Before the Mountain, a run towards joy

How the Millinocket Marathon and a Half became the best race in Maine

Dec 23, 2025

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Ed. note: This is the second guest post from a Maine writer on The Other Maine! Kay Amato is a Maine-based writer, teacher, runner, and gardener. They teach creative writing classes with Factory 3 in Portland. They live in Portland with their wife, dog and two cats. I really enjoy their yearly Instagram review of a specialty advent calendar (tea this ye…

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A guest post by

Kay Amato

Kay has an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts in Teaching from The University of Pittsburgh. They live in Maine with their wife, one dog, two cats, and far too many houseplants.