On Sunday, September 20, nearly 1,000 runners in Portland, Maine ran in the Portland Trails 10th Annual Trail to Ale 10K race. 939 finishers is a whopping 22 percent increase from last year!
Neither race director and Maine standout runner Mark Goettel, nor Portland Trails director Nan Cumming, could explain how this year's race crushed previous finisher records by a whopping 22 percent with 939 finishers....
"Maybe we're experiencing the second 'racing boom' first experienced in the late '70s and early '80s, and that would be a good thing," Goettel said.
Read John Stevens' York Weekly article at this link.
The post-race party featured refreshments from Shipyard Brewing Company, Capt'n Eli's Soda, Portland Pie Company, and Whole Foods Market. View race results at this link.
