10k Trail Run at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Cross River, New York.
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 Westchester … Read more
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 … Read more
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 [email protected] (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 … Read more
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.)
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 … Read more
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 2009 … Read more
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 … Read more