3-miles up Sodom Mountain in Southwick after some patio work with DL. 

And, on this day in 1993,  I completed the Bridgeport Marathon in ~3:32:00.  

This was my second completed marathon, and I remember it being more difficult than the first.

Suffield 5km Course.

Rainy and cool conditions helped me along to another "PR"; 23:50. 

Times for my Race Against Myself at this location:

• #1, 2019 - 28:04 (July 2nd, 2019)
• #2, 2019 - 27:46 (July 9th, 2019)

• #1, 2021 - 27:00 (June 28th, 2021)
• #2, 2021 - 25:20 (July 9th, 2021)
• #3, 2021 - 26:48 (August 20th, 2021)
• #4, 2021 - 25:29 (August 27th, 2021)
• #5, 2021 - 25:10 (September 3rd, 2021)
• #6, 2021 - 24:34 (September 17th, 2021)
• #7, 2021 - 23:50 (October 30th, 2021)

Weekly Weigh In while involved with the 61-Day Challenge - 206.4 lbs.

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #10 for 2021...

"Agreement to Kill", by Peter Rabe, published in 1957.

Cover Image

Alt Cover Image

Sharing a video "The Cathedral Pines of Cornwall, CT - 2020".

 

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #9 for 2021...

"One Endless Hour", by Dan J. Marlowe, published in 1969.  

Cover Image

Alt Cover Image

Alt Cover Image

Sharing a fantastic video of with Tom Wessels, "New England's Roadside Ecology".

 

Another day in Granville, connecting more of the "circled world".  Completed 4.5-miles today.

Phelon Pond

Granville again, back in the Phelon Forest.  Single-track wandering was successful, only issue was the large area of clear cut which thankfully was short as a alternate path was "installed".

Completed 7.6-miles on a sunny-ish day just below 50-degrees.

 

Bent Tree Limb

Bent Tree Limb

Weekly Weigh In while involved with the 61-Day Challenge - 210.4 lbs.

Sharing a fantastic video of our New England Maples...

 

Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #8 for 2021...

"The Name of the Game Is Death", by Dan J. Marlowe, published in 1962.  

Cover Image (Black Lizard Vintage Crime Edition)

Alternate Cover

Alternate Cover

Alternate Cover

Alternate Cover

Old Farmer Ed turned 82-years old today!  Happy Birthday Pop!

 Pop doing what he loves best

From July 2003

Marathon History...

Bay State Marathon
October 18, 1992 - Lowell, Massachusetts

On this day in 1992 I completed my first marathon, at the Baystate Marathon, in Lowell, Massachusetts.  I ran 3:35:00 for the 26.2-miles (two loops).  My folks drove out to see me finish, which was really cool.

In Memory...  Rest in Peace Tippi (August 2000 - October 17, 2016)

Five years ago today we said goodbye to Tippi.  She was a rescue we were blessed with for well over 16-years. She was my trail partner for somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 miles (we didn't keep track), traveling together in the car all over Connecticut, New York, Vermont and Western Massachusetts to run in the woods we both loved so much.  Together we finished 17 marathons.  She could run all day, season didn't really matter.

Often, as DL and I drive home from Adams back to Connecticut, she will ask as we pass large forested areas "... did you and Tippi ever run through there?"  The answer is almost always "Yes".  We connected huge tracts of land in northwestern Massachusetts, the Valley, and much of north-central and western Connecticut.

I continue to think about Tippi everyday. Often on a hike or run, I come to a spot in the forest that helps me feel her presence.  The recent photograph below is one of those spots/times, along the Spruce Mountain Trail in Monroe, where my old dog's spirit overwhelmed me.

We love you Tips, rest easy girl.

Tippi, August 2000 - October 17th, 2016.