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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

On the drive to Williamstown to visit my Mom, I stopped off on Tower Road in Charlemont (just east of the Hail to the Sunrise Monument) to explore a snowmobile path I have been thinking of for the better part of two decades.

It was a bit grown in at spots, but it was followable and ended on South Chickley Road in Hawley.

Walked the road back to the car, for 2.7-miles.

Visit with my Mom went well, she enjoyed a vanilla milkshake and we had some laughs.

I had to ask my Mom which home we lived in on Taft Street, where I spent the first 3 of 4 years of my life. She recalled "#22".

On the way back to CT, I stopped on Route 2 (the Mohawk Trail) to walk a path above the railroad crossing and into the south end of Hawks Mountain I believe. Just stretched the legs a little, getting in another 3/10's to give me 3-miles for the day.

And, 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