PMIACW: May 2022

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Walk Lily once, 1-mile.

Monday, May 30, 2022

To Adams, dropped flowers/plants at Bellevue Cemetery for DL's folks, and a visit with my folks.

Run at Windsor State Forest, to Windsor Pond for 3-miles.

Walk Lily Twice Total, 1-mile each time.

And on this day...

McLean Game Refuge & Holcomb Farm Marathon

May 30th, 2009 - Granby & Simsbury, Connecticut

Wuzzam and I completed a McClean Reservation Marathon in roughly five hours.

This was my 41st marathon completed. I recall it being a fairly easy day for us.

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Run in Granville early, 7.7-miles with beautiful cool temperatures.

Walk Lily Three-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Morning trip to Union for Plants, heavy rain throughout remainder of day.

Walk Lily Three-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

And on this day...

Vermont City Marathon

May 28, 1995 - Burlington, Vermont

I achieved my Boston Qualifier today at Vermont City in Burlington, Vermont. I was able to dip under the age group setpoint of 3:10 with a 3:08:00.

At two-miles I was at 16:40, which was pretty far off my necessary 7:15 per mile to achieve the sub 3:10 finish time. This means I ran 7:05 pace for the final 24.2-miles.

Friday, May 27, 2022

Good deal of yardwork in the morning, and four-miles in Granville State Forest afterward.

Walk Lily Three-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Walk Lily Two-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #13 for 2022...

"Brown's Requiem", written by James Ellroy, published 1981.

Cover Images

Walk Lily Once, 1-mile.

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Walk Lily Two-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

Monday, May 23, 2022

Walk Lily Two-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

And, on this day...

Tunxis Trail Marathon I - May 23rd, 2006
Hartland, Barkhamsted , Connecticut
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I completed a Tunxis Marathon in 5:41:50.

I had Johnny Bandit along for company, as well as Tippi.

It would be my 34th marathon completed, and Tippi's 8th.

John Bandit rambling through the meadow.

We rambled from Route 20 to Route 219 in East Hartland, Conn, and back for the first 19.5 miles.

We finished up with the Route 20 to Pell Road near the Mass 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.

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.

Sunday, May 22, 2022

Called into work early, spent 4-hrs there but resolved the issue.

3rd Return to the Suffield 5km Course this season, this time in 90-degree heat.

Walk Lily Three-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

Suffield 5km Course #3 for 2022.

Hot (90) and Humid, dry, grass that was a lot high; 25:28.

Times for my Race Against Myself at this location:

#3, 2022 - 25:28 (May 22nd, 2022)
#2, 2022 - 25:20 (May 7th, 2022)
#1, 2022 - 27:24 (April 8th, 2022)

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#7, 2021 - 23:50 (October 30th, 2021)

#6, 2021 - 24:34 (September 17th, 2021)

#5, 2021 - 25:10 (September 3rd, 2021)

#4, 2021 - 25:29 (August 27th, 2021)

#3, 2021 - 26:48 (August 20th, 2021)

#2, 2021 - 25:20 (July 9th, 2021)

#1, 2021 - 27:00 (June 28th, 2021)

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#2, 2019 - 27:46 (July 9th, 2019)

#1, 2019 - 28:04 (July 2nd, 2019)

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Saturday, May 21, 2022

Out to North Hollow to run into Granville State Forest.

6.1-miles today.

Walk Lily three-times, 1-mile each.

Memorial

And, on this day...

Mount Greylock Centennial Marathon

May 21st, 2005 - Adams, Massachusetts

Fairly large group (about a dozen or so) completed a "do-it-yourself" Greylock Marathon, aka Old Goat 50th Birthday Bash & Annual Celibacy Run.

Our time was 6:47:02. This is a very difficult course, with 5 lengthy climbs. Five out of the twelve starters completed the full 26.2-miles.

This was my 28th marathon completed, and Tippi's second.

Friday, May 20, 2022

Run in Granville, 5.5-miles.

Walk Lily twice, 1-mile each.

Weekly Weigh In = 219.3

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Second Guitar Lesson with BPM.

Two Walks with Lily, 1-mile each.

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Two walks with Lily Munster, each 1-mile.

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Two walks with Lily Munster, each 1-mile.

Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples by Dr. Luccianne Lavin

Monday, May 16, 2022

Two walks with Lily Munster, each 1-mile.

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Visit with my Mom through mid-day, and a run in Notchview / Windsor State Forest on the return trip home (4-miles along Steep Bank Brook Trail, Bumpus Trail and Bates Road).

Three walks with Lily Munster, each 1-mile.

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Another exploring trip to Granville, this time for 6.7-miles.

Three walks with Lily Munster, each 1-mile.

From the Marathon Archives...

Granville - Kingdom Marathon - May 14th, 2020
Granville State Forest & Tunxis State Forest

With very little thought I decided to tackle the Granville State Forest to Satan's Kingdom Marathon today. DL was willing to shuttle my car to the finish at Satan's Kingdom, and then drive me to the start at Granville State Forest along the Hubbard River.

I felt really good for the first twenty-miles, and pretty good from that point to the finish. I power-hiked the ups from the Route 219 crossing at 19-miles, and jogged all the flats and downhill.

Beautiful day, temperatures ranged from the fifties to start (about 9:10 a.m.) and just about seventy toward the end at 3:00 p.m.

The run measured out on the gps at 25.78-miles, and I completed the effort in 5:54 moving time, and 6:04 total time (a few stops to refuel water drops and photos). This was my 59th completed marathon all-time.

The total climb according to Google Earth was 4702', with a net descent of 5389'. The majority of the elevation loss was in the first 2 and last 2 miles.

Elevation Profile