Monday, December 14, 2020
Sunday, December 13, 2020
More difficult than normal morning, woken up early for a call-in at work, then leaving to run with Wuzzam on the southern Nipmuck Trail I was stopped on I-84 for twenty-minutes due to the road being closed for repair (it looked like). Just before I was going to say enough is enough and head back towards home, traffic began moving a bit and I chose to drive through some odd paths to get back toward Mansfield.
Wuzzam had headed out over an hour ahead of me, and since we were doing an out-and-back, I expected to catch him someplace on his return. I hoped to get to the grist mill site, roughly 2.7-miles, before seeing him, so I ran "hard".
Passed the grist mill and began the road option up toward fifty-foot, and once passed 3-miles I figured it would be great to get to fifty-foot and 4-miles, so I kept running "hard".
Descending off the small ledge of fifty-foot, I kept my speed up thinking that I may make it to 5-miles before seeing my friend. Once past that, I figured 6-miles might be possible?
I ran into Wuzzam right at 5.9-miles, which was a 5-mph pace for me. I went beyond the meeting point and turned so that I ended the entire out-and-back with 12-miles.
Temperature once back at the car for the ride home (actually back to work to address one more issue that arose) was 59-degrees!
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Friday, December 11, 2020
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Monday, December 7, 2020
Sunday, December 6, 2020
It's been a while since I explored Penwood State Park, and with the small amount of snow in our area I figured it would be day worthy of a visit.
Managed my normal "loop", out from Wintonbury Road on the Blue-Blazed New England Trail (Metacomet) to the parking area near Gale Pond, then back on the Mountain Bike Trail (Yellow-Blazed I believe).
Ended with 6.5-miles. Cold temperatures, with scatterings of snow and ice along the ridge.
Stairs at base of "the Pinnacle"
Saturday, December 5, 2020
- Stickney Hill, Nipmuck State Forest, Union, CT
- Weed Hill, McLean - Holcomb, Granby, CT
- Deer Hill, McClean - Holcomb Connector, Granby & Simsbury, CT
- Devil's Kitchen, Tunxis Trail, Burlington Region
- Mile of Ledges, Tunxis Trail, Burlington Region
- Hemenway Lookout, Tunxis Trail, Burlington Region
- Johnnycake Mountain, Tunxis Trail, Burlington Region
- Raycroft Lookout, Monroe, MA
- Spruce Mountain, Monroe, MA
- West Suffield Mountain, Metacomet Trail, West Suffield, CT
- Spooner Hill, Natchaug Trail, Ashford, CT
- Hill Street & Hastings Hill, Suffield, CT
Friday, December 4, 2020
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Rambling through McLean once again, to fill in the second-half of a 1/2-marathon course. Damp, cloudy skies for the most part, with some lite precipitation as ice particles.
Re-connected with Saturday's point at the intersection of Weed Hill & Eddy Trail at 5-miles. Ended the day with a total of 10.6-miles on my legs.