Bill Tribou

 From Lani Ralston:

Our condolences to long time HTC member and friend Bill Tribou. Lori Riley has written a very nice article about his amazing 101 years, and he will be missed by the CT running community.

East Granby

Mike volunteered, Lani RDed and Lee ran the 5.89 mile run in  East Granby this morning. The last 1/2 mile was on the rail trail (well north of Brickyard Rd rail trail).

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8250689388

This morning's run(s)

 

The subject is plural because everyone did a different course. Christine, Lani and Barbara took the route you see above. Mike and Lee, who were slower, did the same thing but took a right turn where the others had, earlier, kept going straight. Linda, on her own, walked the 2 mile loop she and Lee had designed.

Christine introduced herself as "new" and told me that Tracy told her where we are now meeting. 

So ... we are learning the roads in the neighborhood, meeting new people, and looking forward to future Sundays. 

Brickyard 2 Mile Winter Loop

Lani and Lee and Linda have designed a simple 2 mile figure 8 loop off the trail and in the neighborhood which we are planning to run this coming Sunday, twice, making it a 4-mile run. This will serve us well when the trail itself is iced over (as it was last Sunday). It reminds us a little of when we ran in Wethersfield. Rolling hills (not steep), no traffic. Hope you can join us.

0    Head north on Farmington Canal Heritage Trail toward Brickyard Rd
0.02 Head northwest on Brickyard Rd toward Wildwood Rd
0.09 Head west on Wildwood Rd toward Basswood Rd
0.35 Continue onto Ledgewood Dr
0.46 Head north on Knollwood Rd toward Highwood Rd
0.72 Head east on Pinewood Dr toward Tanglewood Rd
0.82 Head south on Tanglewood Rd toward Ledgewood Dr
1.37 Head east on Maplewood Rd toward Berrywood Ln
1.48 Head north on Springwood Rd toward Basswood Rd
1.59 Head northeast on Basswood Rd toward Wildwood Rd
1.8  Head southeast on Wildwood Rd toward Brickyard Rd
1.9  Head south on Brickyard Rd toward Farmington Canal Heritage Trail
1.96 Head south on Farmington Canal Heritage Trail
2 mi Destination

https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/4819844773

Some thoughts on other places to run

Lani and Lee ran 4 miles in the neighborhood of Brickyard Rd in Farmington this morning. The trail was too icy and the roads were clear. It occurred to us that staging timed runs for Hartford Track Club and Run 169 members would attract more people to get out and run. On February 6 there is already one that is planned for East Granby. 

"Elusive" places like Ansonia, Stafford, Willington, Eastford, Hampton and Bozrah don't currently have any races. If something doesn't exist and you want it, create it! Stay tuned.    

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/8128744361?fullscreen=true

Santa / Turkey Faceoff

 

Brent, Tray and Lee are pretty sure that between us we have more Turkeys and Santas than any other three runners in Connecticut. Berlin Tinsel Fun Run / Wallingford Kiwanis Turkey Trot winnings needed some careful inspection when we broke it all down to make sure we didn't get 'em mixed up. 

Tray's first ever trophy is in this collection.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Tinsel Fun Run pix

 http://primepuzzle.com/runlog/tinsel.2021.html