Penwood Tarriffville Run

Nice run today along Metacomet Ridge from Penwood to Tarriffville and back. Still have solid snow cover with loose bit on top for good grip though was slick in a few short section that the sun got to and starting to give in a few others, esp towards end. Best part is snow covers the trap rock which makes this a rough run otherwise.

Mt Tom Billygoat

Ran the 2004 Billygoat in reverse. Mostly bare ground with some patches of snow, about 18. Water features well frozen making for good routes. Showing route on map of top section of area as don't have full area yet and haven't done the topo either.

Waterfall Loop

Today was an easy long run to finish off the week. Headed over to the Waterfall and around the loop there. Overall a nice run but we're both weary and ready for a bit of rest. Waterfall was completely frozen up, like an ice palace - pretty.

Gay City 2001 Billygoat Course

For a long run, ran the 2001 Billygoat course - in reverse, skipped #2. Start/Finish at the winter car park. ~2" light fluffy snow gave good footing, good vis. Temp in the 20s with some wind evident on ridges and open area, like 17 to 16. Nice run. Lyn did the 1998 Red Y Day 2, Troll Cup course.

Wallyworld 7mi HTC Run & Tylers Mill O Run

Today was a long day to finish off the week. We combined the HTC Winter Series Wallyworld 7 mi run with another exploration of the Tylers Mill Open space area. Most of the run is through the Wallingford Town Forest and associated open space, about 1200 acres. The area is mostly open farm land, a winery, forest and a swamp though there is a string of mega-houses along the E side of the race course (blue line). The red line is our route through the woods and follows, more or less, a similar run we did with Gari, once upon a time.

Summit Trail Repeats

After 15' warmup through fields to trail junction, did 4x 3' hills up Summit Trail. Recovery was jog back to start, about 3-4' each. Hard going. FR track looks pretty good: 8x on hill section with some deviation, twice on warmup/cooldown with bit more stray signal.