Sarah Mulcahy
QT: 2:44:35
Residence: Fort Kent, ME
Hometown: Eagle Lake, ME
College: St. Joseph's College of Maine
Age on Race Day: 34
Affiliation: Dirigo Running Club; Crow Athletics
Qualifying Race: California International Marathon 2018
Marathon Best: 2:44:28
Social Handles: Instagram - @mulcahysj
Favorite inspirational quote: "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine
Favorite show: This is Us
Favorite post-race indulgence: Nachos
Of Note:
- Math teacher at Fort Kent Community High School
- Married with two children, Olivia (5) and Isaiah (2); ran thee marathons while pregnant (six months with Olivia and four and 5 1/2 months with Isaiah)
- Broke her hip in January 2017, had surgery at 31 weeks pregnant and was told she would never run again; ran a 5K that September
- Five-time winner of Bay of Fundy International Marathon and three-time winner of the Millinocket Marathon, a free race founded in 2015 to help the economy of the struggling mill town.
- "I don't mind running when it's subzero or even 10 below, but when you add 30 or 40 mile per hour winds it's not enjoyable anymore," she told the Bangor Daily News.
