Tomorrow — if all goes well — I’m going to ride my bike around the Quabbin Reservoir in central Massachusetts tomorrow. I’ve been cycling all over this summer, starting before I knew I was anemic and building up to a 62-mile ride through the Berkshires from the southern Massachusetts border with Connecticut to the Vermont line. Since then I haven’t really ridden much. It gets dark early here at the eastern end of the Eastern time zone, so I switched from cycling to running and swimming (inside, of course) after work.
But I’ve really missed cycling over the last few weeks, so I planned out a 67-mile route that circumnavigates the source of drinking water for most of greater Boston. I have all of my cold-weather gear ready and hope for dry skies. The fall foliage reports sound good, too. Here’s the route:
It promises to be a little hilly, climbing 4800 feet over the loop.
