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

• Pine Cobble, Clarksburg State Forest / Williamstown, MA
• Intersection of Mt Prospect Trail and Appalachian Trail, North Adams, MA
• East Mountain, Appalachian Trail, Clarksburg, MA
• Holden Hill, Granville, MA
• "Nick's Hill", Metacomet Trail, West Suffield, CT
• Sweetman's Mountain, Granville, MA
• Sweetman's Mountain Lookout, Granville, MA
• Mt Williams, Appalachian Trail, North Adams, MA
• Mt Fitch, Appalachian Trail, Adams, MA
• Mt Greylock, Appalachian Trail, Adams, MA
• East Sweetman's Mountain, Granville, MA

Walk Lily once in the evening, 1-mile.

Walk Lily once in the evening, 1-mile.

And on this day in 2014...

Mahican Mohawk Marathon
August 15th, 2014
Florida, Savoy & Charlemont, Massachusetts

Mohawk, Savoy, Florida Marathon for Wuzzam and I.

Wuzzam and I ran the Mahican Mohawk Marathon in 6:43:30.  We began and ended at Mohawk Trail State Forest in Charlemont, along the bank of the Cold River.  Our turn-around or midpoint was roughly at North Pond at Savoy Mountain State Forest in Savoy / Florida.

This was my 53rd completed marathon.

Running through Stafford Meadow

 

Red Pine Plantation, set in 1930's..

Up through the Red Pine.

Wuzzam at the first crossing of the Cold River.

Bog Pond, a long-time favorite area of ours..

Burnett Homestead Cemetery in Florida..

Second crossing of the Cold River.

DHD (Dark Heart Duo) record release on Bandcamp.

Solstice

Chores around the home, late-shift at work (again).

Walk Lily late evening with DL, 1-mile.

Run with K2 in Granville (hiking).  

Completed 4.5-miles in just under two-hours, hopefully teaching K2 the turns involved.

Walked Lily mid-day.

Worked a weekend shift in the late-afternoon.

Walk Lily late evening with DL, 1-mile.

Run at Mclean after work, 3.9-miles.

Walk Lily once in the evening, 1-mile. 

Walk Lily once in the evening for 1-Mile.

On this day in 2005...

Hallockville Pond Marathon

August 11th, 2005 - Hawley, Massachusetts

Today I completed my 30th marathon.  Locale was Dubuque State Forest and we named the event the "Hallockville Pond" Marathon.  

For company, I had Wuzzam being his norm good sport, and Tippi with her normal determination.  Old Farmer Tom met us along the Notch Trail on bicycle, and enjoyed a few miles with us.

This was Tippi's 4th completed marathon.  Our time ended up at 5:21:16.

What Played in Ed's Head -- 

Music listened to for the time-period July 1st through July 31st, 2022:

Walked Lily once in the evening, 1-Mile. 

Had the Corolla cleaned, inside and out.  Great work.

Walked Lily in the evening, 1-Mile.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #20 for 2022...

"In the Midst of Death" written by Lawrence Block, published 1976.

Matthew Scudder #3.

Cover Images

Walk Lily once today, 1-Mile (late evening). 

Too hot and humid to do much all morning and early afternoon.

Worked another "late" shift of 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Walked Lily in the evening, 1-Mile.

Running in the extreme heat and humidity with K2 in Tunxis.

The back is still sore (from the pump station effort manipulating a large breaker on July 22nd), to the point of bothering my hips as well.  Completed a difficult 3.5-miles.

Worked a "late" shift of 3 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Walked Lily in the evening, 1-Mile.

3-miles on the alt route at Basin Bruce, ninety-five degrees, more or less.

Walk Lily once at night, 1-Mile.

Weekly Weigh-In, 61-Day Challenge... 

214.3

DHD (Dark Heart Duo) record release on Bandcamp.

High Noon

Walk Lily once today, 1-Mile (late evening). 

From the Marathon Archives...

Appalachian Trail Marathon

August 3rd, 1996 - Salisbury, CT to Mount Washington, MA

On this day in 1996 I completed my 13th marathon.  

My route took me along the Appalachian Trail, from Salisbury, Connecticut into Massachusetts.  

The turnaround point was at the summit of Mt. Everett.  

Total time on the trail was roughly 6:27:53, which included a break for a lunch at Everett.

• 1:15:44 @ Bear Mountain (from Route 41)
• 1:04:45 / 2:20:29 @ Mount Race
•    34:52 / 2:55:22 @ Mount Everett
•    10:00 / 3:05:22 @ Lunch - Rest - Refuel
•    36:03 / 3:41:26 @ Mount Race
• 1:33:46 / 5:15:13 @ Bear Mountain
•     42:17 / 5:57:30 @ Lions Head
•     30:22 / 6:27:53 @ Route 41

Walk Lily once today, 1-Mile (late evening). 

DL and I enjoyed re-watching the "Prophecy" Movies during the last couple weeks of July...

The Prophecy - released 1995

• Christopher Walken as Gabriel
• Elias Koteas as Thomas Dagget
• Virginia Madsen as Katherine
• Eric Stoltz as Simon
• Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer
• Amanda Plummer as Rachael
• Moriah Shining Dove Snyder as Mary
• Adam Goldberg as Jerry
• Steve Hytner as Joseph
• J.C. Quinn as Burrows

The Prophecy II - released 1998

• Christopher Walken as Gabriel
• Russell Wong as Danyael
• Jennifer Beals as Valerie Rosales
• Brittany Murphy as Isabelle "Izzy"
• Nicki Micheaux as Detective Kriebel
• Eric Roberts as Michael
• Glenn Danzig as Samayel
• Steve Hytner as Joseph
• Bruce Abbott as Thomas Daggett

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent - released 2000

• Christopher Walken as Gabriel
• Vincent Spano as Zophael
• Dave Buzzotta as Danyael
• Kayren Butler as Maggie
• Steve Hytner as Joseph
• Brad Dourif as Zealot
• Scott Cleverdon as Pyriel
• Moriah 'Shining Dove' Snyder as Mary

The Prophecy: Uprising - released 2005

• John Light as John Riegert / Satan
• Sean Pertwee as Dani Simionescu
• Kari Wuhrer as Allison
• Jason London as Simon
• Doug Bradley as Laurel

The Prophecy: Forsaken - released 2005

• Kari Wuhrer as Allison
• Jason Scott Lee as Dylan
• Tony Todd as Stark
• John Light as Lucifer
• Jason London as Simon

Walk Lily once today, 1-Mile (late evening).