Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Local Farmers Markets
The Leatherman’s Loop has always been a friend to the local farmers and farmers markets. In the past some of our proceeds have been donated to local farms groups and co-ops in order to supply fresh food to local food pantries and soup kitchens. We encourage you to support your local farmers markets. Many sell more than produce—items for sale sometimes include baked goods, honey, jarred goods, and barbecue served hot.
LocalHarvest.org has a zip code search tool that lets you find local farmers markets. http://www.localharvest.org/
From their home page: “The best organic food is what’s grown closest to you. Use our website to find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.”
Around the Pound Ridge Reservation region there are several farmers markets that operate though the summer (and even the winter):
- John Jay High School. Weekly on saturdays from May - October. (http://www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/M17196)
- Gossett Brothers Nursery on Route 35 in South Salem - Saturdays throughout the year (winter too - indoors!)
- Muscoot Farm - Saturdays from May - October. Visit the Muscoot Farm county park while you buy local produce.
- Ridgefield, CT - also Saturdays during the late spring - early fall.
Let us know your local farmers markets. Some have special events so post them here so others can keep up.
Monday, June 08, 2009
The Leatherman’s Loop on Facebook
If you have a Facebook account and want to get news from the Leatherman’s Loop, search for us there and become a friend! http://www.facebook.com/leathermansloop
Any news posted here will be fed into the Leatherman’s Loop Facebook account so if you’d rather not constantly check this site to catch up (not that there is a lot going on here right now anyway… but I digress) and you are on Facebook then becoming a friend of the Loop will make your life simpler.
Keep in mind the Leatherman is pretty new to all of this so it might take a while to respond. Peace!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Websites Featuring Westchester Trails
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 and area trails. “Membership applications and guest schedules are available by request. You are invited to hike as a guest before joining. Hiking boots and drinking water are required for all hikes.” See Yahoo Groups site for more information and schedule. Great way to learn about trails in your area.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/westhike/
Westchester County Trailways site - http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/SideBar/Trailways.htm
Westchester Flickr Photos pool - http://www.flickr.com/groups/westchestertrails
Anyone know any more Westchester Trail related websites? Tell us in the comments…
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Upcoming Trail Runs
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 10k, Rockefeller State Park/Centaur Festival - http://www.friendsrock.org/10krun.html
July 26 - Escarpment Trail/Windham NY - http://escarpmenttrail.com (yikes! 30 miles of mountains)
Sept 12 - Westchester Toughkids Triathalon (Ages 7-10, 11-14)/Croton-on-Hudson NY - http://www.westchestertoughman.com/Information/toughkidsrace.html
Sept 13 - Westchester Toughman Triathalon/Croton-on-Hudson NY - http://www.westchestertoughman.com/
Oct 4 - Paine to Pain 1/2 Marathon Trail Race - New Rochelle NY - http://painetopain.com/
Oct 18 - Where The Pavement Ends 5M/Bedford NY - http://thepavementends.org
Oct 29 - Bimblers Bluff 50k/Guilford CT - http://mrbimble.com/WordPress/bluff
Other trail runs can be found here: http://www.trailrunner.com/calendar/2009_calendar_by_state.htm
Here’s a long list of NJ-centric Trail Runs compiled by Chris Jaworski (thanks Chris!): http://www.essexrunning.com/trailruns.html
If anyone has other trail races in the NY/NJ/CT area that are not on these lists, send them (or post them in the comments below) in and we will add them here!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Submit Photos in your Flickr collection to Leathermansloop Group
Check the Flickr.com group site ‘leathermansloop’ here. You can submit your photos to the leathermansloop group from your own flickr account if you have one. You can sign up for free at flickr.com if you don’t have an account. Check out the older photos that are posted up there now.
If you are interested in the 2009 photos that various runners and loop supporters sent to us after the 2009 race, check this article here: http://www.leathermansloop.org/index.php/site/comments/2009_photos/
Thanks to all of the photographers in 2009 and in prior years who have contributed to the archives in these pages and throughout the web.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Loop 2009 Article in Bedford Record Review
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.)
