Also, on this day in 2013, I completed my 51st marathon - Hawley Berkshire East. I had Wuzzam with me for this one, which was a real beast. We had a total time on feet of 7:45:15, which was the longest either of have ever been on our feet moving through the forest. It was most likely more than a marathon distance. By several miles... (or more).
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Also, on this day in 2013, I completed my 51st marathon - Hawley Berkshire East. I had Wuzzam with me for this one, which was a real beast. We had a total time on feet of 7:45:15, which was the longest either of have ever been on our feet moving through the forest. It was most likely more than a marathon distance. By several miles... (or more).
Monday, May 31, 2021
The rain is letting up, so I headed out to Granville to explore more of Sodom Mountain, hopefully continuing from yesterday's drop off point.
I began up the normal climb and took the second left, which ended up being a pretty nice (at times) trail that was "inside" yesterday's route. Found the drop off point easily enough, continued and made my way back to a mini loop.
Continued toward the summit, and tried to head south. Found the rock lookout over Cooley Lake, found the Cell Tower from the April run out here, and continued a bit south before heading back and ending with 5.6-miles on my feet.
Made the way into work afterward, third day in succession over this Holiday weekend.
View off Rock Ledge with Cooley Lake present
Sunday, May 30, 2021
Saturday, May 29, 2021
Friday, May 28, 2021
8-miles in a light rain in Granville.
And on this day...
I achieved my Boston Qualifier today at Vermont City in Burlington, Vermont. I was able to dip under the age group setpoint of 3:10 with a 3:08:00.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Monday, May 24, 2021
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Hartland, Barkhamsted , Connecticut
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We rambled from Route 20 to Route 219 in East Hartland, Connecticut, and back for the first 19.5 miles. We finished up with the Route 20 to Pell Road near the Massachusetts border for the final 6.5-miles.
Old Notes: Another great day; started out 45 degrees at the 9:15 A.M. start time. It reached a high of maybe 60 degrees during the day, with majority in the mid 50’s. Sunny and blue sky entire time, occasional strong breeze every once and a while. Started the run at 9:15 A.M.
John and I both felt that it was the easiest marathon either of us had ever done. We finished strong, running all but the very start of Trillium Hill from mile 24.5 onward. I believe we could have easily gotten thru another hour on this day. Plenty of water for Tippi, no problems with her other than the porcupine around mile 18. We escaped from that ok.
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Appalachian Trail from Old Adams Road (parked at Jones Nose) to Rockwell Road for a total of 7.5-miles, with roughly 3 of it on the actual AT.
This places me with 49.2-miles from the Connecticut / Massachusetts border at Sages Ravine to County Road in (I think) Becket, and another 7.7-miles from downtown Cheshire to Rockwell Road in Williamstown, totaling 56.9 of 90.4 Appalachian Trail Miles in Massachusetts!
Visited my folks after, rewarding them again with Mrs. Murphy's donuts.
Friday, May 21, 2021
Our time was 6:47:02. This is a very difficult course, with 5 lengthy climbs. Five out of the twelve starters completed the full 26.2-miles.
This was my 28th marathon completed, and Tippi's second.
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Another trip to the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts, this time from Route 20 to County Road, including the Towns of Becket, Lee, and Washington.