Episode 4: Flori Davis — 2025 Bangor Marathon Women's Course Record Holder

In this episode of Maine Thrive Voices, Sandy Smith sits down with Flori Davis of Hermon, one of the original runners of the Bangor Marathon and the 2025 women's course record holder. Flori has been running for more than twenty years, and her story is anything but a straight line — a Boston qualifier derailed by injury, a second qualification missed because life with four kids and a real estate career got in the way, and a third attempt this June that became her best race yet.Flori watched her course record fall this year — and felt relieved. Then she went out and beat her own previous time by minutes anyway. That tells you everything about how she runs: for herself, on her own terms, with twenty years of hard-earned wisdom about recovery, fueling, and knowing when to push.What you will hear:Why the Bangor Marathon course feels almost easy when you train on Hermon's hillsThe Boston Marathon that injury took away — and the registration deadline that family life buriedWhat miles 17 through 19 actually feel like, and how smarter fueling beat the wall this yearThe finish line mix-up that left her husband waiting behind Geaghan'sWhat losing the course record taught her about why she runsThe recovery and tapering changes that made this her strongest race everHow a high school coach in Pennsylvania sparked a lifelong outletHer path from Romania to Pennsylvania to Maine — and a real estate career built almost entirely on repeat clients and referralsAbout Flori Davis: Flori is a real estate agent with NextHome Experience, serving Bangor and the surrounding towns, where roughly 95 percent of her business comes from repeat clients and referrals. The best way to reach her is a call or text at 207-852-4597 — texts work best with four kids in the house.If Flori's story got you thinking about lacing up — or about that race you've been putting off — share this episode with a running friend. And come out to cheer next June. The cowbells matter more than you think.Maine Thrive Voices is produced by Smith Digital Solutions, LLC in Bangor, Maine. Learn more at smithdigitalsolutions.com