nothing more than Blue Ridge wannabes

(refrain)
When you're talking home, you mean the Old Dominion

I'm visiting from out of town and looking for a nice 18 mile run along the Acadia National park Carriage Roads. Does anybody have any suggestions? Would the Around Mountain Loop with the Eagle Lake Loop work well? Are these roads very hilly? This will be my longest distance so far as part of my marathon training, so I'm looking for something pretty easy.

Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions,

Does anyone know what kind of run I could have on Isle au Haut? I was thinking of taking the mail boat out and running anything from 4 to 11 miles. Trails by the ocean would be ok, preferred even, if well marked and they lead me back to where I start.

Thanks,

Tim

If you were going to run 15 miles on the MDI marathon course, which 15 miles would it be? (consecutive miles, please) Amy

One view of the Bar Harbor Half-Marathon course

For a course that everyone expects to be challenging, the first mile goes out quite fast -- surprisingly so, considering that the first half mile or so is in fact the gentle rise of Main Street which then constricts at its peak downtown. The only notable downhill at the east end of Main St. ends quickly with a 90 degree left and from there on West St. you're already looking at the first mile's second rise. Despite the two rises, each time I've run this, the first mile split (up near the Seacoast Mission) has shocked me by being 20-30 seconds under my goal pace. Generally of course, it's good to be conservative for the first part of a race like this, but if you find yourself, as I always have, feeling way too quick after the first mile I think all you can do is shrug it off and acknowledge that the hill on the second mile will steal all your momentum back.