I ran today!  It’s two days into 2017 and I have made it a combined 8.5 miles!  But wait… I did three yesterday you ask?  Yup… that makes 5.5 today.  5.5 you say… that sounds like maybe a bit too much for the second day back after months of taking off… I can hear many words of warning from those reading this… this was, however, a shortcut gone wrong.  After hitting mile 3 I realized I wanted to cut across some power lines and reconnect back to the road by my house.  I’ve seen the power lines…they’re huge and they connect all the way over Mt. Southington.. it was doable.  My first loop…just after mile 3 was my struggling to find a trail…. then, after some desperation and contemplation of running through a swamp… I found a different way to get to a trail… which was blocked by a pond! Every shortcut I have ever taken in my life was really a long cut!  My shortcuts suck…