Completed the Northwest Park Trail Challenge today with 4.7-miles and the final three-trails.

23rd-Day as a Consultant / Contractor.

Northwest Park to get closer to completing the 2024 Trail Challenge.

I knocked out two more today, leaving me only a pair for the finish.

3-miles, which put me just beyond 500-miles for the year.

Granville with K2 and J-Evil.

7.1-Miles.

On the way to visit my Mom today, I stopped off in Rowe to explore the Bear Swamp Trails.

Finished with 3.4-miles, beautiful weather and I felt very good.  

Noticed some new things worth exploring in the future. 

Visit with my Mom went great, Pop was there visiting as well.

Rambled north of Bear Hole Reservoir today, just south of Ashley Reservoir for the most part.

Just a bit along the west bank of Ashley and I ventured into the woods to hopefully meet up with the Metacomet Trail (NET).  Success!

Ended with 8-miles.

Suffield 5km Course #4 for 2024.

DIY Version, Recovered from Lyme Infection and close to 100%.

Very Warm and Sunny, 4 p.m. (mid 80's);  26:20.

1st loop in 12:50 and 2nd loop in 13:30.

Times for my Race Against Myself (plus official events) at this location:

• #4, 2024 - 26:20 (July 18th, 2024)
• #3, 2024 - 27:30 (June 27th, 2024)
• #2, 2024 - 25:55 (June 17th, 2024)

• #1, 2024 - 28:08 (June 6th, 2024)

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• #3, 2023 - 26:36 (December 7th, 2023)

• #2, 2023 - 28:03 (September 7th, 2023)

• #1, 2023 - 29:50 (August 26th, 2023)

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• #5, 2022 - 27:30 (October 1st, 2022)

• #4, 2022 - 26:07 (June 20th, 2022)  Official Event

• #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)  Official Event

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• #2, 2019 - 27:46 (July 9th, 2019)

• #1, 2019 - 28:04 (July 2nd, 2019)  Official Event

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From the Archives....

Hallockville Pond - Mt Institute Marathon

July 18th, 2008 - Hawley, Massachusetts

I completed the Hallockville Pond - Mt Institute Marathon with Wuzzam and Tippi.  

The 25+ miles were completed in 5:29:07, and ended with a dip in Hallockville Pond.  

This was my 38th completed marathon and Tippi's 12th.

4th day at JMH.

Twentieth-Second-Day as a Consultant / Contractor.

Visit with my Mom in Williamstown early to mid-day.

Stopped at the trailhead for the Mahican-Mohawk Trail on Route 2 just below the Hairpin Turn.

Rambled up to the Western Summit, then a bit north to "Top of the World".

Completed 4.2-miles. 

What Played in Ed's Head -- 

Music listened to for the time-period June 1st through June 30th, 2024:

3rd day at JMH.

Registered and Paid for DLV and I for ICC Ireland Trip in October.

Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.

The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023.  You can look it up....

This time, I present my favorite "Jazz" albums of 1967...  #5 - 13.

Albums released 1967

5. Miles Davis:                                              Sorcerer

6. Grant Green:                                            Street of Dreams

7. John Coltrane:                                          Kulu Se Mama

8. Sam Rivers:                                              Dimensions and Extensions

9. Roscoe Mitchell:                                       Old Quartet

10. Lee Morgan:                                             Cornbread

11. Sam Rivers:                                              Contours

12. Sun Ra:                                                     We Travel the Spaceways

13. Jackie McLean:                                         Action

3-mile trail run on the Metacomet (Phelps South and Back).

PT later in the afternoon.

Twentieth-First Day as a Consultant / Contractor.

Early Morning drive to Williamstown to visit my Mom.

On the way, I stopped on River Road in Charlemont to attempt the climb of Negus.

Managed 3.7-miles round trip.  

Wonderful achievement followed by a cool-off in the Deerfield River.

Nice visit with my Mom as well, and I got home safely by early afternoon.

 

Still very Hot, Humid and Rainy.  3.4-mile run in Granville.

Later on, DL and I finished the final episode of Poirot...  we spent months watching an episode an evening, give or take.

"David Suchet starred as Poirot in the ITV series Agatha Christie's Poirot from 1989 until June 2013, when he announced that he was bidding farewell to the role. 

"No one could've guessed then that the series would span a quarter-century or that the classically trained Suchet would complete the entire catalogue of whodunits featuring the eccentric Belgian investigator, including 33 novels and dozens of short stories."  

Overall, 70 episodes were made over 13 series.

His final appearance in the show was in an adaptation of Curtain, aired on 13 November 2013.

Late morning run at Bear Hole Reservoir (8.9-Miles).

Drive to Williamstown to visit my Mom, but stopped in Charlemont to dip in the Cold River first.

Excellent visit, before driving back home. 

Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.

The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023.  You can look it up....

This time, I present my favorite "Jazz" albums of 1967...  #14 - 23.

Albums released 1967

14. Roland Kirk:                                              The Inflated Tear

15. Frank Wright:                                            Your Prayer

16. Peter Brötzmann Trio:                               For Adolphe Sax

17. Lester Bowie:                                            Numbers 1 & 2

18. Rahsaan Roland Kirk:                               Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith

19. Wayne Shorter:                                         Schizophrenia

20. Jackie McLean:                                         New and Old Gospel

21. Wayne Shorter:                                         Adams Apple

22. Thelonious Monk:                                      Straight, No Chaser

23. Muhal Richard Abrams:                             Levels and Degrees of Light

Twentieth-Day as a Consultant / Contractor.

Picked up a guitar and bass at the Luthier's in Easthampton.

Dinner with DL at Captain Jack's Shack.

Metacomet Trail Run, 3.4-miles.

Nineteenth-Day as a Consultant / Contractor.

Trail Running along Bald Mountain Pond Road, 3.0-miles.

2nd Day at JMH as Op III.