Full morning of doctors for DL and PT for me. The afternoon was flexible enough for me to roam around McLean Reservation again.
I jogged past Spring Pond to look at some of the 140' white pine, which were amazing. It is a little bit funny that I have been visiting McLean regularly since 1990, to enjoy the solitude and peacefulness of the white pine here, and to feel their height and presence, without knowing how tall these trees were. Suddenly, very tall white pine have been measured to over 140' within this forest!
It was a slow run, which allowed me to notice a short, tall stonewall at the intersection of the North Trail and the forest road, just west of Kettle Pond. I'll need to pay attention to this in the winter, and grab some photographs.
I worked my way up to the Eastern Barndoor Hill and enjoyed the climb, and the view. Rambled on back to the car with 4.5-miles on my legs.
Looking at West Barndoor Hill from Eastern Barndoor Hill
Looking at West Barndoor Hill from Eastern Barndoor Hill
Looking northwest off Eastern Barndoor Hill
On this day in 2006, I completed a Tunxis Marathon in 5:41:50. I had Johnny Bandit along for company, as well as Tippi. It would be my 32nd marathon completed, and Tippi's 8th.
John Bandit rambling through the meadow.
We rambled from Route 20 to Route 219 in East Hartland, Connecticut, and back for the first 19.5 miles. We finished up with the Route 20 to Pell Road near the Massachusetts border for the final 6.5-miles.
Small Waterfall on the northern section of Tunxis Trail.
Old Notes: Another great
day; started out 45 degrees at the 9:15
A.M. start time. It reached a high of
maybe 60 degrees during the day, with majority in the mid 50’s. Sunny and blue sky entire time, occasional
strong breeze every once and a while. Started the run at 9:15 A.M.
John and I both felt that it was the easiest marathon either of us had ever done. We finished strong, running all but the very start of Trillium Hill from mile 24.5 onward. I believe we could have easily gotten thru another hour on this day. Plenty of water for Tippi, no problems with her other than the porcupine around mile 18. We escaped from that ok.
Tippi taking a look down from the climb a mile from Pell Road.
John and I both felt that it was the easiest marathon either of us had ever done. We finished strong, running all but the very start of Trillium Hill from mile 24.5 onward. I believe we could have easily gotten thru another hour on this day. Plenty of water for Tippi, no problems with her other than the porcupine around mile 18. We escaped from that ok.
The Pell Road TurnAround.
