Met up with Wuzzam and the Old Goat today, figured we would attempt to run from Old Turnpike Road (just off Route 44) in Mansfield, to a turn-a-round point at Perry Hill Road in Ashford.  Basically, we were running the first-half of the historic Nipmuck Marathon, out and back.

No snow or ice to bother us at all, mid forties, lots of wet areas.  Ended up with a nice 12.4-miles.

Foundations

Foundations

A new bridge named after an old friend

Old Grave?

Friends and Long Distance Running Partners

Just about over with the running today

Heavy Rain most of the day, managed 5.4-mile Mather Loop around 11 a.m.

As the cold rain began to fall, I shuffled through McLean Refuge for 3.7-miles.

Still Snowy in McLean

9.7-Mile Run along the Hill Street Extended Loop.

3-Mile Run along Main Street in the dark.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #31 for 2019...  "Down Here", the 2004 continuation of the Burke novels, by Andrew Vachss.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime Edition Cover

Music 2019...

Effort #53,  Late summer recording of "I Still Haven't Found What I Was Looking For".  Teter, our Amazon Yellow Naped Parrot is singing background.

7-mile Hill Street Loop in the morning; then a drive to visit my folks.

8-mile run around town on the roads.

Another snowshoe day in McLean, 5.6-miles.

Entry at Canton Road

First Snowshoe of the year, 4.6-mile romp around McLean Refuge.

Plank Crossing on Bissell Brook

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #30 for 2019...  "Double Indemnity",   the 1943 novel by James Cain.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime Edition Cover

Here are my accomplishments for November 2019.

November 2019 High Points:

• Stony Hill, McLean Refuge, Simsbury & Granby, CT
• Westledge/West Hill, McLean Refuge, Simsbury & Granby, CT
• Eddy Loop Climb, McLean Refuge, Simsbury & Granby, CT
• Weed Hill, McLean Refuge, Simsbury & Granby, CT
• Metacomet Ridge, Cowles Park, East Granby, CT
• Little Mount Tom, Mt Tom Reservation, Easthampton, MA
• Big View, Williamsburg Trails, Williamsburg, MA
• Unquemonk Hill, Williamsburg Trails, Williamsburg, MA
• Petticoat Hill, Williamsburg Trails, Williamsburg, MA
• Scott Hill, Williamsburg Trails, Williamsburg, MA
• Battlecock Hill, Chesterfield - Williamsburg, MA
• Soapstone Mountain, Shenipsit State Forest, Somers, CT
• Kelly Hill, Metacomet / New England Trail, Agawam, MA
• Provin Mountain, Metacomet / New England Trail, Agawam, MA
• Harts Pond Hill, Metacomet / New England Trail, Southwick, MA
• Nicks Hill, Metacomet Ridge, West Suffield, CT
• West Suffield Mountain, Metacomet Ridge, West Suffield, CT
• Peak/Copper Mountain, Metacomet Ridge, West Suffield, CT

Music 2019...

Effort #52,  The twelfth piece from the July 21st, 2019  "Heat of the Day Session" by the Dark Heart Duo, "Just One Time".

3.4-mile run just as the snow began to fall, around the Bridge Street - Wisteria - Kent loop.