Trail Running 1:59:00 [3] 8.0 mi (14:52 / mi) +1498ft 12:38 / mi
And right after we finished the hike, I bid Colette adieu, and went for a run in Pittsfield State Forest.
Headed south to Hawthorne Trail, then over to Pine Mountain Trail, dropped down to Brickhouse Mtn. Trail and was heading toward Tilden Swamp, when I thought I wasn't really heading north (the hills were in the clouds, the sun not providing any clues) and took a right. Turns out that right was on Pine Mtn. Trail and had I kept going, I would have completed a loop--but I didn't do that as I realized that a sign I had seen earlier that read "TS" was really pointing the way to Tilden Swamp--sort of where I wanted to go, so I retraced my steps, which in hindsight, turns out to have been right over Pine Mountain, and eventually worked my way to Tilden Swamp.
If you want to see some nice beaver engineering, check out the dam that they built at the end of TS.
From there I worked my way over to Berry Pond and picked up a side trail that joined Turner Trail, where I got to enjoy the downhill once again. I will admit that my legs were feeling pretty tired, so no high-speed blasting down Turner Trail--just get me back to the car, please, pace. :-)
So three hours in the woods--hopefully good training for Escarpment.