Category Archives: Trail Updates

START:  West Branch Ponds Rd.  5 am FINISH: Pollywog Stream  7:45 pm 37.3 miles      14:45     2.5 mph 2,171.1 total miles   42.8 mpd Great weather – breezy, blue sky, cool temps Mercury heads off into the ‘Plain of Reflection’ – a relatively flat section of trail before Katahdin. She glides at a goodContinue reading “Fifty -first day W 8/26/20”

START:  ME Rt. 15     2 am FINISH: West Branch Ponds Rd. (Logan Brook Rd.)   11:50 pm 44.7 miles       21:50      2.0 mph 2,133.8 total miles  42.8 mpd average Misty, moist pre-morning; torrential thunderstorm mid-morning; clear in afternoon and evening What a way to celebrate one’s 35th birthday! Another ‘statement’ day fromContinue reading “Fiftieth day T 8/25/20”

#43  T  8/18    26.0 miles   Pinkham Notch             4:12am-6:27pm   14:15   1.8 mph #44  W 8/19   21.9 miles   Hogan Rd.                       7:02am-6:59pm    9:57    2.2 mph #45  R  8/20   30.3 miles   Grafton Notch               3am-6:30pm   Continue reading “Seventh week recap of Mercury’s AT Transit”

#36  T  8/11  44.1 miles    Stratton-Arlington Rd.             4:02am-10:35pm    18:33   2.4 mph #37  W 8/12  43.6 miles   VT Rt. 140                                   4:02am-9:30pm      17:28    2.5 mph #38  R  8/13   47.7 miles  VTContinue reading “Sixth week of Mercury’s AT Transit”

START: Boise Rd.  4:29 am FINISH:  ME Rt. 15  5:32 pm 31.4 miles   13:03   2.4 mph 2,089.1 total miles   42.6 mpd Morning nice; rain in the afternoon/evening Sometimes as the end gets somewhat near, the anticipation may effect motivation along with the weather and a summer sausage big toe. Mercury, instead of going into aContinue reading “Forty-ninth day M 8/24/20”

START:  Stratton Brook Pond Road   4:02am FINISH:   Boise Rd.     10:15pm 41.5 mileby s      18:13     2.3 mph 2,057.7 total miles    42.9 mpd Unexpected good weather Mercury finished the last of the last of the ‘227-mile roughest, toughest section’ of the AT before noon and now has 146 miles left with fewerContinue reading “Forty-eighth day Su 8/23/20”

START:  Rt. 4   4 am FINISH: Stratton Brook Pond Rd.   7:15pm 33 miles      15:15      2.2 mpd 2,016.2 total miles     42.9 mpd Nice weather – wet trail conditions in the  morning Another good day for Mercury.  A welcome 15+ hour day at the office following yesterday’s 20+ hour work day. NiceContinue reading “Forty-seventh day S 8/22/20”

START: Grafton Notch   3:30 am FINISH: Rt. 4  (Rangeley)  11:45 pm 46.8 miles     20:15      2.3 mph 1,983.2 total miles       43.1 mpd Weather was nice except for a heavy late afternoon shower A day after doing the rugged Mahoosucs in one day, Mercury picks up her pace and does four trailContinue reading “Forty-sixth day F 8/21/20”

START:    Hogan Road       3 am FINISH:  Grafton Notch  ME26     6:30pm 30.3 miles       15:30    2.0 mph 1,936.4  total miles      43  mpd Excellent weather Mercury got an early start and strode off into the rugged Mahoosucs,  which are probably the roughest trail section (over 30 miles) on theContinue reading “Forty-fifth day R 8/20/20”

START: Pinkham Notch   7:02 am FINISH: Hogan Rd. 4:59 pm 21. 9 miles     9:57     2.2 mph 1,906.1 miles      43.8 mpd Nice cool weather except for one rainstorm that didn’t last long It was a good day for Mercury! She even ran a bit. She met some Mercury fans along the wayContinue reading “Forty-fourth day W 8/19/20”