New Year's Eve at ICC. 

Early Shift at JMH for CWOps.

Infectious Disease Doctor Visit.

Shift at JMH for CWOps. 

Ortho Doctor Re-Visit. 

Bear Hole Reservoir 3.4-miles. 

Bridge Wisteria Loop 3.4-miles.

Shift at JMH for CWOps. 

4-miles at NW Park with K2 early.

Quite Christmas at home.

Shift at JMH.

3.3-miles McCann Family Farm. 

Shift at JMH.

Condo Meeting mid-day. 

3-miles at Cowles Park. 

PT late afternoon.

4-miles at Sodom Mountain. 

Visit Mom and Pop at Sisters. 

Spent some time at the Deming and The Tomb Burial Grounds in Savoy.

 CWOps at JMH early.

K2 and I drove out to visit the Silverback, 96-years old.

Haircut in T'Ville and Car Service for the Corolla. 

Bridge and Wisteria Loop, 3.3-miles. 

CWOps at JMH early.

Northwest Park, 3.1-miles (very icy). 

PT early and BWII later.

Icy and Snow Covered terrain, 1.5-mile walk around town. 

Visit Mom in Williamstown and Pop in Adams. 

Kilashandra: Live Irish Music with DL in the evening at ICC.

Shift at JMH mid-morning. 

3.1-miles at Cowles Park, cold and icy. 

Visited the Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge, Massachusetts with Andy and Evil for a triple threat of psychedelic hard rock music:

• Spirit Hotel
• Pink Mountaintops
• White Hills

We enjoyed the show with a group of about 30 fellow fans.  The sound was simply awesome.

Enjoyed taking with the each of the bands a bit when it was over, a really nice benefit from smaller venue shows and musicians.

Spirit Hotel Set:

1. Sleepvvalk
2. Moon Eyes
3. Nonentity
4. Fever Dream
5. Perfume
6. Glassine
7. Telepathy
8. Reve

Pink Mountaintops Set:

• (Unknown)
• Plastic Man, You're the Devil
• The Second Summer of Love
• Leslie
• Slaves
• I (Fuck) Mountains
• Can You Do That Dance?
• Cemetery Breeding (Black Mountain cover)
• Ambulance City

White Hills Set:

1. Oceans of Sound
2. Killing Crimson
3. Fiend
4. Numbers
5. Walking Uphill Against The Wind
6. £SD or USB
7. Clear As Day
8. In Your Room
9. Don't Be Afraid
10. Eternity

Attended the Dream Syndicate show at the Space Ballroom in Hampden, CT with DL.

Awesome show, great sound, 60 - 80 in attendance I would guess.

The Dream Syndicate:

Steve Wynn, Guitar & Vocals

Jason Victor, Guitar

Mark Walton, Bass

Dennis Duck, Drums

Unknown, Keyboards

Set 01 (Newer Material):

Where I'll Stand

Filter Me Through You

Out of My Head

Black Light

Like Mary

80 West

How Did I Find Myself Here

Glide

Set 02 (The Medicine Show in it's entirety):

Still Holding On to You

Bullet With My Name on It

Daddy's Girl

Burn

The Medicine Show

Armed With an Empty Gun

Merritville

John Coltrane Stereo Blues

Encore:

Tell Me When It's Over

That's What You Always Say

Let It Rain

Shift at JMH early

Ortho Doc early.

3.6-Northweast Park Run.

BWII Meeting evening. 

Visit with Mom in Williamstown and Pop in Adams. 

Northwest Park with K2, 4.2-miles. 

Drove out to Hoosick Falls, New York with K2 to meet my Pop for our beef pickup.

Delivered to Pop, Sister, K2 and Self.  

Roughly 7-hours on the road including packing and unpacking.

The Allman-Betts Band Concert at the Oakdale in Wallingford with DL.

