Change of plans! Back to Highcrest!

Don't kill me but we're back to Highcrest. We could probably run Brickyard but Rose, my wife and my inner "do the right thing" have all convinced me that going around the saw horses that I'm pretty sure are still telling us the trail is closed is not something we should do. Here's what Farmington Valley Trails Council President Bruce Donald said yesterday. The bolding is mine.

See you at Highcrest Elementary School parking lot at  8 AM tomorrow.

Lee

Farmington Valley Trails Council

As of today the entire 22 miles of trail are passable on the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail. Parts need clearing of leaves and small branches however. Please respect the towns that have "closed" signs still up until they take them down. The Farmington River Trail still may have areas that are not passable and I will update ASAP. A huge THANKS to all of the volunteers that worked tirelessly to clear the trails. I will thank you all at the Annual Meeting tomorrow night. Bruce Donald, President, FVTC

Worcester Marathon - 1st ever in June 2012

Just saw this on FB. I don't know if I can resist the temptation. Stop the insanity!

http://www.usrahalf.com/Events/worcester.htm?mid=52

Tray

Back to Brickyard!

I ran w/ Larry Chaves and 6 other "Amigos" this morning. We did a "practice run" on the Manchester Road Race course. Actually this is not technically true since we did the first mile plus on the greenway trail that parallels the race course. Beautiful.



The real reason I'm posting this tho is to suggest we return to Brickyard Road this Saturday. Larry and several friends were there yesterday and he says it's OK to run it. There are a few saw horses at the trail heads but they went around them and encountered no problems, both in the North and South directions.

I'm motivated to suggest this for another reason: as you may know, the HTC 8K XC Challenge has been cancelled and the MDC has closed the Reservoir 1 / Reservoir 3 area where the race was to have taken place on Saturday so our idea of running there @ 8 AM and then (at least in Mike T's case) racing @ 10 AM is no longer in the cards.

Brent, Lea and I are racing in Wallingford on Sunday (Turkey Trot 5 Mile). So I expect we will take it easy at Brickyard. But I welcome any and all Brickyarders to join us at 8 AM at Brickyard. Winter is fast approaching and I want to get as many Brickyard runs in as we can before we head to Highcrest.

So ... I hope I haven't confused you by switching again.

Lee

Re: [Brickyarders] A present for Rose

Dear Linda and Lee, Thank you for making my birthday so special.  You were too generous!  I love everything...but the best gift of all is your friendship.   Love, Rose --- On Tue, 11/15/11, Team Primal Force <teamprimalforce@gmail.com> wrote: From: Team Primal Force <teamprimalforce@gmail.com> Subject: [Brickyarders] A present for Rose To: runrose79@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 3:12 PM Chip made this for Rose to celebrate her birthday and her Hartford Marathon -- Posted By Team Primal Force to Brickyarders at 11/15/2011 03:12:00 PM

Re: [Brickyarders] A present for Rose

OMG - beautiful!  I'm gonna make one of those when I qualify for Boston. :-)

On 11/15/2011 3:12 PM, Team Primal Force wrote:

Chip made this for Rose to celebrate her birthday and her Hartford Marathon

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A present for Rose

Chip made this for Rose to celebrate her birthday and her Hartford Marathon

On my way home from Harrisburg

Hi Everyone,

All done and on the train back home. Here's the breakdown of my race: Finish time: 4:10:46. A solid 15 min. off my Hartford time. I'm very pleased. My splits were kind of even - about 9:22 for the first half and 9:42 for the second half = 9:32 average pace. I didn't hit the wall though - yay! I drank at every aid station except mile 24 (didn't want to stop/slow down for fear of not being able to sustain the pace until the finish). Consumed almost 4 gels throughout the race. Miles 18-20 had some hills, which slowed me down a bit. You're right, Barb - never believe advertisements of a "flat course." I had to dig deep to keep up the pace till the end. Miles 23 - end were hard! Well, I'm still 11 min. away from breaking 4 but for running 2 marathons a month apart, I'm very happy. Thanks for all your support everyone!!