Ashfield Trails, new section for 4.9-miles. 

McLean Game Refuge 4-Mile Course #1 for 2025.

DIY Version.

Cool and Overcast, mid-sixties for temperature, 10 a.m.;  39:30.

Recorded Times for this location:

#1, 2025 - 39:30 (August 20th, 2025)

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CWOps @ JMH. 

6.8-miles at Peoples State Forest, including all of the Forest Section of the Old Trail Race. 

Visit with Mom in Williamstown and Pop in Adams. 

 5.1-miles at Bear Hole with K2, Evil and Ray.

Suffield 5km Course #1 for 2025.

DIY Version.

Very Warm and Sunny, 3 p.m. (low 90's);  28:03.

1st loop in 14:05 and 2nd loop in 14:01.

Times for my Race Against Myself (plus official events) at this location:

• #5, 2024 - 27:23 (August 1st, 2024)
• #4, 2024 - 26:20 (July 18th, 2024)
• #3, 2024 - 27:30 (June 27th, 2024)
• #2, 2024 - 25:55 (June 17th, 2024)

• #1, 2024 - 28:08 (June 6th, 2024)

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• #3, 2023 - 26:36 (December 7th, 2023)

• #2, 2023 - 28:03 (September 7th, 2023)

• #1, 2023 - 29:50 (August 26th, 2023)

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• #5, 2022 - 27:30 (October 1st, 2022)

• #4, 2022 - 26:07 (June 20th, 2022)  Official Event

• #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)  Official Event

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• #2, 2019 - 27:46 (July 9th, 2019)

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

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CWOps @ JMH.

From the Marathon Archives...

Mahican Mohawk Marathon
August 15th, 2014
Florida, Savoy & Charlemont, Massachusetts

Mohawk, Savoy, Florida Marathon for Wuzzam and I.

Wuzzam and I ran the Mahican Mohawk Marathon in 6:43:30.  We began and ended at Mohawk Trail State Forest in Charlemont, along the bank of the Cold River.  Our turn-around or midpoint was roughly at North Pond at Savoy Mountain State Forest in Savoy / Florida.

This was my 53rd completed marathon.

Running through Stafford Meadow

 

Red Pine Plantation, set in 1930's..

Up through the Red Pine.

Wuzzam at the first crossing of the Cold River.

Bog Pond, a long-time favorite area of ours..

Burnett Homestead Cemetery in Florida..

Second crossing of the Cold River.

Wilcox Park including some Metacomet, 3.7-miles. 

PT Early.

Financials.

CWOps "DMR's".

Work at JMH with CWOps.

Run 3.4-miles on the Metacomet, Phelps South.

Massage Treatment in early afternoon.

BW II Meeting at night.

From the Marathon Archives...

Hallockville Pond Marathon

August 11th, 2005 - Hawley, Massachusetts

Today I completed my 30th marathon.  Locale was Dubuque State Forest and we named the event the "Hallockville Pond" Marathon.  

For company, I had Wuzzam being his norm good sport, and Tippi with her normal determination.  Old Farmer Tom met us along the Notch Trail on bicycle, and enjoyed a few miles with us.

This was Tippi's 4th completed marathon.  Our time ended up at 5:21:16.

Visit with Mom in Williamstown and Pop in Adams, including a tour of the pumpkins. 

Bear Hole with K2, 4.6-miles. 

"High Points" along trails during July 2025... 

• North Drake Mountain, west-side, Granville, MA
• Metacomet Ridge, Cowles Park, East Granby, CT

Work at JMH with CWOps.

Sodom Mountain for 4.5-miles. 

Run at Wilcox Park, with some Metacomet, in the afternoon.

3.6-miles total.

What Played in Ed's Head -- 

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

Work Day with CWOps, JMH. 

3.2-miles in Cowles Park. 

Rock and Roll Heaven News...

Terry Reid died at age 75 today.

Nicknamed Superlungs, Reid was an English musician, songwriter and guitarist, best known for his emotive style of singing in appearances with high-profile musicians as vocalist, supporting act and session musician. As a solo recording and touring artist he released six studio albums and four live albums. 

Described as an "artists' artist" by Rolling Stone, Reid was recognised by his contemporaries as an eminent talent in English rock music, both as a guitarist and a vocalist. Robert Plant praised his vocal "flexibility, power and control" and Graham Nash was quoted as saying he should have been "a gigantic star".

Reid's music career began in the early 1960s. While performing in a local British club, he was invited to join Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers as lead vocalist and opened for The Rolling Stones on their 1966 tour. 

In the later '60s, Reid was solo supporting act for Rolling Stones, Cream, Jethro Tull and Fleetwood Mac tours. He turned down offers from Jimmy Page to be lead vocalist of the band that became Led Zeppelin, and from Ritchie Blackmore to front Deep Purple.

Three of Reid's songs, "Seed of Memory", "To Be Treated Rite", and "Brave Awakening" were featured in the 2005 film The Devil's Rejects, directed by Rob Zombie. Reid's music featured in its 2019 sequel, 3 from Hell.

His song "Faith To Arise" was featured in the 2003 film Wonderland and in the 2017 film Win It All. 

In 2009, his song "Be Yourself", which he wrote for Graham Nash's Songs For Beginners, appeared in the film Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman.

Studio albums

• Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid (1968)
• Terry Reid (1969) (US title: Move Over for Terry Reid)
• River (1973)
• Seed of Memory (1976)
• Rogue Waves (1978)
• The Driver (1991)

Visit Mom in Williamstown, Pop in Adams. 

And from the Marathon Archives...

Appalachian Trail Marathon

August 3rd, 1996 - Salisbury, CT to Mount Washington, MA

I completed my 13th marathon today.  

My route took me along the Appalachian Trail, from Salisbury, Connecticut into Massachusetts.  

The turnaround point was at the summit of Mt. Everett.  

Total time on the trail was roughly 6:27:53, which included a break for a lunch at Everett.

• 1:15:44 @ Bear Mountain (from Route 41)
• 1:04:45 / 2:20:29 @ Mount Race
•    34:52 / 2:55:22 @ Mount Everett
•    10:00 / 3:05:22 @ Lunch - Rest - Refuel
•    36:03 / 3:41:26 @ Mount Race
• 1:33:46 / 5:15:13 @ Bear Mountain
•     42:17 / 5:57:30 @ Lions Head
•     30:22 / 6:27:53 @ Route 41

4-miles at Northwest Park with K2.

DL and I had lunch at the Munich Haus in Chicopee with CG & CG.

Longish Day of work at JMH followed by a 3-mile run on the Metacomet (Phelps North).