Set 1:

Hot 'Lanta (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

Call It Stormy Monday but Tuesday Is Just as Bad (T‐Bone Walker cover)

Statesboro Blues (Blind Willie McTell cover) (with Jimmy Hall)

Blue Sky (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

Come and Go Blues (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

No One Left to Run With (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

Ain't Wastin' Time No More (The Allman Brothers Band cover) (with Judith Hill)

Dreams (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

Set 2:

Jessica (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

Trouble No More (Muddy Waters cover) (with Jimmy Hall) (and Robert Randolph)

Southbound (The Allman Brothers Band cover) (with Judith Hill) (and G. Love, Amanda Shires)

Can You Fool (Gregg Allman cover) (with Jimmy Hall) (and Amanda Shires)

Melissa (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

Seven Turns (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

Multi-Colored Lady (Gregg Allman cover) (with Mattie Schell)

Back Where It All Begins (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

One Way Out (Sonny Boy Williamson cover) (with Robert Randolph) (and John Fusco, G Love)

Whipping Post (The Allman Brothers Band cover) (with Amanda Shires)

Encore:

Magnolia Road

Midnight Rider (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

Allman Betts Family Revival / Robert Randolph / Amanda Shires / Judith Hill / Jimmy Hall / Cody Dickinson / Luther Dickinson / Alex Orbison / The Allman Betts Band / G. Love & Special Sauce

First Snow of the Year, began yesterday afternoon and continued into early morning. 

Early Shift at JMH.

Ortho Doc later, very mild Osteoarthritis diagnosed in left hip.

Cowles Park, 3.1-miles. 

Sodom Mountain for 4.2-miles. 

On this day in Marathon History...

  

McLean Game Refuge & Holcomb Farm Marathon

November 29th, 2019 - Granby & Simsbury, Connecticut

McLean Game Refuge & Holcomb Farm Marathon day in Granby and Simsbury, Connecticut.  

Not a lot of build-up for this, I was thinking an attempt at the Bullitt Reservation / DAR / Williamsburg Route, but two cars are necessary for that attempt and I had but one today.  I would be solo.

I got a good running start at just a little after 9:00 a.m., with two water plants plus the refill opportunity at my vehicle which was returned to around mile 8 or so.  

Rambled through McLean to the beginnings of the hills (Westledge, Pilfershire, West Mountain, Eddy, and Weed Hill) at 12.5-miles at 5.5-mph (which was an incredible pace for me).

Once the hills were finished, and I entered into Holcomb Farm Trails, I was still at 5-mph, which had me feeling really energized.  I was moving really well, running strong on everything other than the long steady climb up Westledge, the steepest portions of Eddy, and then the bushwhack type footing up Weed Hill.

Things slowed a bit through Holcomb, especially once crossing Simsbury Road.  The trail from there to the re-entry into McLean proper hasn't seen much traffic, had many leaves covering the roots, and I was beginning to tire.

I hung on to complete the 25.6-miles (gps measured, so this should be easily over 26.2) in 5:13:00.  Just dipped under 5 mph average to a 4.9.  Awesome performance on my third marathon of 2019, and 57th overall.

3.1-miles, Metacomet, Route 20 north. 

Phelps South on the Metacomet, 3.0-miles. 

Northwest Park with K2, 3.5-miles. 

Early Shift at JMH for CWOps. 

What Played in Ed's Head -- 

Music listened to for the time-period October 1 through October 31, 2025:

Sodom Mountain in Southwick for 2.9-miles.

Laurel Hill in T'Ville, 2-miles. 

Early Shift at JMH. 

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.

Financial Review with Fiduciary, Roth Conversion for DL. 

Future Farmer's of America invade Adams/Cheshire.

K2, MB and I assisted my Pop with Wood and Tractor Repair.

Doctor for Bloodwork.

Shift at JMH with MB. 

Visit Mom in Williamstown and Pop in Adams. 

Sore Left Knee, Joints ache. 

Sore Left Knee, Joints ache. 

5.4-Miles at Penwood.

Sore left knee in middle of adventure, no explanation for injury. 

Shift at JMH early. 

Future Farmer's of America invade Adams/Cheshire.

K2, MB and I assisted my Pop with Picking Turnip (300 lbs picked, cleaned and bagged). 

Wilcox Park from T'Ville, with the Ridge and much Metacomet (5.2-Miles).

