10k Trail Run at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Cross River, New York.
• April 24th, 2016 • Ward Pound Ridge Reservation • Cross River, NY • 30th Leatherman’s Loop Full results are available here A touch of frost greeted organizers in the pre-dawn light as the full moon set in the western sky. The peace symbol was at rest, flags stilled in the morning calm. Anticipation among the handful of early … Read more
We love to read about your past experiences at the Leatherman’s Loop! If you have written and posted an article or a video, or a collection of photos, or a poem related to the Loop, let us know and we will link to it from here. To get you started, here are a few articles we’ve … Read more
April 26th, 2015 • Ward Pound Ridge Reservation • Cross River, NY • 29th Leatherman’s Loop At 5:57am the sun came up strong on a crisp 33 degree frost-glazed meadow, gradually lighting up the volunteers preparing for the arrival of 1,200 runners. By 7:30am the temperature had jumped 10+ degrees and the lower paved parking lot was full. Cars were beginning … Read more
If you have run or otherwise participated in the Leatherman’s Loop in the past (or you are preparing to do it in the future) and you have written and posted an article or a video, let us know and we will link to it from here. To get you started, here are a few articles … Read more
After each Loop in the past few years we have gathered runner stories, photo links, essays, and video into a note on the Loop website. Here are some 2014 articles: Loop Top 10 – Top 10 favorite things about the Loop from Cathi Bosco a runner in the the Bimbler’s running group. GoPro headcam video – The whole Loop … Read more
If you have run or otherwise participated in the Leatherman’s Loop in the past (or you are preparing to do it in the future) and you have written and posted an article, let us know and we will link to it from here. You probably already know you can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or … Read more
Below is Don Heppner’s cover article from the April 27, 2012 issue of the Bedford Record-Review. Click on the image to make it larger.
http://bedford.patch.com/articles/the-leathermans-loop-rounds-quarter-century-mark Before last year’s Loop, the Bedford-Katonah Patch ran a great article about the race. Here’s the article in case it ever goes away on the Patch site (See article with photos at Patch site): The Leatherman’s Loop Rounds Quarter Century Mark The annual race held in the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation ties history with spirituality. … Read more
Don Heppner wrote up another fantastic article for the Leatherman’s Loop in the Bedford Pound Ridge Record Review. The 2011 article is attached below – click the ‘read more’ link to see the second page. Click the article scans to bring up larger sizes (Link to 2009 article.)
There is a great Loop article in the Patch website for Bedford-Katonah. A must read! Here it is in case it goes away for some reason: Leatherman’s Loop Not Your Typical 10K Runners go for fun, not speed, in this wet and muddy trail race. By LISA BUCHMAN Bedford-Katonah, NY Vaseline, duct tape, disposable sneakers, a … Read more