Explored Conway Hills after a visit with my folks.

Marathon History:

August 30th, 2020 - Nipmuck Trail

Bigelow Hollow to Gurleyville Grist Mill Marathon

Time to Marathon:

Bigelow Hollow to the Gurleyville Grist Mill, through Union, Eastford, Ashford, Willington and Mansfield, Connecticut.

Shuttled cars with Wuzzam, he and the Old Goat would be starting five or six miles away from me.  I hoped to catch them by mile 22 or 23.  This did not happen.

I felt really good until around 17 or 18-miles.  From that point on, I slowed from a 4.5 mph average to a overall 4.3 mph.  Ended up running 6:03:00, with another 5 or so minutes of stopped time to fill up water.  Wuzzam and Karl finished about 7 or 8 minutes before me, doing around 20-miles.  I hit right at 26.2-gps measured miles....  this was marathon #60 all-time for me.

Nipmuck Trail

Tying up additional trails at Granville, with another 8.3-miles covered today.

View from Radio Tower south of Sweetman Mtn

Granville area again, this time for 7-miles.

Ran the Suffield 5km Summer Course solo in 25:29.

Also on this day, I've finished two marathons...

In 2008, Tippi and I finished Metacomet II, which began at Phelps Road in Suffield, and covered north to Route 57 and south to Route 20.  Running time of 5:32:00.  This was my 39th and Tippi's 13th completed marathon.

In 2009, Wuzzam joined Tippi and I at Tunxis II (South), which meant we ran from Route 219 to Satan's Kingdom, and also north to Roberts Brook I believe.  Our time was 6:04:44.  This was my 44th and Tippi's 15th marathon.

Early morning adventure prior to work, Granville again, to connect more of the network.

Completed a very humid and warm 3-miles with new GPS.

Finally somewhat back to normal at work due to residual Tropical Storm Henri. 

 Not as long day at work, but still adjusting to residuals from Tropical Storm Henri. 

Long day at work, Tropical Storm Henri. 

Long day at work, Tropical Storm Henri. 

Granville to connect to last week's route on Bad Luck Mountain.  Success at the connections, with exposer to additional trails as well.  Finished with 5.0-miles.

Combo - August 14th & 21st

Work still chewed up the majority of my day, but I did get out to the x-country course to tackle a hard 5k late afternoon.   Completed the run in 26:48, which I was satisfied with considering the month off of decent running due to the toe injury.

The wrap up of a Pump Station Upgrade Project, and manufacturer "Start Up" with the new pump.  Yet another significantly long day.

Pump Station Upgrade at work, third consecutive day of 12+ hours.

Pump Station Upgrade at work, second consecutive day of 12+ hours.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #5 for 2021...

"Wild Town", by Jim Thompson, first published in 1957.  This novel introduces Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford, later featured in "The Killer Inside Me" .

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