I'm in the last stages of training for my November 13th half marathon. Last Saturday was 10.6 miles, and I'll shoot for about 12 miles this Saturday. The following Saturday I'll start tapering off, and then the weekend after is the race.

And then Wednesday after the race I'm flying to the Adirondacks for a couple days of hiking. I hope to hike Thursday and Saturday. They've been getting snow already, but I'm hoping to still drive to a summer trailhead. It's only open Memorial Day through snow making the road impassible, and there's one summit back there I need.

There are 46 High Peaks, and I've bagged 25 of them. I had been expecting a 2018 finish, but I think if I plan carefully I can finish by the end of 2017. While I have more than half of the summits, and while I've completed a couple difficult ones, I still have several challenging hikes, especially since I go solo. I'm not comfortable climbing the infamous Saddleback cliffs alone the first time, and that adds at least a day if not two to my completion.