Tunxis Trail Run, Old Route 20 to Pell Road and back for 10.2-miles with Dusty.

Old 20 to Route 20 -  17:03

Route 20 to Pell Rd - 35:07/52:10

Pell Rd to Route 20 - 36:21/1:28:31

Route 20 to Old 20 -  18:01/1:46:32

DL and I drove back from North Carolina today.  Great Trip! 

Hung out with JC in North Carolina. 

Hung out with JC in North Carolina. 

Mount Greylock with Dusty, 10-miles.

From Cheshire Harbor Trailhead...

CHT to Road - 34:29

Rest - 2:45 / 37:15

Hopper to Sperry Road - 14:15 / 51:29

CCC Dynamite to Jones Nose - 21:13 / 1:12:42

Rest - 2:02 / 1:14:45

Old Adams & CHT - 43:19 / 1:58:04

And, later on that evening....

DL and I left for North Carolina at 1:00 a.m., to visit JC for the first time.

Took Dusty along, he didn't mind the long drive.

Taconic Crest Trail Run with RunSteveo and Dusty.

Prosser Hollow Road start, to Oblong Road in Williamstown (Mills Hollow Trail off the Ridge).

Awesome day, very memorable.

Along the way, we crested the following peaks and sites:

• Bald Mountain
• The Snow Hole
• White Rock
• Smith Hill
• White Rocks
• Petersburg Pass
• Mount Raimer
• Berlin Pass Trail Junction
• Berlin Mountain

We got a ride from Oblong Road, where I left my truck, to the start with RunSteveo's folks.  Excellently great people, and I consider both close friends.  

We really struggled finding the trail-head, God Bless Steveo's parents for sticking with us, and allowing Dusty to tag along.

The running took us 3:29:12.  

There was no snow in the Snow Hole.

The day was breezy and cool, 70's to 80's for temperature.

Start to Snowhole - 1:05:01

@ Petersburg Pass - 37:23 / 1:42:24

Rest Period - 9:57 / 1:52:22

@ Summit Berlin - 41:30 / 2:33:52

@ Southeast Hollow / Mills Hollow - 36:28 / 3:10:20

Finish on Oblong Road - 18:53 / 3:29:12

Mileage estimated at 14.6.

Mt Toby Trail Race.

Completed the 14-mile event in 1:45:22, good for 15 seconds faster than last year!

54:49 up

50:33 down

Savoy Mountain 20-Mile Trail Race.

Unbelievable race for me, 6th place overall in 2:54:19.

Felt like I was flying the entire second half of the race.

Upper East Hoosac in 44:50.

Center Road in 27:20 / 1:12:11

Tower in 13:42 / 1:25:53

Center Road in 9:38 / 1:35:31

Upper East Hoosac in 30:33 / 2:06:04

Finish at North Pond at 48:15 / 2:54:19

Visit to Mystic Seaport with Sister, Cool Cat and Chloe. 

Ran the Bridge of Flowers 10k with Pop and Bill D.  We finished in 50:00, with Bill at 52:00.

1.0)   8:40

2.0)   7:50

3.0) 10:30

4.0)   7:00

5.0)   7:45

6.2)   8:15

Ran the Soapstone Half-Marathon route today in 2:14:03.

The 13.8-miles went well, no flies and basically cool temperatures.

Start to Tower          20:16

Dirt Road                 28:39

Road Xing               25:14

Dirt Road                 34:51

Tar Rd/Soapstone   16:58

Last Mile/Dirt Rd       8:03

DL didn't wait to fill "Louie's" empty cage, she picked up two new cockatiels today. 

Our cockatiel "Louie" died today.  We inherited him from my Sister and Cool Cat a while ago, and enjoyed his company a great deal. I believe he was with us at least 3-years, and lived for 6 or so previously.  "Louie" loved to eat popcorn with me...  I'll miss him.

My second attempt at the Escarpment 30km Trail Race.

Very hot and sunny today.  Felt bad climbing Blackhead, horrible climbing Stoppel Point.

This time, improved to completed the event in 36th place with a time of 3:42:42.

Windblown in 41:09,

Second Peak in 31:53/1:13:03.

Blackhead in 43:08/1:56:11.

Dutcher Notch in 28:48/2:25:00.

Stoppel Point in 31:06/2:56:06.

North Point in 20:00/3:16:05.

Finish in 26:37/3:42:42.

**** RunSteveo ran a 4:15:00.

Drove out to the Catskills to camp and run Escarpment tomorrow.

RunSteveo joined us at the campsite.