Walk Lily once, for 1-mile.

From the archives....

I completed my 11th marathon on this day in 1996 at Nipmuck.  I ran a 3:56:50 in the race, which was good for 15th place.

Walk Lily once, 1-mile.

Old News Department...

On this day in 1997 I completed my 15th marathon - Nipmuck.  It was the 3rd time I completed Nipmuck, and my time was 4:31:44, good enough for 42nd place.

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).

Walk Lily once, 1-mile. 

To Adams, dropped flowers/plants at Bellevue Cemetery for DL's folks, and a visit with my folks.

Run at Windsor State Forest, to Windsor Pond for 3-miles.

Walk Lily Twice Total, 1-mile each time.

And on this day...

McLean Game Refuge & Holcomb Farm Marathon

May 30th, 2009 - Granby & Simsbury, Connecticut

Wuzzam and I completed a McClean Reservation Marathon in roughly five hours.   

This was my 41st marathon completed.  I recall it being a fairly easy day for us.

Run in Granville early, 7.7-miles with beautiful cool temperatures.

Walk Lily Three-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

Morning trip to Union for Plants, heavy rain throughout remainder of day.

Walk Lily Three-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

And on this day...

Vermont City Marathon

May 28, 1995 - Burlington, Vermont

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.

At two-miles I was at 16:40, which was pretty far off my necessary 7:15 per mile to achieve the sub 3:10 finish time.  This means I ran 7:05 pace for the final 24.2-miles.

Good deal of yardwork in the morning, and four-miles in Granville State Forest afterward.

Walk Lily Three-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

Walk Lily Two-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #13 for 2022...

"Brown's Requiem", written by James Ellroy, published 1981.  

Cover Images

Walk Lily Once, 1-mile.

Walk Lily Two-Times Total, 1-mile each time.

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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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.

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.

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.

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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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.

Run in Granville, 5.5-miles.

Walk Lily twice, 1-mile each.

Weekly Weigh In = 219.3

Second Guitar Lesson with BPM.

Two Walks with Lily, 1-mile each.