Annual Eye Doctor Exam (Passed).

Shift at JMH.

Granville for 6.5-miles. 

Ashfield Trail Work with K2.

Assisted Farmer Tom and Phil P. 

Aching Legs, easy day. 

3.6-miles in McCann and Whitiker Woods, after a shift at JMH.

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.

Visit Mom in Williamstown and Pop in Adams. 

3.5-miles at McCann Farm in Somers, after a shift at JMH.

And on this day in 2000...

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.

4.5-miles in Granby Land Trust's Godard Preserve. 

K2 and I continued our attempts at Farming, with Turnip Picking and Wood with my Pop.

Mount Greylock in the background

And 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.

5.2-Miles in Granville with K2.

Captain Jacks with DL. 

4.6-Miles in Cowles at T'Ville, including NET. 

On October 31st, 1993 I completed the Bridgeport Marathon in ~3:32:00.  

This was my second completed marathon, and I remember it being more difficult than the first.

4.1-Miles at Cowles Park and the Metacomet (New England Trail). 

3.3-Miles at McCann Family Farm in Somers, after a shift at JMH. 

Visit with Mom in Williamstown and Pop in Adams. 

Yearly Physical and Bloodwork re-do.

Mid-Day Shift at JMH.

And from the Marathon Archives... 

Mt Washington State Forest Marathon - October 2003

 Riga Plateau, South Taconic & Appalachian Trails, MA, NY & CT

Sometime in October of 2002 - 2003, Tippi completed her first "Marathon" along the Mt Riga Plateau; it would also be my 26th.  We had the "Bandit" along for the adventure. 

Our time was recorded as 5:38:00 over 24.7-miles.  I recall the end of the run taking forever once we descended Frissell and headed back to Mt. Washington State Forest Headquarters, as we might have diverted from the most direct track.

Maybe on top of Alander?

Intersection prior to Brace.

   
I believe this is the top of Brace Mountain.

The Bandit climbing Round Mountain.

The Bandit at the peak of Round Mountain.

The Bandit climbing Mt Frissell.

The Bandit climbing Frissell.

At the Tri-State Marker (NY, MA, CT).

7-Miles at Bear Hole with K2. 

Visit to Winchester, Massachusetts to visit with Hillbillage and W (Hu) can Cook. 

Visit with Pop with K2.

Built Pop's new Deer-Stand (Tree Stand) and felled a tree including dragging out of the forest.

Work at JMH.

3.4-Miles at Mary Edwards Mountain Property. 

4.3-Miles at Ashley Reservoir. 

Work at JMH.

3-miles around Basin Bruce Park.

6-Month Dental Check-Up.  Good report. 

Visit Mom in Williamstown, and Pop (for his birthday) in Adams!

4.8-miles in Bear Hole with K2.

And From the Marathon Archives...

Bay State Marathon
October 18, 1992 - Lowell, Massachusetts

I completed my first marathon at Baystate in Lowell, Massachusetts, this day 1992..  

I ran 3:35:00 for the 26.2-miles (two loops).  

My folks drove out to see me finish, which was really cool.

Bear Hole for 6.5-Miles.

In Memory...  Rest in Peace Tippi (August 2000 - October 17, 2016)

Nine years ago today we said goodbye to Tippi.  She was a rescue we were blessed with for well over 16-years. She was my trail partner for somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 miles (we didn't keep track), traveling together in the car all over Connecticut, New York, Vermont and Western Massachusetts to run in the woods we both loved so much.  Together we finished 17 marathons.  She could run all day, season didn't really matter.

Often, as DL and I drive home from Adams back to Connecticut, she will ask as we pass large forested areas "... did you and Tippi ever run through there?"  The answer is almost always "Yes".  We connected huge tracts of land in northwestern Massachusetts, the Valley, and much of north-central and western Connecticut.

I continue to think about Tippi everyday. Often on a hike or run, I come to a spot in the forest that helps me feel her presence.  The recent photograph below is one of those spots/times, along the Spruce Mountain Trail in Monroe, where my old dog's spirit overwhelmed me.

