Congratulations to the Leatherman’s Loop Class of 2025 “Muddiest Runners” — 50 very muddy trail runners who have entered the Muddiest Runner tier of Leatherman’s Loop-dom.
They achieved this by completing SEVEN Loops as of 2025. They join over 690 other runners (out of 29,000+ loop finishes) who have reached or exceeded this high mud marker.
See the entire list of Muddiest Runners here: https://leathermansloop.org/history/muddiest-runners/
….and congratulations to the 50 newest runners below who earn their muddy stripes this year!:
Derek Bennett (2011-2025)
Lyanlex Bernales (2017-2025)
Almudena Bosch (2016-2025)
Jeffrey Boulanger (2017-2025)
Andrew Chasen (2015-2025)
James Clothier (2015-2025)
Alan Connell (2000-2025)
John Corcoran (2017-2025)
Audrey Day (2017-2025)
Edmund Dee (2015-2025)
Chris Desforges (2016-2025)
Lisa Dominici (2016-2025)
Mark Engel (2003-2025)
Amy Falder (2016-2025)
John Felling (2012-2025)
Carlos Fonseca (2015-2025)
Jim Hadley (2016-2025)
Flemming Hansen (2012-2025)
James Hourihan (2010-2025)
Aaron Katz (2016-2025)
Elizabeth Kilgallon (2013-2025)
Robert Low (2016-2025)
Caroline MacGill (2017-2025)
Gordon MacGill (2017-2025)
David Mann (2016-2025)
John McElroy (2015-2025)
Cullen Morgan (2010-2025)
Kathryn Nohilly (2011-2025)
Kerry O’Neill (2008-2025)
Carolyn Oppenheim (1999-2025)
Matthew Ostrye (2016-2025)
Kevin Rader (2015-2025)
Marc Radulovic (2015-2025)
Cassandra Ring (2015-2025)
Chris Robinson (2015-2025)
Julie Roland (2016-2025)
Murray Rosenblith (2016-2025)
Michael Russell (2017-2025)
Robert Schweizer (2015-2025)
Frank Spinelli (2014-2025)
Natalie Staszak (2013-2025)
Margo Sterling (2011-2025)
Tighe Sullivan (1993-2025)
Tim Tuttle (1993-2025)
Daniel Van Starrenburg (2016-2025)
Kiersten Van Starrenburg (2017-2025)
Robert Vara (2016-2025)
Ray Vollmer (2014-2025)
Alice Wilkinson (2017-2025)
Vanessa Wilson (2015-2025)
The next steps after muddiest runner-hood:
10 or more Loops
- gets you the coveted “Red Stripe Bib” whenever you run the Loop in the future.
- 322 Loop runners have reached this milestone — with 129 of those runners participating in the latest year (and 25 newly joining the 10+ club).
20 or more Loops
- If you sign up and you have more than 20 loops:
- You get your tenure in years as your bib number — unless you already have a favored number already designated.
- 35 Loop runners have reached this milestone (FOUR new this year: Paul Wooley, Christopher Post, Gus Lesnevich, & James Lavin) — with 19 of the 35 running in the latest year.
- We have a rare edition 20+ Loop Club baseball hat that these runners are eligible to receive. If you are one of the 35 loop runners with 20+ Loops — and you don’t have this cap, contact us or email leathermansloop@gmail.com. We have some newly printed ones.
- If you already got one — congratulations! It is well deserved and should be proudly worn!
Last but not least – we wanted to congratulate our longest tenured Leatherman’s Loop runner Joe Stanley. Joe has run ALL 37 LOOPS!
Not only has Joe run in every loop, he also WON the very first Leatherman’s Loop in 1987.
There is no other words for it – just absolutely incredible. We love Joe and are his biggest running fans.
Looking forward to seeing many of you in the fall — maybe at the next races in the 2025 Trail Mix Series?
Thanks for reading!
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