North By South East

Time: 71:28
Distance: 10.5 mi.

At the end of the day, and after a bit of procrastination, I headed out the door without a plan, but shooting for anything from 6-12 miles. It was barely still light enough to hit the trails, so I ran through Echo Hill to Amethyst. I ended up going through to North East Street and back to South East Street. I cut in on Stanley through Wentworth Farm and went back on Old Farm Road. It was fairly cold... evening runs without a shirt may be numbered. How different this is from Texas...

Also, there's something about hearing "nice run" from a training partner at the end of a jaunt that goes a long way. It would've been nice tonight.

South By North East

Time: 81:40
Distance: 12 mi.

I was feeling beat again in the morning so I put this run off to the afternoon, and considered taking the day off entirely. Once I got going I felt okay and it was very nice out, particularly in the woods.

This is a pretty good loop that goes from South East St. (via the bike path) to North East St., past Strong St. through Amethyst Brook near Mt. Orient, and back through the Echo Hill trails. Depending on exactly which trails in Echo Hill and Amethyst I take this could be +/- 5 minutes. This time I missed the trail I was looking for near the beginning, but still made it down fine. There are a lot more trails in this area since they've been logging.