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Atayne Mile

The Atayne Mile (race #13) took place actually in Falmouth, Maine. We were supposed to run the race in Portland, but traffic concerns took us over the bridge to Falmouth. The founder and owner of Atyane, Jeremy Litchfield, was in attendance as he called out my splits on his bicycle. Jeremy was the one who actually suggested to The Last Mile Racing Company about an alternative course. The route we finally chose is part of the Maine Marathon course. It goes up an incline for the first 1/4 then pretty much flattens out with a slight decline at the end. It was a solid course with a wide lane for the safety cars to be in front and behind me.

At Atayne, they use recycled polyester (from plastic bottles) and Cocona (activated carbon from coconut shells) to create their performance apparel. Some might call them “trash.” Athletes call them a “treasure” – www.atayne.com.

Here are a couple other photos from the race as my older brother, Richard, and my niece, Bethany, supported me and Jeremy at the race wearing their Atyane shirts.

I ran a 4:57.43. Thanks to Jeremy in hosting the mile event,  thanks to Kyle Dunnack from The Last Mile Racing Company for putting on the event, and thanks to my family in Maine for their continual love and support.

Here is a photo with Kyle and Jeremy after the race:

The race (#12) this past Monday took place at my alma mater, Bowdoin College. Here is a photo in front of Bowdoin’s mascot – the Bowdoin Polar Bear.

Now it is onto the famous Beach to Beacon 10K race on Saturday. I will be racing the first mile of the event concluding my Maine portion of the SmoothToe New England Marathon…One Mile At A Time. This will take us to the halfway point of our event with a full month of racing in August!