Sunday, July 21, 1996

Cummington Ambulance Trail Race (10k)

 11th Place overall and 1st Clydesdale!

45:39, with overall winner at 41:03.

Saturday, July 20, 1996

Our old friend from Texas Peter R. passed away tonight.

Thursday, July 18, 1996

Yasso  800's - Five Total.

Monday, July 15, 1996

Yasso  800's - Four Total.

Sunday, July 14, 1996

Appalachian Trail Hike Adventure III with DL and Dusty.

Race Brook Falls Trail @ Route 41 to Mount Everett.

Another wonderful day to be outdoors, and to hike.

We completed 5.4-miles for the day:

1:35:08 Up Race Brook Falls to AT Intersection

35:43 to Everett (2:10:51)

25:29 Lunch Break on top of Everett (2:36:20)

32:42 Down Everett on AT to Race Brook Falls Trail Junction (3:09:02)

1:14:26 Down Race Brook to Route 41 Parking Area (Lengthy Stop at Falls)

4:23:29 Total

Saturday, July 13, 1996

Hurricane Remnants at Work - 13 Hours of OT.

Friday, July 12, 1996

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

Saturday, July 6, 1996

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".


Sunday, June 30, 1996

Hill Street 10-Miler in 1:33:05. 

Sunday, June 23, 1996

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

Saturday, June 22, 1996

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

Friday, June 21, 1996

Mystic Aquarium with DL

Wednesday, June 19, 1996

Ran 6-miles around Feeding Hills with RunSteveo. 

Tuesday, June 18, 1996

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

Friday, June 14, 1996

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