October

 Busy month, except that I was not working (furlough).  I took advantage of the time and got the most miles for a month this year with 405.  Along the way I had some fun times including camping in VT, getting back to outside biking (yeah), visiting fire towers (including a great visit to Craney hill on the open tower date), and visiting a bunch of town high points.  I also saw the International Space Station four times.  I'm still struggling with getting my training runs back to pre-injury speed and just haven't been able to pull it together to race.

ISS - four times

Migraine - once (and that was plenty)

Fire Towers - Robin hill, Craney hill, Killington, Mowry, Nooseneck, Escoheag, Chopmist, Pine Hill, and Buck Hill

Town high points - 2 in VT, 1 in CT, and 7 in RI

Tri-state point - 1 (RI/CT/MA)

Rail trails (25!) - Methuen rail trail, Sunapee & Concord, Airline, Freeman, Narrow gauge, Southern New England Trunkline trail, Minuteman, Rockingham (Newfields), Ghost train, River walk, Topsfield, Rockingham (Auburn), Northern rail, Clipper city, Middleton, D&H, Stevens, Nashua River, Londonderry, Cotton Valley, Squannacook, Essex trail, Garrison, Harbor walk, and Sunflower.

Long runs

 Although I'm averaging over 12 miles a day this year, I rarely run longer than 6 miles.  During the furlough I've been doing more "doubles" rather than "triples" so I'm getting in more 7 and 8 mile runs.   Last week I did a 12 mile run and this week a 15 mile.  The 15 ties for my longest training run of the year.  Three minutes slower than a 15 I did back in February, maybe the difference between road and trail (not likely!).

Over 10	Date	Distance	Time	Pace	Where	Notes
1	4/5/2025	26.2	3:25:47	7:51	Cheap Marathon course	1st 60+, negative split
2	2/17/2025	15	2:06:22	8:25	Industrial park 5 x 3	630am Presidents Day - windy 20-30mph and 20's, very icy in spots from snowstorm, 4405/4155/4027
3	10/28/2025	15	2:09:23	8:38	Topsfield	rail trail before sunrise on my own out/back 12 and out/back 3
4	1/20/2025	13.13	1:50:20	8:24	Methuen Rail Trail	Five times the trail, 4-6 inches of snow but plowed so just a dusting
5	3/31/2025	13.13	1:42:02	7:46	Cheap Marathon course	One loop of the course, felt okay, 38 degrees and thick fog
6	1/9/2025	13	1:43:38	7:58	Windham/Derry RT	Out/back from route 111.  Up in 823s, back in 733s.
7	7/7/2025	13	1:44:29	8:02	Newburyport and more	Garrison, Riverwalk, Eastern marsh, Ghost trail, Amesbury riverwalk
8	10/21/2025	12	1:37:03	8:05	Multi trails in Newburyport/Amesbury/Salisbury	Garrison, Riverwalk, Eastern marsh, Ghost trail, Amesbury riverwalk
9	5/4/2025	11	1:34:56	8:38	Freeman RT	Alone first four into 7 more with D-la & Scott - Petey on bike

Fire towers

 I visited all of the standing fire towers in RI this Monday.  Al and I went to all of the towers and also visited a bunch of town high points.

10/27/2025	Buck Hill	Burrillville	Y	634 Buck Hill Rd
10/12/2021	Chopmist Hill	Scitiuate	Y	1040 RI-101
10/12/2021	Escoheag Hill	West Greenwich	Y	40 Escoheag Hill Rd
10/27/2025	Shannock Hill	Richmond	Y	154 Shannock Hill Rd
10/12/2021	Pine Hill	Exeter	Y	1188 Ten Rod Rd
10/27/2025	Nooseneck Hill	West Greenwich	Y	192 Congdon Mill Rd
10/27/2025	Mowry Tower	North Smithfield	Y	700 Woonsocket Hill Rd

Now I've got all of the towers in NH, VT, and RI...

Standing towers		31 States
MA	53
NH	26
VT	18
ME	15
RI	7
CT	2
NC	27
NY	17
FL	7
AR	4
GA	4
AZ	3
AL	3
CA	3
WI	3
SD	2
MI	2
PA	2
SC	2
TN	2
CO	1
KY	1
MD	1
MN	1
MO	1
MS	1
MT	1
NJ	1
VA	1
WA	1
WV	1
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