My third attempt at the Broad Brook to Shenipsit State Forest 20-mile road run as marathon prep training.  Once again, had the company of RunSteveo for the duration, and we completed the run in 2:36:41.

36:55, 36:05, 41:43, 41:56.

DL purchased two lovebirds today.

Greylock Run with Dusty, 2:52:00 for 13 - 14.5-miles.

Outlook Ave to Old Adams Crossing AT @ 35:00

Rockwell Road 1:20:00

Rockwell Road again 1:25:45

Hopper 1:40:26

CCC Dynamite 2:05:09

Old Adams to AT 2:14:54

Outlook Ave 2:52:00

Pouring rain, windy and cold.

Celebrated CM's birthday afterward.

Hike up the Hoosac Range from Little Egypt, then celebrated Ma's Birthday! 

Wapack Trail Race

9th place, having completed half-way in 11th.

2:51:31 for the 17.5-miles.

Cool, clear and beautiful today.

I do not have a great idea where the following checkpoints were, but I imagine they could be figured out with a bit or research:

28:28 / 28:28

19:57 / 48:25

23:31 / 1:11:56

  9:41 / 1:21:38

13:52 / 1:35:31

21:22 / 1:56:52

25:52 / 2:22:45

28:46 / 2:51:31

Metacomet Trail Run with Dusty and RunSteveo, Rising Corner area for a bit over 4-miles. 

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.