11.6-mile run in Tunxis State Forest with K2.

View east off Pine Mountain

View upstream at Roaring Brook crossing

View downstream at Roaring Brook crossing

View at bottom of Indian Council Caves

View at half-way up the climb of Indian Council Caves

Almost at the top looking down from Indian Council Caves

View at top of Indian Council Caves

Deerfield with DL in the morning, then a 5.2-mile run around the Mather Loop.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #12 for 2020...  "The Terrorists", the last book in the Martin Beck masterpieces by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, this time from 1976.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime Edition Cover

Original Edition

3-mile run on Main Street just before dark.

Music 2020...

Effort #10,  "Conclusion"...  the eight and final piece from the Dark Heart Duo's Sweating Out Demons Sessions of  July 26th, 2019...

Back to McLean for another attempt at running harder than usual.  Managed 3.5-miles in 36:56.

After ridding part of my basement of old insulation early-on, I felt like attempting to run somewhat hard.  I went to the old "speed-work" route at McLean, 3.3-miles, with a decent climb in the first half-mile.

My splits are as follows:

Segment 1 @ Large Oak                 10:53 / 10:53

Segment 2 @ Side-Trail                   10:40 / 21:33

Segment 3 @ Three-Way                  7:48 / 29:21

Segment 4 @ Finish                          2:42 / 32:03

Very satisfied for the effort (9:43 pace per mile) after a physical morning doing chores, on a hilly trail route.

Daylight Savings Time began late last night / early this morning.  K2 and I ran at Tunxis from Route 219 for a couple hours, give or take, totalling 7.1-miles.

5.5-miles into work to retrieve my car.

Ran home from work after a slightly longer (time-wise) than normal Friday, 5.5-miles.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #11 for 2020...  Wild at Heart #4 "Sultan's of Africa", written in 1991 by Barry Gifford.

Cover Image

Still from David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" film

3-miles on Main Street south just before dark.

Music 2020...

Effort #9,  "The Centre Cannot Hold"...  the seventh performance from the Dark Heart Duo's Sweating Out Demons Sessions of  July 26th, 2019...

3-miles on Main Street just before dark.

Out to Whitiker Woods to connect with Soapstone Mountain with Wuzzam. 

There has been some extensive bridge work completed on the connector, and the single-track has been widened to make room for the equipment getting the wood in for the bridges.  A benefit of this is the briers which infringed on this route most of the year shouldn't be an issue any longer (hopefully).

8.3-miles, good work for us.

Stonewall at top of Whitiker - Soapstone Connector @ "Twin Black Oaks"

Wuzzam topping out at the Stonewall on the Connector

Frozen vernal pool on the Shenipsit Trail

Stonewall leading to Hill 621' in Whitiker Woods