10k Trail Run at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Cross River, New York.
If you are familiar with the Raven Rocks Run – our fall race at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation – you know we have been working with the county to help bring back the Cross River Mountain Fire Tower to the park. The tower was decommissioned in 1971 and taken down in the early 1980s. An … Read more
Every time I started to compose a note to send to you the words “The World is too much with us” (from the Wordsworth poem) came to mind. So I revisited the poem to try and figure out what it had to do with the Loop. Here are my thoughts. Rather than merely a challenging … Read more
In April 2015, Tom Anckner, a local photographer and videographer, volunteered to film the Loop from the air using his Phantom 3 Pro drone at various spots. He focused on where he could get a view without tree cover and without difficult obstacles for flying the drone. Tom sent us the raw footage (around an hour of … 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
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: …And of course our own recap of the 2014 Loop! Thanks for everyone’s unique perspective! Read lots of other past race reports and articles here: https://leathermansloop.org/2014/03/a-collection-of-leathermans-loop-articles-from-around-the-web/
At the Leatherman’s Loop in 2012 Jeff Main, the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation park superintendent, wrote “The Leatherman Song” in a burst of creativity and inspiration during the Loop event and performed it for the first time at the post-Loop gathering of volunteers that afternoon. Jeff’s lead guitar was backed by John Lawrence and the … Read more
The Invitation The Leatherman’s Loop is a unique 10k trail race that has been held for 26 years in Cross River NY at the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation. Christy and Dean Leggiero directed, filmed and produced a documentary in 2011-2012 which celebrates the first 25 years of the Loop. It will be screened at the Phelps Memorial Hospital … Read more
The first public screening of “Leatherman’s Loop – 25 Years” documentary will be Sunday, April 1st at 6pm at the Phelps Memorial Hospital (directions) main auditorium. Phelps is right on the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow, NY. The event is free and is hosted by the Leatherman Harriers. See important information on the event capacity and … Read more
The Bedford-Katonah Patch has an article about the upcoming 26th Leatherman’s Loop and some of the training runs we are doing on Sundays. Lisa Buchman came out and ran the the training run with the group this past Sunday morning, interviewed a few of the runners beforehand, wrote the article, and produced the video below. Check the … Read more