"Forest Forensics with Tom Wessels", recorded May 1st, 2021 in Cornwall, CT .

 

2021 Unsupported Trail Race Fall Challenge #5

New England Trail 13K Trail Run (8-Miles)

Managed the Metacomet from Phelps Road south to Peak Mountain, and back.

Out in 53:30, back in 50:00.

K2 got a solid 2-hours on his legs as well.

2021 Unsupported Trail Race Fall Challenge #4

Peoples State Forest 10K Trail Run (6.2-Miles)

After picking up a new "used" guitar in Winsted, I ran a modified Peoples State Forest race-course.

My version ended up at 10k, or 6.2-miles.

Lookout #1

Lookout #2

Split Rock Passage

And on this day in 1999...

Watery Hill 6-Hour Run

November 6, 1999 - Somewhere in MA or RI

I completed 30-miles during the Watery Hill Six-Hour Race today, with Johnny Bandit.  

I called it a day at 5:35:00.

4-mile run along the Metacomet from Route 20 North to the Boy Scout Overnight Shelter, and back. 

Completed the enjoyable ramble just before darkness began to set in.

Weekly Weigh In while involved with the 61-Day Challenge - 210.6 lbs.

On this day in 2000...

Watery Hill 6-Hour Run

November 4, 2000 - Somewhere in MA or RI

I completed 33-miles during the Watery Hill Six-Hour Race today, with Johnny Bandit.  

I called it a day at 6:00:00.

We had a "little" visitor to our patio early this morning...

On this day in 1997...

Bash Bish Falls Marathon

November 2, 1997 - South Taconic Trail, MA & NY

The Old Goat, the Gullivers, and a few others rambled out to Bash Bish Falls to participate in a marathon along the South Taconic Trail.  

I managed 26-miles in 6:28:00, with the last few miles being in a driving rain.  

This was my 18th marathon.

"High Points" along trails during October, 2021... 

• West Suffield Mountain, Metacomet Trail, West Suffield, Connecticut
• 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
• Kelly Hill, Metacomet / New England Trail, Agawam, MA
• Provin Mountain, Metacomet / New England Trail, Agawam, MA
• Harts Pond Hill, Metacomet / New England Trail, Southwick, MA
• Nicks Hill, Metacomet Ridge, West Suffield, CT
• West Suffield Mountain, Metacomet Ridge, West Suffield, CT
• Peak/Copper Mountain, Metacomet Ridge, West Suffield, CT
• Stony Hill, McLean Game Refuge, Granby, CT
• Sodom Mountan, Southwick, MA
• Phelon Forest Hill, Granville, MA
• Goff Ledges, Granville - Tolland, MA

3-miles up Sodom Mountain in Southwick after some patio work with DL. 

And, on this day in 1993,  I completed the Bridgeport Marathon in ~3:32:00.  

This was my second completed marathon, and I remember it being more difficult than the first.

Suffield 5km Course.

Rainy and cool conditions helped me along to another "PR"; 23:50. 

Times for my Race Against Myself at this location:

• #1, 2019 - 28:04 (July 2nd, 2019)
• #2, 2019 - 27:46 (July 9th, 2019)

• #1, 2021 - 27:00 (June 28th, 2021)
• #2, 2021 - 25:20 (July 9th, 2021)
• #3, 2021 - 26:48 (August 20th, 2021)
• #4, 2021 - 25:29 (August 27th, 2021)
• #5, 2021 - 25:10 (September 3rd, 2021)
• #6, 2021 - 24:34 (September 17th, 2021)
• #7, 2021 - 23:50 (October 30th, 2021)

Weekly Weigh In while involved with the 61-Day Challenge - 206.4 lbs.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #10 for 2021...

"Agreement to Kill", by Peter Rabe, published in 1957.

Cover Image

Alt Cover Image

Sharing a video "The Cathedral Pines of Cornwall, CT - 2020".

 

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #9 for 2021...

"One Endless Hour", by Dan J. Marlowe, published in 1969.  

Cover Image

Alt Cover Image

Alt Cover Image

Sharing a fantastic video of with Tom Wessels, "New England's Roadside Ecology".