Training Log Archive: nancy

Get All, BYOM, Mary Cummings Park, Burlington, MA. Felt good enough to spend some time running on the trails earlier in the course and didn't finish last on the results I've seen so far. Made me happy and was a good excuse to stop at the Burlington Mall for a special treat.

Hunting Hills Wildlife Management Area, +, Townsend, Shirley and Lunenburg. Took the opportunity to do the longest loop I've been scoping out to pick up 7 streets in Townsend, plus some nice trails as well. While a decent amount of this was on roads, I left it as hiking as it was a lot of trails and the roads in the John Birch Memorial Way area were pretty much like trails. Saw a pileated woodpecker really quite close to the road doing his thing on a tree. What a crazy evolution that one is. Noisy and really impressive.

From Turner Rd, back to the car through the management area. Some road, but mostly trails.

Proctor Rd +, Townsend, Pepperell & Groton with J-J. Picked up a few nodes in all three towns, which was cool. Plus, picked up lots of trash including a great assortment of nips. When we ran out of bags, we piled them up by signs we could identify and went back and picked them up later.

Clarke Rd, +, Shirley. Tito's nips were the big winner tonight, along with LOTS of mini bottles of Sutter Home. And a good selection of Smirnoff's. Amazing number of different flavors.

Hog Hill Rd, Townsend & Pepperell. Added a loop through Pepperell as I enjoy loops better than out and backs. Maybe I'll do Pepperell next.

West Meadow + Townsend. Nice night mostly in the dark, but still managed to bag up two grocery bags of trash from the roadside. Depressing.

A leisurely Mother's Day walk through Sabine Woods with the kids. No exactly a lot of exercise but a nice way to spend the day.