Leatherman’s Loop Founder’s Newsletter, Volume 3 The Future Looks bright I feel a need to thank each of you for your contribution to the amazing spirit that was once again present at the Loop. For a brief time, we were all Tarahumara runners enjoying the “beauty all around us.” We “ran free” and Caballo Blanco …
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Lost and found While cutting back buckthorn at about the three mile mark of the course I found this matched pair of Nike trail shoes. They had been pushed to the surface of the mud flats by the spring thaw. I stopped to consider all of the possibilities. None of them good. Those of you …
In his Canticle to the Cosmos series, quantum physicist Brian Swimme stresses the need for each of us to know our “story.” He takes us back twenty billion years to the “original fireball” in an effort to help us “regain our reverence for the earth and all life.” To help us “activate our human sensitivities …
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Loop Runners, Another great day today for the Leatherman’s Loop. We had 840 runners cross the finish line. (Not sure how many started!) We are assured that no one was left behind. Results can be found here: <http://www.leathermansloop.org/08LeathermanRes.html> Thank you again for your wonderful spirit and positive energy! It made the day go (mostly) without …
To All Runners: The course is flagged and ready to go! We hope you are too! Arrive early – drive carefully. The Loop is set to begin at 9am. For the sake of those waiting at the starting line, we will have just a few pre-race announcements then the 22nd running of the Leatherman’s Loop …
All Registered Loop Runners: Six days and counting! A reminder from the Pound Ridge Reservation park management: On Sunday PLEASE respect the park speed limit of 15 MPH while driving on the park roads. Please take special care driving the roadway into the park and to the parking meadow. It is going to be tight …
To: All Who are Registered for the 2008 Leatherman’s Loop The snow is melted… There is mud on the trails… The Cross River is flowing swiftly… Spring is here… It must be time for the Leatherman’s Loop! Welcome to the 22nd running of the Leatherman’s Loop Trail Race on Sunday, April 27th, 2008! The 500 …
Leatherman’s Loop News (Nov 26, 2007) Leatherman Harriers: My name is Mike Paletta and I will be the new Race Director for the 2008 Loop. I wanted to introduce myself and some new people involved with the Loop. Kate Paletta: My wife and Loop Runner for over 10 years will be full time support. Rob …
Hello again to all you loop enthusiasts, Some of you have been asking for photos and there are some good ones from this year: http://picasaweb.google.com/stacey.smith100/2007_04_22LeathermanSLoop will link you to the work of Stacey Smith. Bob Goldblatt has provided a disc of photos that he took on the run and we hope to get them up on the …
RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE The ‘Loop’ is a special event for all of us: for some, because of the beauty of the Reservation in spring, for others, it is the romance of the Leatherman’s story of personal pilgrimage. These reasons actually reflect two fundamental impulses that are critical to human life: the importance of beauty and the nature of …