Two walks with Lily Munster, each 1-mile.

Two walks with Lily Munster, each 1-mile.

Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples by Dr. Luccianne Lavin

 

Two walks with Lily Munster, each 1-mile.

Visit with my Mom through mid-day, and a run in Notchview / Windsor State Forest on the return trip home (4-miles along Steep Bank Brook Trail, Bumpus Trail and Bates Road).

Three walks with Lily Munster, each 1-mile.

Another exploring trip to Granville, this time for 6.7-miles.

Three walks with Lily Munster, each 1-mile.

From the Marathon Archives...

Granville - Kingdom Marathon - May 14th, 2020
Granville State Forest & Tunxis State Forest

With very little thought I decided to tackle the Granville State Forest to Satan's Kingdom Marathon today.  DL was willing to shuttle my car to the finish at Satan's Kingdom, and then drive me to the start at Granville State Forest along the Hubbard River.

I felt really good for the first twenty-miles, and pretty good from that point to the finish.  I power-hiked the ups from the Route 219 crossing at 19-miles, and jogged all the flats and  downhill.

Beautiful day, temperatures ranged from the fifties to start (about 9:10 a.m.) and just about seventy toward the end at 3:00 p.m.

The run measured out on the gps at 25.78-miles, and I completed the effort in 5:54 moving time, and 6:04 total time (a few stops to refuel water drops and photos).  This was my 59th completed marathon all-time.

The total climb according to Google Earth was 4702', with a net descent of 5389'.  The majority of the elevation loss was in the first 2 and last 2 miles.

Elevation Profile

Hubbard River

Black Bear Crossing - Valley Brook

Tunxis State Forest

Roberts Brook

Indian Council Caves Summit

Lake McDonough

Lake McDonough

Sign in Log at the 1st Ratlum Peak

Old Camp Pond, a favorite of Sam & Tippi

Granville for 5.1-miles in the first "heat" of the season.  

Plus three "1-mile walks" with Lily Munster (morning, dinner time, and evening).

3-mile run along Main Street in the morning, and a 1-mile walk with Lily Munster at night. 

Walk "Lily Munster" around town at the end of the evening (1-mile).

Visitor early this morning...

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #12 for 2022...

"Stray Dogs", written by John Ridley, published 1997.  

Used as inspiration for the movie "U-Turn".

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More exploring (5.5-miles) in Granville;  just when I think I have it all connected...

2nd Return to the Suffield 5km Course.

Suffield 5km Course #2 for 2022.

This time, cool and a mostly dry, grass a bit high; 25:20. 

Times for my Race Against Myself at this location:

• #2, 2022 - 25:20 (May 7th, 2022)
• #1, 2022 - 27:24 (April 8th, 2022)

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• #7, 2021 - 23:50 (October 30th, 2021)

• #6, 2021 - 24:34 (September 17th, 2021)

• #5, 2021 - 25:10 (September 3rd, 2021)

• #4, 2021 - 25:29 (August 27th, 2021)

• #3, 2021 - 26:48 (August 20th, 2021)

• #2, 2021 - 25:20 (July 9th, 2021)

• #1, 2021 - 27:00 (June 28th, 2021)

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• #2, 2019 - 27:46 (July 9th, 2019)

• #1, 2019 - 28:04 (July 2nd, 2019)

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Granville, connecting a few more "unknowns" for 6.3-miles.

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Weekly Weigh In = 219.4

"High Points" along trails during April 2022... 

• East Sweetman Mountain, Granville, MA
• Metacomet Ridge, Cowles Park, East Granby, CT
• The Pinnacle, Penwood State Park, Bloomfield, CT
• Sweetman Mountain, Granville, MA
• Steep Bank Brook (Bumpus Version), Windsor Jambs State Forest, Windsor, MA
• West Suffield Mountain, Metacomet Trail, Suffield, CT

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #11 for 2022...

"It's My Funeral", the third Daniel Port novel, written by Peter Rabe, published 1957.

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