Very sunny 40-degree day;  visited the Mt Tom Reservation with a visit to Little Mount Tom as the plan.  All told, I finished with 9.9-miles along some wonderful trails.

Trustees of Reservations "Little Mt Tom"

Whiting Street Reservoir

Graffiti on abandoned building (Boys Club/Ski Area)

3-miles along the Farmington River Canal Greenway, Route 20 to Copper Hill Road.

Here are my accomplishments for October 2019.

October 2019 High Points:

• Barrack Mountain, Mohawk Trail, Cornwall, CT
• Lookout Point, Mohawk Trail, Cornwall, CT
• Ragged Mtn, Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted, CT
• Pine Mountain, Tunxis Trail, Barkhamsted, CT
• Hart's Pond Hill, Metacomet Trail, West Suffield, CT
• East Barndoor Hill, McLean Refuge, Simsbury & Granby, CT
• Weed Hill, McLean Refuge, Simsbury & Granby, CT
• Metacomet Ridge, Cowles Park, East Granby, CT
• Nick's Hill, Metacomet Ridge, West Suffield, CT

After work run along the Farmington Valley Greenway Trail from Route 20 south to Floydville Road for 3.3-miles.

Also, on this day, in 2005, I completed a Northern Nipmuck Marathon with Tippi and Wuzzam.  Total time was 6:28:18, and it was my 30th marathon and Tippi's 6th.  Wuzzam had Summer out for the event with us as well.  Hard to beat a day when a few guys can run with their dogs.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #28 for 2019...  "Pain Management",   Andrew Vachss Burke novel published in 2001.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime Edition Cover

Music 2019...

Effort #50,  The tenth piece from the July 21st, 2019  "Heat of the Day Session" by the Dark Heart Duo, "Light Shining Through".

Cold and damp today, drove out to McLean to run a "hard" 3.6-mile loop in 33:22 (6.5 mph).  Ended up with a total of 3.9-miles with the short cool-down.

A visit to Williamsburg Woodland Trails as well as the Trustees of Reservations, via Unquemonk (Big View) and Petticoat Hill for 6-miles.

The Locke's Loop at Petticoat Hill roughed in at 1.4-miles, and the Big View Loop was right around 2-miles I believe, for prosperity.

Locke's Loop - Petticoat Hill

Locke's Loop

Big View / Unquemonk

Managed the ridge loop at Cowles after work, 3.3-miles.

Music 2019...

Effort #49,  The ninth piece from the July 21st, 2019  "Heat of the Day Session" by the Dark Heart Duo, "Nightmare".

Back to Connecticut, with a cold visit to McLean Reservation for 3.6-miles.

Flew back from Chicago Midway to Providence, T.F. Green.

Meanwhile, here are some maps of my combo runs last week, as well as a tie in with last November's routes in Illinois.

2019 Routes

2018 & 2019 Routes

Forest Preserves of DuPage County 

Easy day relaxing due to a few inches of snow and extremely cold temperatures in the Chicago Land area.  Picked up JC after he finished work for the day, and visited my favorite spot to eat in the Wheaton, Illinois area, Mi Casa Restaurant on N Main Street, Wheaton, IL.

Another chilly morning spent running, this time at St. James Farm Forest Preserve in Warrenville, Illinois.  I managed 7.5-miles connecting to the Herrick Lake trails.

From afternoon until evening, Dl, JC and I celebrated Thanksgiving early at JC's place with a wonderful slab of prime rib we brought with us from the folks farm.

Trails at St James Farm

Trails at St James Farm

Buildings and Signage at St James Farm

St James Farm

St James Farm

St James Farm

Trails at St James Farm

We had a busy day today;  early on I ran 6.2-miles in Danada Forest Preserve, and connected to Herrick Lake's trails from yesterdays run.

Re-visited Morton Arboretum for a nature art show mid-day.

Once evening hit, we saw and listened to Savoy Brown at the Brauerhouse in nearby Lombard, Illinois.

Rice Lake, Danada Forest Preserve

Rice Lake, Danada Forest Preserve

 Back in Herrick Forest Preserve, connecting the paths

Heroes Grove, Danada Forest Preserve

Jens Jensen and the Council Ring

The Council Ring

Gerald R. Weeks Grove Memorial Plaque

Gerald R. Weeks Grove

Savoy Brown in Concert!