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We have a date set for “Run The Farm” — Sunday, October 21st, 2012. Hope to see you there!
 The Leatherman's Loop is a 10k trail race held annually each spring. In 2013 the Loop is tentatively scheduled for: The fourth sunday in April (4/28/13) subject to permits and park approval. It is also possible it may be held the sunday before (4/21/13). Stay tuned for updates. Lottery Registration will open in early January 2013. Check back here then or sign up for our email list or friend us on Facebook to get a note before lottery begins. The event is held at the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Cross River, NY. Loop starts at 9am. Please see FAQ for arrival time advice. More info Watch a brief video of the run to see what it's all about. Read about some Loop history from one of the Loop founders, Tony Godino. Read about the Legend of the Leatherman. Follow |
The Leatherman’s Loop at Ward Pound Ridge [link to rest of article at Ridgefield Magazine site] by Lesley Cotten Every April area runners head to the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation to test their mettle in the grueling Leatherman’s Loop. The race officially starts and ends in the center of a grassy field. But what happens [...] Westchester County has many state, county, local, and private preserves. Let us know your favorites! Also, if you have favorites in Fairfield, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Bergen, Hudson, NYC, and Long Island—we can include those parks as well. Leave a note in the comments below. From the parks web site: “The Westchester County Parks system [...] Over one hundred runners registered for the 2009 Leatherman’s Loop from New York City, by far the largest group. The village of Bedford, New York comes out second with 68 registrants. Ridgefield, Connecticut places third with 65 runners. The top 10 is rounded out by Katonah (39), South Salem (35), Brooklyn (35), Pound Ridge (34), [...] Get that training into high gear… one month until the 23rd running of the Leatherman’s Loop! We’ll be sending out logistics information in the two weeks leading up to the Loop. Happy Trails! Post your links, stories, favorite trails, etc. below… [...] The town of New Castle recently acquired a great open space area off of Route 128 south of Ben & Jerry’s in Mt. Kisco. The property used to belong to William Burden, the ambassador to Belgium under Dwight Eisenhower. It was purchased by the Town of New Castle as part of its open space program. [...] This article has been superseded by this one which is updated each year with the latest results: http://www.leathermansloop.org/index.php/site/comments/leathermans_loop_results_summary/ For the 22 years the Leatherman’s Loop has been run, there have been two slightly different courses. Plus one “detour” course used for one year due to heavy rains. The initial course, a slightly shorter course, was [...] The 1,082 acre Mountain Lakes Park is Westchester’s northernmost county park. Located on Hawley Road in North Salem, the park spans both North Salem and South Salem, NY and borders a Town/Boy Scout park on Rippowam Road in Ridgefield CT that has parking and trail access to Mountain Lakes Park. It is characterized by [...] From Trail Runner web site entry about the Preserve: “One of the finest areas to run in the US. Trails are wide, even, and meticulously groomed with easy footing, but challenging terrain.” The Rockefeller State Park Preserve is located in Sleepy Hollow, NY (Westchester County) on County Route 117 in (north of the Tappan Zee [...] Ever wonder about some of the other activities besides the Leatherman’s Loop that take place at the Rez? One group that makes a regular appearance is the Westchester Amateur Astronomers, Inc. group that meets at the Meadow Parking Lot monthly for stargazing. From their web site: “We are a not–for–profit organization open [...] Thanks to guest writer Noah Pearce who wrote the article below about the Briarcliff-Peekskill trail. We encourage readers to write in with some of their training runs. The Briarcliff/Peekskill trail is a great trail for running or hiking. It’s a singe track, intermediate technical trails. Its part of the Westchester park system and starts right [...] |
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