Metacomet Trail Run - Holyoke, MA

Route 116 Notch Visitor Center to Harris Mountain Road.

10.8-miles in 2:11:15.

  1.3-Miles:  22:52 / 

  3.3-Miles:  21:05 /    43:57

  5.4-Miles:  24:05 / 1:08:02

  7.5-Miles:  27:36 / 1:35:38

  9.5-Miles;  23:23 / 1:59:01

10.8-Miles:  12:14 / 2:11:15

Old Goat + Cemetery Man

1st Northern Tunxis Trail End-2-End

My friends the Old Goat and Cemetery Man convinced their Mom's to provide "a rolling aid station" by driving around Barkhamsted and East Hartland so that we could enjoy cool water and snacks along a 21-mile adventure.

We would begin at Pell Road and ramble south, covering the Tunxis Trail to Satans Kingdom.  Hopefully completing the 21-miles or so in one piece (or, four pieces as there were four of us).

The Old Goad and Cemetery Man were joined by CP and I, for a great sunny day.

2:34:55 to the Route 219 Crossing / 1:28:34 to end prior to Route 44

Finished in 4:03:30 or so, with a bit of being "lost".

Hill Street 10-Miler in 1:33:05. 

1st Wapack Range End-To-End

June 23, 1996 - Greenfield, NH to Ashburnham, MA

First ever installment of the "Wapack End-to-End" adventure.

80-Degrees, Sunny and Breezy.

I drove up to the event with CP, ready to tackle the challenge.  The Gulliver's really did a nice job coordinating the shuttle between points, as well as the aid stations.

Ran with Curt P and Paul F, finished in 4:54:59.  We lost some time on the top of one of the peaks searching for Paul's contact.

1:16:32 / 1:16:32

1:34:08 / 2:50:40

2:04:18 / 4:54:59

Appalachian Trail Hike with DL and Dusty.

Bunker Hill Road Access Trail to Lion's Head and through to Bear Mountain.

This was a wonderful day to be outdoors, and to hike.

We completed 7.8-miles for the day:

2:12:48 Out

24:16 Lunch Break on top of Bear Mountain

1:24:31 Down (DL Ran Much on the way back)

Total Time on Feet - 4:01:36

Mystic Aquarium with DL. 

Ran 6-miles around Feeding Hills with RunSteveo. 

DL and I went "online" for the first time - joining AOL. 

Heublein Tower Run II

Long 16.5-Mile Trail Run through Penwood and Talcott Mountain area, second consecutive season.

Finished in 3:10:27, which was almost twenty-minutes slower than last year.

There may have been a few reasons for this:

• Temperature in the high 80's.
• Very Sunny, Very Hot, and Very Humid.
• Stomach Problems due to a lunch that may have been "too big".
• Ended up Lost a bit at the bottom of Heublein.

This could have started at T-Ville, with the following breakouts:

T-Ville Out        24:25 /    24:25

Penwood Out    37:28 / 1:01:53

Heublein Out    30:03 / 1:31:57

Heublein In       23:00 / 1:54:57

Penwood In       46:34 / 2:41:31

T-Ville In           28:55 / 3:10:27

5th Consecutive Greylock Half-Marathon.

Ran with Pop on a warm - humid day that was also very wet.

We came across RunSteveo on Rockwell Road, and we stuck together from there in.

@ Rockwell Road                          1:01:46 / 1:01:46

@ CCC Dynamite                             14:58 / 1:16:44

@ Jones Nose Parking Area             23:34 / 1:40:19

@ Adams Road/CHarbor/Finish        51:54 / 2:32:13

Marked the last portion of the Mount Greylock Race Course with Paul H and Dusty.  

We took care of Jones Nose, Adams Road and Cheshire Harbor Trail.

Nipmuck Trail Marathon

June 2, 1996 - Ashford, Connecticut

I completed my 11th marathon at Nipmuck Trail.  

I ran a 3:56:50 in the race, which was good for 15th place.

Sprained my right ankle badly at mile 1.5.  Ran the first 15-miles with GH.

  6-Miles      49:27 /    49:27

12-Miles      53:01 / 1:42:28

19-Miles   1:05:38 / 2:48:06

26-Miles   1:08:42 / 3:56:48

Appalachian Trail Hike with DL & Dusty.

Route 41, Plateau Campsite area to Lion's Head and back, total of 4.7-miles.

Nice, sunny and cool 60-degree day.

Melville's Monster - Mt Greylock State Reservation\

17.4-Mile Trail Run

Completed the route up Cheshire Harbor and over the west side of the Mountain on a coolish 60-degree day.

39:54

24:57/1:04:51

10:41/1:15:32

16:39/1:32:11

22:35/1:54:46

27:46/2:22:33

20:55/2:43:28

41:34/3:25:02

Soapstone Half-Marathon!  1:50:29 and 18th position for 13.8-miles or so.

Soapstone Mountain Half-Marathon Trail Race

It was another warm 80-degree day.

Start to Tower               17:57/17:57

Dirt Road                      22:53/40:51

Road Xing                    20:47/1:01:38

Dirt Road (~11-miles)   27:16/1:28:55

Tar Rd/Soapstone        13:42/1:42:37

Last Mile/Dirt Road        7:52/1:50:29