5.5-miles running from home to work for a short shift. 

'20 has turned the corner to '21, and here's hoping all things can return to a more "normal" status.

After a fine treat of DL's homemade cinnamon buns for breakfast, I made it to Phelps & Mountain Road parking around 11:00 a.m.  Went north, with the idea of turning around at Route 57.

The run, and my body, felt great.  I have taken it easier over the past couple weeks seeing as I was going to finish 2020 roughly 50-miles over my set goal of 1250, and saw the opportunity to go easy a bit.

Ran with shorts, but a long-sleeve tech-wick top with a fleece vest, as it was 37-degrees and pretty much sunny.  Very good call on the layers, I was totally comfortable throughout the run.

Completed 9.6-miles at 5 mph pace.  A satisfying start to 2021.

Run during the early morning along Main Street's sidewalks for 3-miles.

Run along South Main and North Main Street for 3.1-miles prior to work.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #45 for 2020...

"Detour (or Detour to Death)", by Helen Nielsen, first published in 1953.

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Alternate Early Edition

Alternate Early Edition

Music 2020...

Effort #53,  "Brief Sunrise III"...  final piece from the second recording I have from the "Preceding through a Pandemic" sessions of 2020.  

As a grouping, this one is known as "Instro-Nomical", with titles as follows:

Brief Sunrise

Brief Sunrise II

Brief Sunrise III

3.5-miles on the Main, Kent and Wisteria Loop.

After the heavy rain, warm temperatures, and melting snow over the last couple days I figured I'd hit a trail, somewhere.  I settled on the Mary Edwards Mountain Property in Granby. 

I visit this wonderful area every couple years, always on the lookout for extended trails by the trail-builders / Granby Conservation Group.

I wandered off the "official" trails a bit today, on somewhat noticeable paths, followed obscure paint blazes on trees, and plain old bush-whacked a bit.  I ended with an enjoyable 4.2-miles, with basically no snow and very, very little ice at all in the woods.

A very quiet Christmas day spent with DL.

I tried to avoid the rain, didn't really succeed, but at least got out for a 3.1-mile run along South Main Street and Suffield Street to the railroad underpass (I wanted to see how badly Stony Brook had overflowed it's banks).

Main Street in the early morning, 3-miles. 

My friend DD has a list created for the 50 Highest Peaks in Massachusetts...

With a rough, quick count, I believe I have been on-top of 27 of these already.

Mount Greylock	3487'
Saddle Ball Mountain	3248'
Mount Fitch	3110'
Mount Williams	2953'
Crum Hill	2835'
Blackpoll Mountain	2776'
Hoosac Range-North Peak	2770'
Spruce Mountain	2713'
Mount Prospect	2690'
Misery Mountain	2683'
Misery Mountain-South Peak	2661'
Brodie Mountain	2618'
Mount Everett	2608'
Brodie Mountain-East Mountain	2598'
Spruce Hill North Peak	2596'
Stony Ledge	2579'
Spruce Hill	2572'
Rounds Rock	2559'
Misery Mountain-North Peak	2547'
Sheeps Heaven	2532'
Ragged Mountain	2530'
Borden Mountain	2500'
Brodie Mountain-North Peak	2461'
Mount Frissell	2451'
Whitcomb Hill	2441'
Potter Mountain	2434'
Burnett Hill-South Peak	2420'
Burnett Hill-North Peak	2416'
West Borden Mountain	2390'
Mount Ashley	2382'
Jiminy Peak	2372'
Mount Frissell-South Slope	2372'
Mount Race	2372'
Honwee Mountain	2313'
Pease Ridge Poppy Top	2311'
Judges Hill	2297'
Eph's Outlook	2280'
Weston Mountain	2260'
Finerty Pond Mountain	2257'
Alander Mountain	2240'
Whitcomb Hill	2240'
Pine Mountain	2231'
Haskell Hill	2224'
Walling Mountain	2215'
French Hill	2214'
Berry Hill	2210'
Tower Mountain	2210'
Mount Undine	2205'
North Mountain	2205'
Berry Mountain	2203'

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #44 for 2020...

"The Doomsters", by Ross MacDonald.  Published in 1958.

Vintage Crime / Black Lizard Cover Image

Alternate Early Edition

Alternate Early Edition

Alternate Early Edition

Music 2020...

Effort #52,  "Brief Sunrise II"...  middle piece from the second recording I have from the "Preceding through a Pandemic" sessions of 2020.  

As a grouping, this one is known as "Instro-Nomical", with titles as follows:

Brief Sunrise

Brief Sunrise II

Brief Sunrise III

3.5-mile run on the Remington Loop, just as a light snow began. 

There is still a large depth of snow present, I figure on waiting for some of the trail "parking" areas to get some use before beginning to snowshoe.  I settled on a 5.2-mile loop of Main, Suffield, Mather and Kent Streets.

A bit of celebration is in order as I passed my goal of 1275-miles for 2020 today, earlier than expected.