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| January Hike |
I started 2014, with a January 1st sunrise summit of Mount Monadnock. It was dark - about 6:00am. It was cold – about zero
degrees. It was windy – about 40 mph at the summit. And, it was snowy – about 1
to 2 feet of fluffy base to trudge through. It took me about 4 hours to summit
and return via the 4.5 mile long Pumpelly Trail off Lake Road in Dublin.
So, when I signed up for a Presentation at Keene State College for the last weekend of 2014
(and my travel plans took me right past the ‘Nock) I figured why not end the
year the way I began it? With another Pumpelly trip to the summit. A "bookend"
hike, if you will. Well, as it turns out, the conditions couldn’t have been
more different!
W
ith all my goals pretty much met
for 2014, the TARC Winter Classic 32m was
all about having fun. The 8 mile Skyline Trail in the Middlesex Fells is no joke,
even for just one lap. So, 4 laps would be a pretty sizable challenge. But one
which, given my results from this year, looked
like something I could handle with ease.
Then the rain came …
Hi
there! Sorry, it’s been a little while since I posted anything. I’ve been kind
of busy.
Part of what’s been distracting me is the 50k trail race I ran at the Middlesex
Fells last weekend. My TARC Winter Ultra race report will be coming
soon, but the reader’s digest version is: It was cold, it was rainy, it was slippery,
but I survived!
Another
thing that’s been on my plate as of late is that I’m in charge of putting together
(and keeping together) the Gate City Strider teams for the Mill Cities Relay race. And with 39 teams (and 181 runners) it was a lot more
like herding wild cats, than anything else. I’ve been doing it for 10 years now
and it’s without a doubt the most fun/stressful job I have with the club. My synopsis
of this year’s race is also coming soon (I promise) but long story short: It
was cold, it was windy, it was slippery, but we survived! …Actually, we did a
little more than survive. We won our 7th straight team title. Setting new point
and margin of victory totals in the process!
Finally,
what’s been taking the majority of my time lately is my book. Yup, I’m writing
my first book! I know. Crazy, right? Well, it’s going to be a collection of
stories that I’m stringing together in (hopefully) a cohesive manner. It’s
about friends, family and ultra-running. In short, all the things that
currently make my life worth living!
