Here is a photo from the Beach to Beacon 10K race and below is a video of the first mile.



Race #14 was the prestigious Beach to Beacon 10K. I ran the first mile of the race and it was featured in the Portland Press Herald http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story_pf.php?id=273917&ac=b2b. The Beach to Beacon 10K is a big race with 7,000 runners on the country roads of Cape Elizabeth, ME. The founder of the event, Joan Benoit, was there in attendance greeting runners and showing support for their efforts. I contacted Joan in February of this year about including the Beach to Beacon on The SmoothToe New England Marathon...One MIle At A Time race schedule. I had the pleasure and support from our title sponsors as they traveled to Maine this past weekend as well, John Haigh from Invista and Greg Hoscheit from SmoothToe Energizing Socks.



Charlie Olbrias from The Last Mile Racing Company measured the first mile of the 10K course and added about ten more feet. The 10K racers would be going diagonally to the right and I would be staying to the left to finish the mile. The different tangents create more length to the officially marked first mile. This is how precise The Last Mile Racing Company is for every one of my races - accurate, professional, and to the hundredth of the second. Here is a photo of Charlie and I standing at the finish of the SmoothToe New England Marathon...One Mile At A Time with marked first mile of the Beach to Beacon 10K in the foreground.



Here is a photo of me finishing the mile. I ran a 4:51.71.



After the race, here is a photo of Jeremy Litchfield of Atayne picking up the trash from the flock of runners. He is going to use the plastic bottles (trash) and turn them into high performance tops (treasure).



This would be our last race in Maine. We move to NH, MA, CT, and RI...second half of The SmoothToe New England Marathon...One Mile At A Time is on its way!