Wednesday, November 20, 2024

And from the Marathon Archives...

Northern Nipmuck Trail Marathon
November 20th, 2005 - Union & Ashford, Connecticut

Completed my 32nd marathon distance run on this day in 2005.  Designated the "Northern Nipmuck Trail Marathon", with Wuzzam, Summer, and Tippi (6th completed marathon).  

My finish time was recorded as 6:28:18.  Looking at this, I think it was much further than 26 miles.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

4-miles at Robinson State Forest.

Consulting Shift. 

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

What Played in Ed's Head -- 

Music listened to for the time-period October 1st through October 31st, 2024:


Shift at JMH.

Monday, November 11, 2024

4-miles with K2 at NW Park. 

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Granville Trail Work for 6-miles.

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Bear Hole with K2, covered the 8.2-mile route in 1:50:00. 

Friday, November 8, 2024

A real blast from the past, I ran into the Bandit at Robinson State Park (who was visiting the area from West Virginia).  What are the odds of the two of us meeting at a specific point in time, at a particular place, especially one I really don't visit at all?

Anyhow, it was really great catching up and hiking 4.3-miles together!

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.

The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023.  You can look it up....

This time, I present my top fifty records I really appreciate and enjoy, released in 1968.

Despite most of these records being non-commercial, I have grown to appreciate these a great deal.

Albums 1968 / Favorite 50...

The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat
Van Morrison Astral Weeks
Blood, Sweat & Tears Child Is Father to the Man
Neil Young Neil Young
Pearls Before Swine Balaklava
Traffic Traffic
The Soft Machine The Soft Machine
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland
The Incredible String Band The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
Grateful Dead Anthem of the Sun
Nico The Marble Index
The Mothers of Invention We're Only in It for the Money
Jefferson Airplane Crown of Creation
Pink Floyd A Saucerful of Secrets
Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Kinks The  Village Green Preservation Society
Ultimate Spinach Behold & See
Blue Cheer Vincebus Eruptum
Big Brother and the Holding Company Cheap Thrills
The Beatles The Beatles
The Jeff Beck Group Truth
Blue Cheer Outsideinside
The United States of America The United States of America
The Pretty Things S.F. Sorrow
The Zombies Odessey and Oracle
Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival
Family Music in a Doll's House
Spirit Spirit
Status Quo Picturesque Matchstickable Messages…
Buffalo Springfield Last Time Around
The Band Music from Big Pink
Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Spirit The Family That Plays Together
Country Joe and the Fish Together
Iron Butterfly Heavy
Can Delay
The Seeds Raw and Alive
The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet
John Fahey The Voice of the Turtle
The Groundhogs Scratching the Surface
Jethro Tull This Was
Steppenwolf Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf The Second
Donovan The Hurdy Gurdy Man
Cream Wheels of Fire
The Doors Waiting for the Sun
The Incredible String Band Wee Tam and the Big Huge
Townes Van Zandt For the Sake of the Song
The Mothers of Invention Cruising with Ruben & the Jets

Consulting Shift & TA.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

3.8-miles at Robinson State Park.



Consulting Shift early.


And from the Marathon Archives...

Watery Hill 6-Hour Run
November 6, 1999 - Somewhere in MA or RI

I completed 30-miles during the Watery Hill Six-Hour Race today, with Johnny Bandit.  I called it a day at 5:35:00.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.

The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023.  You can look it up....

This time, I present thirty records I really appreciate and enjoy, released in 1968.

Despite most of these records being non-commercial, I have grown to appreciate these a great deal.

Albums 1968 / Next up 30 really likable listens...

John Fahey The Yellow Princess

Simon & Garfunkel Bookends

Small Faces There Are But Four Small Faces

Dr. John Gris-Gris

Pentangle The Pentangle

Procol Harum Shine On Brightly

The Left Banke The Left Banke Too

Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band Strictly Personal

The Beau Brummels Bradley's Barn

Pentangle Sweet Child

Nazz Nazz

Eric Burdon & The Animals The Twain Shall Meet

Blues Magoos Basic Blues Magoos

The Fugs Tenderness Junction

Steve Miller Band Children of the Future

Steve Miller Band Sailor

Vanilla Fudge The Beat Goes On

Vanilla Fudge Renaissance

The Rascals Once Upon a Dream

The Mamas & the Papas The Papas & The Mamas

John Mayall Blues from Laurel Canyon

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Bare Wires

The Fugs It Crawled into My Hand, Honest

Spooky Tooth It's All About

Sly & the Family Stone Dance to the Music

Sly & the Family Stone Life

The Troggs Love Is All Around

Richard and Mimi Farina Memories

Moby Grape Wow/Grape Jam

Tim Hardin                                         III

Consulting Shift & JMH

Monday, November 4, 2024

5.4-Miles at Bear Hole Reservoir with K2. 

And from the Marathon Archives...

Watery Hill 6-Hour Run
November 4, 2000 - Somewhere in MA or RI

I completed 33-miles during the Watery Hill Six-Hour Race today, with Johnny Bandit.  

I called it a day at 6:00:00.

Sunday, November 3, 2024

3.4-Miles in Granville. 

Saturday, November 2, 2024

2-Mile Walk in Suffield, including early voting! 

On this day in 1997...

Bash Bish Falls Marathon
November 2, 1997 - South Taconic Trail, MA & NY

The Old Goat, the Gullivers, and a few others rambled out to Bash Bish Falls to participate in a marathon along the South Taconic Trail.  

I managed 26-miles in 6:28:00, with the last few miles being in a driving rain.  

This was my 18th marathon.

Friday, November 1, 2024

9-Miles in Granville. 

Thursday, October 31, 2024

4.9-Miles in Granville

And from the Marathon Archives... 

Bridgeport Marathon
October 31, 1993 - Bridgeport, Connecticut

Today I completed the Bridgeport Marathon in ~3:32:00.  This was my second completed marathon, and it was more difficult than the first.