Run The Farm

We have a date set for “Run The Farm” — Sunday, October 21st, 2012. Hope to see you there!

The Loop

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.

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Websites Featuring Westchester Trails

RunWestchester: http://runwestchester.wordpress.com Great site written by Joe Garland of Mt. Vernon.  Focus is mostly on southern Westchester. 

Westchester Trail Runs: http://www.westchestertrails.com Also by Joe Garland – his old site.  Some great material there which I am not sure has made it to his new site (above).

Westchester Trails Association – http://wta.nynjtc.org Organizes hikes of [...]

Upcoming Trail Runs

Some upcoming trail runs in the NY/NJ/CT area (and the granddaddy of all trail races, the Dipsea, in Mill Valley, CA):

June 14 – The Dipsea (7.4M)/Mill Valley CA – http://www.dipsea.org (oldest trail race in US & one of the Loop’s inspirations! visit site just to read entry process) June 27 – 1st Annual Trail [...]

Submit Photos in your Flickr collection to Leathermansloop Group

UPDATE: we currently use smugmug.com for our photos and you can send yours to us through them … send an email with your photos carrying subject “25loops” to leathermansloop@email.smugmug.com (it won’t get to us unless you send it with the subject line “25loops” somewhere in the subject).

Check the Flickr.com group site ‘leathermansloop’ here.  You can [...]

Loop 2009 Article in Bedford Record Review

Leatherman’s Loop, if Grueling, Provides Thrills Bedford Record Review • May 1, 2009 • Cross River, NY • Front Cover article

by Don Heppner • Photos by Jack Goldberg and Trudy Wood

(The second page is scanned below, click images to see larger size scan.)

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Group Photo Gallery – Submit Your Group’s Photo!

The Loop is popular with groups of all sizes.  There are running clubs, co-workers, school friends, local clubs, families, and combinations of all of these that run the loop every year.  We’d like to highlight them in this article.  No group is too small!

If you have a group photo from this year’s loop (or [...]

Leatherman Video Links

Several runners have made videos and posted them to YouTube and Facebook.  We have found them in our travels around the web.  If you have any video you’d like to share, please drop us a note in the comments section below. 

Please note if you are looking at these in later years that the [...]

Walkable Westchester Book

Can’t wait to get this new book!

Walkable Westchester – A Walking Guide to Westchester County, NY by Jane and Walt Daniels, Published by the New York New Jersey Trail Conference.

The book covers over 180 parks with almost 600 miles of trails in Westchester County. It includes sketch maps of all but the smallest [...]