this is me, writing a blog post

my my it's been a busy week. i took all sorts of pics in maine last weekend, with the full intention of writing a blog post as soon as i got home, but it's a week later, so clearly that didn't happen. t and i headed up to yarmouth, maine for the annual clam festival on thursday night. clam festival is SO MUCH FUN. lots of his family, friends, good food, seafood, festivities, etc. oh, and maine beer. have i ever told you i like maine beer? we had all of friday to relax and brace ourselves for a busy weekend. i headed out for a GLORIOUS run on the quiet back roads. i did about 7 miles and then stopped. i wanted to do more, but i had to rest my legs for the big clam festival 5 miler the next day. after the run i refueled with a banana and downeast magazine in the sunshine. heaven. 

after the run, t and i headed to the best lunch place (and actually the only one in y-town), clayton's. i inhaled my "big salad". 

before

after

friday night started with the parade. if you are from anywhere in southern maine you know about this parade. i'm not sure why exactly it's such a big deal, but it is. people set up their chairs days earlier (and obviously no one steals them bc it's such a small town) in preparation for the big day. i also enjoyed an allagash white (or two) while watching. 

 the bean boot (my favorite)

the shriners (everyone else's favorite) 

bff for life

before i knew, the 7 am alarm came and it was start to get ready for the yarmouth clam festival 30th annual 5 miler. the organization of the race threw me for a major loop. there was no shoe tag or bib tag, just this clunky bracelet type thing that went around your ankle. no me gusta. there were also of course no corrals or anything like that, but i didn't expect there to be. 

the race was hard. the first .5 mile was uphill and people were CRUISING. literally, like people in maine are super fast. even people you wouldn't guess were super fast runners were movin'.  i guess that was good motivation to keep going. t ran with me the whole time. i was super tired by the last mile and of course, that is where tim's parents came to watch. i wished i looked like i was kicking ass and taking names at that point, but i didn't. i looked more like a monstrous beast. 

we ended up finishing the race in about 42:48, which was an 8:34 pace on average. not gonna lie, this is really fast for me. i was very proud of our time.

so clearly that's not entirely accurate because the starting line was not clear and i must have pressed start too soon but WHATEVS. we spent the rest of saturday wandering around the clam festival, and hanging with t's adorable nieces. 

yup. i'm in love. 

it was a great weekend up in maine and makes me even more excited to head back up in august for a friend's wedding festivities and lots of quality time doing nothing. oh maine, i love you.