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Five Favorite Things about our New England Trip

May 19, 2016 by MCM Mama 7 Comments

At this point, I’ve completed 5 of 7 half marathons. We’ve had an amazing trip so far. Maine was an ok race, New Hampshire was good, Vermont was awesome, Massachusetts kicked my butt, and Rhode Island went well.  We’ve driven all over the area in the Ford Mustang the rental agency gave us instead of a compact LOL. I’ve visited a tri-point (where three state borders come together), the Rhode Island high point, and all the counties in Vermont and New Hampshire that Beer Geek needed to visit. We are having a wonderful time celebrating 21 years of marriage doing the things that make us both happy. (OK, I’m tolerating the geeky stuff LOL) Since it’s Friday Five, here are five things I’m loving about this trip…

  1. Beer Geek running with me – When we first began doing the Mainly Marathons’ series, Beer Geek would wait for me at the start/finish line. Slowly but surely, he’s become more active with the races and when MM added a 5k option, he began running that at Center of the Nation. This trip he’s run the 5k each day, walked a lap, and then paced me for my last lap at each race.New Hampshire last lap
  2. The beer:  We have been to a lot of breweries and brewpubs and there were even more we didn’t make it to. Even better, all the places we’ve been to have had good food and really good beer. Beer collage
  3. Men running in skirts: that is all. Men in skirts
  4. Strip marathoning: I never had to start cold because you run past the start/finish multiple times during each race. I often go from several layers down to a tank by the end of a race. mainly marathons start
  5. This amazing plaque: I hit 25 races with Mainly Marathons this week!Mainlyners

Today, I’m linking up for my usual Friday Five with Courtney, Mar, and Cynthia. Stop by and see what everyone else is up to!

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  1. Mar @ Mar on the Run says

    May 19, 2016 at 10:10 pm

    how exciting!!!! You look like you’re having a blast and so cool you get to do it all with your hubby. Good luck on the last couple of races!
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  2. Angela @ happy fit mama says

    May 20, 2016 at 5:38 am

    You were in my neck of the woods! I’m glad you thought the NH race was good…where were you?
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  3. Meranda@Fairytalesandfitness says

    May 20, 2016 at 8:05 am

    Men in skirts is too funny!
    Congrats on the plaque!

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  4. Lesley says

    May 20, 2016 at 9:06 am

    That’s one thing that was fun in New England. We could get to multiple states without much driving, though we did have a mustang.
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  5. Deborah@confessions of a mother Runner says

    May 20, 2016 at 9:33 am

    Do not know how I feel about men in skirts!! Have fun!
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  6. Chaitali says

    May 20, 2016 at 11:03 am

    That plaque is great! And it’s so cool that your husband has started running part of these with you 🙂 That definitely makes it even more fun.
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  7. Michelle @Run4Life says

    May 21, 2016 at 2:42 pm

    Congrats on some strong races! I ran the New England Challenge this week, the other 5 marathon series in New England this week. I will be super interested to hear what you thought about Mainly Marathons. My race recap is up now! Check it out 🙂

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