We love you Tips, rest easy girl.

Tippi, August 2000 - October 17th, 2016.

Full day of work at JMH. 

EW WPCA for Contract Help (benefit planning). 

Old News...  From the Archives, this day in my Marathon History...

On this day in 1995 I completed the 2nd Hartford Marathon in 3:42:02.  

This was my 7th completed marathon.

Work at JMH.

Visit Mom in Williamstown, Pop in Adams.

Old Marathon News...

Conway Covered Bridge Marathon - October 13th, 2012

Conway & Goshen, Massachusetts

On this day in 2012, Wuzzam and I ran the Conway Covered Bridge Marathon.  We had Ned and his daughter's dog with us for the first 10-miles or so, and they were good company.

The idea for the run had been with me for a while, but what sealed it was Farmer Tom was doing a group trail ride through the woods from either Berkshire East or South Face, to the Covered Bridge in Conway.

We would start running in the opposite direction of the bikes, beginning at the St. Mark's Church parking area (we hoped to start running on an hour but we found out the church bells haven't been active for many years).  We immediately crossed the Burkeville Covered Bridge and we were soon into Conway State Forest.

Highlights of the run included:

• Cricket Hill
• Joe Herrick Gulf
• Smith Hill
• Bullitt Reservation
• Chapel Falls & Ledge/Pony Cliffs
• Moore Hill and the Firetower

We finished really strong, final time of 6:33:15.  This was my 50th completed marathon.

On the drive out to retrieve our two aid station drops, we ran into the mountain bike group crossing West Road exiting the DAR State Forest onto the Chapel Falls Trail toward Conway State Forest.

An excellent day!

4.5-Miles at Bear Hole.

Assisted with Pumpkins and Potato with Pop (K2 & MB). 

5.9-Miles Bear Hole. 

4-Miles Cowles.

On this day in 2013, Tippi and I ran a DAR State Forest Marathon in 6:10:00.  This was my 50th completed marathon, and Tippi's 17th and final marathon finish.  She ran some decent distances after this one, for a couple years, but nothing over 20-miles.

We began in Goshen, at the Daughter's of American Revolution State Forest, and ran out to Bullet Reservation, and back.  Had a nice stop along the way at Chapel Ledge and Chapel Falls.

Tippi looking off Chapel Ledge.

Tippi on Chapel Ledge.

Chapel Falls.

Chapel Falls.

Tippi cooling off in a pool at Chapel Falls.

Course.

Work JMH.

5.6-Miles in Cowles. 

What Played in Ed's Head -- 

Music listened to for the time-period September 1 through September 30, 2025:

Work JMH. 

4.4-Miles in Cowles Park. 

Yearly Dermatology Check-Up, Passed.

"High Points" along trails during September, 2025... 

• Burlingame Hill, Adams, Massachusetts
• Assorted Climbs in Alaska with DLV

Visit Mom in Williamstown, Pop in Adams. 

Bear Hole with K2, 6.2-miles. 

3.1-miles Cowles Park.

Morning Shift at JMH.

"Cosmic De-Evolution" tour in 2025

Lene Lovich, Devo and the B-52's at Mansfield, Mass.

Lene Lovich Setlist:

• Savages
• Blue Hotel
• New Toy
• Joan
• Lucky Number
• Home

Devo Setlist:

• Don't Shoot (I'm a Man)
• Peek-A-Boo!
• Going Under
• That's Good
• Girl U Want
• Whip It
• Planet Earth
• Carl Sagan Video
• Uncontrollable Urge
• Blockhead
• Mongoloid
• Jocko Homo
• Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
• Gates of Steel
• DEVO Corporate Anthem
• Freedom of Choice

B-52's Setlist:

• Cosmic Thing
• Mesopotamia
• Give Me Back My Man
• Strobe Light (tour debut)
• 52 Girls
• Roam
• Party Out of Bounds
• Dance This Mess Around
• Private Idaho
• Love Shack
• Planet Claire
• Rock Lobster

3.2-miles Cowles Park.

Yes performing Fragile at Oakdale.

