Location: Hale Reservation, Westford, MA Miles: 15.68 Elevation gain: 1755′ Start time: 8pm, 8F windchill Official time: 3:10:32 Place: 13/50 GPS track I headed out around 4:45pm and arrived at Hale by 6:30pm, long after sunset. I found a parking spot one lot away from lodge parking by the race start. I carried my waterproof … Continue reading TARC Frozen Yeti 15-miler
Saturday, December 4, 2021 Start/end: Harris Mountain Rd, Granby, MA Total time: 6:29 Split: 3:07 there, 3:22 back Miles: 20.36 Elevation gain/loss: 7516’/7454′, 735′ change/mile with 370′ gain/mile Temperature: started at 30, peaked at 40, and dropped back to 35 by the end Strava track My friend Justin and I met at Harris Mtn Rd … Continue reading Long Seven Sisters: Unsupported FKT
Saturday, November 6, 2021 Start: MA/RI state line (parked at Douglas State Forest, MA and hiked in) End: Charlestown Blue Shutters Beach Mileage: 76.36 (+2.18) Elevation gain/loss: 5072’/5689′ (246/148) After spotting a car at the beach on Friday night (having called the town and police to confirm we were approved to leave a car overnight … Continue reading North South Trail: Unsupported FKT
Saturday, May 12, 2021 Start: Rising Corner Rd, Southwick End: Lake Wyola State Park Miles: 73.54 Elevation gain: 14,003′ I started out from the CT/MA border at 4am on Saturday. It was around 55-60 degrees when I started. I made very good time over the first 6 miles, and arrived at the Westfield River around … Continue reading New England Trail: 75 miles
Saturday, October 31, 2020Trailhead: off of Rt 3 in Cranberry LakeMiles: 51.63Elevation gain: 3828′GaiaGPS After staying the night at a motel in Tupper Lake, I was at the trailhead prepping by 5:15am. It was a very cold night, being 16 degrees when I started running at 5:25am. Early in my run, as I was still … Continue reading 50 miler: Cranberry50
Saturday, May 30, 2020 Total mileage: 32.1 Total elevation gain: 8706′ I was up at 4:30am, and out the door by 4:45am. I swung by the town green, signed into the Saranac 6er register right at 5am, and then drove to the first trailhead. Haystack & McKenzie Mountains Start/End: Haystack Mountain Trailhead, New York 86, … Continue reading Northeast Ultra 8: Saranac 6
Saturday, April 25, 2020 Start: Rt 20, Pittsfield, MA, southern terminus of the trail End: Rt 346, Petersburg, NY, northern terminus of the trail Miles: 37 Gain/loss: 6750’/7525′ GaiaGPS track After getting up a little before 4am, I was on the road by 4:15am, driving to drop off a water cache on my way to … Continue reading Northeast Ultra 8: Taconic Crest Trail
Transcending Mountains 