Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #09 for 2023...

"Aftershock" written by Andrew Vachss and published in 2013.

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Bike to work early, 5.5-miles.

PT #10 after work.

Bike to work in the morning, 5.5-miles.

Bike home from work late, 5.5-miles.

It is Bike to work Week May 15 thru 21, 2023.  Bike to Work day is Friday, May 19th.

Bike home from work late, 5.5-miles.

Drove out to visit the folks and have a lunch of rotisserie chicken with rice pilaf.

And, 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

Hiking up Sodom Mountain in Southwick for 4.3-miles. 

Trail Run from Crow Hill Road in Stafford with the Old Goat - 4.1-miles.

"High Points" along trails during April 2023... 

Running fairly regularly, climbs improving...

• Talcott Mountain Ridge, Simsbury/Bloomfield, CT
• Kilkenny Rocks, Avon, CT
• Laurel Hill, Bloomfield, CT
• Horse Mountain, Williamsburg, MA
• White Rock, Hatfield, MA

Bike to work early, 5.5-miles.

PT #9 after work. 

Bike to work early, 5.5-miles.

Bike home from work late, 5.5-miles. 

Mid-Day PT #8.

Bike home from work, 5.5-miles. 

Visit with Folks, our lunch consisted of pasta with farm raised ground beef. 

2.9-miles in Granville State Forest.

Early morning PT #7.

Short run of 3.6-miles in Stafford off Crow Hill Road.

Return to playing music with the Dark Heart Duo, first session since November of 2019.

Updated from Town's run in 2023 (which I will update at some point), I have expanded to "All-Time" Town's run through.

There are still a few I can't figure out, old marathons and triathlons.  I'll work through it.

The vast majority of these have been trail runs - and sometime snowshoe runs.

For now, here is where I am...

Connecticut Town's Run

Massachusetts Town's Run