Walk Lily Two-Times Total, 1-mile each time.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Monday, May 23, 2022
Walk Lily Two-Times Total, 1-mile each time.
And, on this day...
Tunxis Trail Marathon I - May 23rd, 2006
Hartland, Barkhamsted , Connecticut
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Hartland, Barkhamsted , Connecticut
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I completed a Tunxis Marathon in 5:41:50.
I had Johnny Bandit along for company, as well as Tippi.
It would be my 34th marathon completed, and Tippi's 8th.
We rambled from Route 20 to Route 219 in East Hartland, Conn, and back for the first 19.5 miles.
John Bandit rambling through the meadow.
We rambled from Route 20 to Route 219 in East Hartland, Conn, and back for the first 19.5 miles.
We finished up with the Route 20 to
Pell Road near the Mass border for the final 6.5-miles.
Small Waterfall on the northern section of Tunxis Trail.
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.
Tippi taking a look down from the climb a mile from Pell Road.
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.
The Pell Road TurnAround.
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Called into work early, spent 4-hrs there but resolved the issue.
3rd Return to the Suffield 5km Course this season, this time in 90-degree heat.
Walk Lily Three-Times Total, 1-mile each time.
Suffield 5km Course #3 for 2022.
Hot (90) and Humid, dry, grass that was a lot high; 25:28.
Times for my Race Against Myself at this location:
- #3, 2022 - 25:28 (May 22nd, 2022)
- #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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Saturday, May 21, 2022
Out to North Hollow to run into Granville State Forest.
6.1-miles today.
Walk Lily three-times, 1-mile each.
Memorial
And, on this day...
Mount Greylock Centennial Marathon
May 21st, 2005 - Adams, Massachusetts
Fairly large group (about a dozen or so) completed a "do-it-yourself" Greylock Marathon, aka Old Goat 50th Birthday Bash & Annual Celibacy Run.
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.
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.
Friday, May 20, 2022
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Saturday, May 14, 2022
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
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
Friday, May 13, 2022
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