Morse Mountain

Morse Mountain is actually more of a largish hill, but it's about the closest thing to a mountain that we have on the southern coast of Maine. There's a nice rolling road that runs over the mountain and down to one of the most beautiful beaches in the state, if not the world. Both the mountain and the beach are part of a conservation area managed by Bates, but the property is open to the public for hiking, or, in our case, running. We did some long threshold intervals out at Morse today - the beach was deserted as we ran down from the mountain. It was a bright, windy day, with sand swirling along the shoreline - beautiful. The plan was to take advantage of the hills on the road, but some people were so thrilled to be next to the ocean that they just ran on the beach for the whole workout. I ran 2x20 minute intervals with Matt and hung in for a while before eventually fading. That's OK - getting dropped is always a good sign for a coach, or so I tell myself. A fine day and a fine workout. Wish I'd brought a camera.