Set List:

Siberian Khatru

On the Silent Wings of Freedom

Onward (first time since 2019)

Madrigal (first time since 2019)

Wonderous Stories

Soon (first time since 2019)

Circles of Time (live debut)

Tempus Fugit (first time since 2019)

Fragile in it's entirety:

Roundabout

Cans and Brahms (first time since 2016)

We Have Heaven (first time since 2016)

South Side of the Sky

Five Per Cent for Nothing (first time since 2016)

Long Distance Runaround (first time since 2016)

The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) (first time since 2016)

Mood for a Day

Heart of the Sunrise

Encore:

The Word (The Beatles cover) (live debut)

Starship Trooper

Bear Hole for 8.8-miles. 

And From the Marathon Archives...

Hartford Marathon
October 1, 1994 - Hartford, Connecticut

Ran through the 1st Hartford Marathon today in ~3:16:00.  My father ran the 5km, my Mom and DL came along to cheer us on.  The finish-time is only six-minutes off a Boston Qualifying Time for my age divsion (sub 3:10).  I feel confident going forward I can reach the qualifying standard.

From the Archives:

On this day in 2012 I completed my 9th Nipmuck Marathon today, as well as my 49th overall marathon.

I finished in a respectable 4:46:30, good for 28th place overall.

"High Points" along trails during August, 2025... 

• Nick's Hill, Metacomet Ridge, West Suffield, Connecticut
• Metacomet Peak, Wilcox Park, Bloomfield, Connecticut
• West Suffield Mountain, Metacomet Trail, West Suffield, Connecticut
• Sodom Mountan, Southwick, Massachusetts
• Chaugham Peak, Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted, Connecticut
• Clary Hill / Briar Hill, Williamsburg/Goshen, Massachusetts

Visit with Mom in Williamstown and Pop in Adams. 

Granville Trails, 4.4-miles. 

5.6-miles at Northwest Park, with K2 and Evil.

3.1-miles at Granville Reservoir.

From the Archives....

September 26th, 2020 - The New England Trail

Bear Hole, McLean & Whiting Street Reservoir Marathon

I completed my 61st Marathon today in 6:00-hours (5:49:23 moving and 9:37 stopped).

The route began a little after 7 a.m. in Bear Hole Reservoir, and once connected to the New England Trail (Metacomet) I also passed McLean Reservoir and the Whiting Street Reservoir for a gps measured 24.3-miles.  Google Earth listed the total ascent at 4195', with a likewise total descent.

It was in the low sixties for temperature at the start, but very high humidity (80%+).  Once the sun came out the temperature hit 80-degrees.

I felt very good throughout the run, but my feet and legs were sore for the last hour from the multitude of rocks that exist along much of this trail.

Mist and Fog off Snake Peak

Mist and Fog off Snake Peak

Mist and Fog on White Pine Needles

Mist and Fog on one of East Mountain's Peaks

Firetower

Balanced Rock

Balanced Rock

Balanced Rock

Mist and Fog on Peak

Finally, clearing skies (looking east toward Holyoke)

Clearing Skies (looking east toward Holyoke)

Snake Peak and Snake Pond

In Memory...  

Rest in Peace Dusty
(August 28, 1986 - September 25, 2000).

"Dusty" at Old Sturbridge Village, 1998

DL brought Dusty home at Christmas 1986, when we lived at Old Mill Pond in Arlington, Texas.  He was a cocker-spaniel, and a really great dog.

Once we made the move to Connecticut in 1989, we began hiking and backpacking.  Dusty loved the trail, and camping out in a tent.  As a spaniel, he also loved water, and even in December's winters, if the water was open, he was going in.

We began running in Shenipsit State Forest around 1992, after building up with the years of hiking.  We ran on the Metacomet three or four days a week, right up to a week before his passing.

I have been extremely lucky with the dogs I've had.  Not a day goes by that I don't think of them.  As I still ramble through the woods, I encounter hints and reminders constantly.  Those first explorations throughout Connecticut and Western Massachusetts were with Dusty,.  

Rest easy, boy.

Visit with Financial Team mid-day.