Rutland State Park start from Mid-State Trail parking lot on Rt 122, to top of 1st hump of "roller coaster" trail, out & back. Passed group of 4 mtn bikers on return leg, also 3 hikers with their trail-leading dog. Unseasonably cold for a change (before yesterday, Boston had 45 days in a row with above normal average temp for the day, due mostly to warm overnight lows) ; today, about 10 degrees F below normal, but the winds (which had died down from yesterday's gusty Northerlies ) are not a factor in the woods anyway on the singletrack trails, and that late March sun sure felt good ! Sunny, 39 F. Tried out a new Bell downhill helmet for the first time today (also the first time I've ever used one... int he past always used my road helmet), and those new Shimano resin M08 brake pads installed earlier this month performed nicely.