Arrived in Hilo, Hawaii today!
Amazing journey to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at 4300' above sea level (Kilauea Volcano).
Two side-trips along the excursion to visit spectacular waterfalls as well.
Awesome Day!
From the Archives... On This Day:
Nipmuck - Natchaug Marathon - February 8th, 2020
Ashford, Union, & Eastford, CT
I met up with Andy Hillbilliage early to attempt a Nipmuck / Natchuag Marathon. The Wuzzam was planning to meet up with us to ramble through the last 9 or 10-miles with us, as his legs were still feeling last weekend's 17-miler.
The route is fairly easy:
- Boston Hollow Road, Ashford, north on Nipmuck Trail to Bigelow Hollow (~8-miles).
- Return via the same route, opposite direction (~8-miles).
- South from Boston Hollow along the Nipmuck Trail to the turn onto the Natchaug Trail just prior to Ladies Room Rock, down to Moon Road (~4.5-miles).
- And then return along the same sections (~4.5-miles).
What isn't easy is the trail really rolls up and down. A lot. 5760' of ascent and descent for the full gps measured 24.6-miles. It was also somewhat cold (around 22-degrees at the start), but that didn't stop Hillbilliage from going with shorts and a short-sleeve top for the last 9+ miles (where it might have gotten to 32-degrees or so, outside the Hemlock forest).
We completed what we wanted, pretty much averaging 4.1 mph the entire day. At 2-miles we were at 4.3 mph, at 8 the same, at 16 the same, at 20.5 we dropped to 4.2 mph, which we almost maintained to the end. Very steady rolling.
Completed in 6:01:00, which I felt pretty good about. It was really awesome of Wuzzam to meet up with us to help with the company, that I (we) really appreciated, as Andy and I were getting a bit tired by the last sections. Great day, outstanding mileage builder!
This was my 58th completed marathon all-time.
