The visit to Penwood yesterday revived me a bit emotionally and spiritually.  I'm still not rid of the fatigue and discomfort from the Lyme infection, but my legs felt better this morning while working on the patio so I thought I'd head back to the same basic area to run the opposite side of Route 185, and add some climbing in.

The parking lot at Penwood was about half-full at 10:00 a.m., and it was still very humid and warm.  As I made my way along the climb to Hueblin Tower, wind was trying to pick up and the humidity dropped significantly.  This felt refreshing, and each time I was feeling "too warm" a nice breeze would appear.  The route, which is a nice loop on a stem, tracked out at 5.7-miles.  This will be either the last or first section of a planned marathon, stretching from Southwick/Agawam to Talcott.

START SECTION                             END SECTION                                DISTANCE      TOTAL

Route 57	Rising Corner	2.3	2.3
Rising Corner	Mountain Road	2.6	4.9
Mountain Road	Route 20	5	9.9
Route 20	Hatchet Hill	2	11.9
Hatchet Hill	Farmington River	2.2	14.1
T-Ville Section	T-Ville Section	0.5	14.6
T-Ville	Penwood	2.2	16.8
Penwood North	Penwood South	3.1	19.9
Talcott-Hueblin Loop		5.7	25.6

 

The High Elevation of the run, Hueblin Tower on Talcott Mountain

 

Prior to Hueblin Tower, there is this nice opening/view in the trail

 Massive walls of rock east of Little Phillip Mountain

Second snake sighting in two days, this one a bit smaller