( ⇒ click here for full article...)Posted by leathermansloop on 05/17 at 04:49 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Group Photo Gallery - Submit Your Group’s Photo!
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 if you can dig up one from a prior loop), send it in to us with the name of your group and the names of the folks pictured.
If your group has a pied piper, a shared story, or a particular inspiration or passion, send it as well along with as much background information as you’d like. You can send it all to us at leathermansloop [at] gmail.com. Groups will be added below, click “full article” link to see all groups.
 | The Essex Running Club featuring from left to right: Rich Unis, Chris Jaworski, Aileen O’Rourke, and Debbie McNally. |  |
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Posted by leathermansloop on 05/13 at 05:10 PM
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Leatherman Video Links
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 Loop occurred in record heat for late April. We don’t expect these conditions to repeat! See the 2008 and 2005 Loop videos for more typical conditions.
Here are several videos (more below):
Jim Jinkins training video 2009 (filmed in February 2009)
( ⇒ click here for full article...)
Posted by leathermansloop on 05/05 at 12:01 AM
Monday, May 04, 2009
Walkable Westchester Book
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 parks. Public transportation options are included where available. There is extensive history of the parks and the people involved. Icons show parks suitable for the handicapped, bikes, horses, dogs and cross country skiing. Many parks have photos that show what to expect to see when you visit. The parks are arranged by size classes and have a locator map to show approximately where they are in the county. 448 pages. ISBN 978-1-880775-57-8.
Westchester.nynjtc.org has additional information and some suggested hikes.
The site also has a great map of Westchester showing a great overview of all the trails and parks covered in the book.
The backstory on the book is worth a read as well:
...The hours spent bringing the book to publication are enormous. Aside from the cartographer, Allison Werberg and book designer/layout artist, Nora Porter, all others involved in the project are volunteers. Any profits from the sale of Walkable Westchester are a gift from Jane and Walt to the Trail Conference.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
2009 Photos
Wow! We have received lots of photos and are working to put them all up online. Send us your photos or links to photos. Our email address is at the end of this article.
Here is a (relatively) small selection of the photos we have gotten (around 300). We have many more and will update this article with all links and photos received. If there are any in this collection you would like to see the original image of, please let us know via the comments or via email (specify the image number in your note).
If you are looking for the 2009 Results, they are here. For a race recap, check this link.
The list of photographers is long and growing (click their names to see their photo collections): Ciorsdan Conran, Carol Gordon, David Gordon, Diane Bradsell, John Cummings, Kerry Ducey, Steve Inbox, Christina Cameris, Lesli Hiller (local album), Rob Cummings, Bruce Schempp (and the Barleycorn Athletic Club), Robert Haley (video), Jerry Turk , Carolyn Rebeck, Gregg Abramson, Zhara Jones, [send photos to get your name recognized here!]. THANK YOU for sharing your artistry and fun!
The Bimbler’s Sound group sent a link to photos and video on their website.
Robert Haley sent in some video taken pre-race and on the trails during the Loop. Once we figure out how to put it in an album we will post the clips as well.
( ⇒ click here for full article...)Posted by leathermansloop on 04/29 at 04:58 PM
Sunday, April 26, 2009
2009 Loop Recap
Cross River, NY • April 26, 2009
[Don’t forget to check the comments below and share your experiences!]
Veteran runners near the center of the starting line for the 2009 Loop.
Click to see this wide shot with some more detail.
Records all around today! We had not only a temperature record for the Loop but the unseasonably hot weather set all time high records across the region. Click here for complete race times.
Race records were set too! Tommy Nohilly won his 5th Leatherman’s Loop. Kerry Arsenault won her 7th Loop today. Congratulations to both on exceptional feats especially in the heat! We also had a record number of participants - over 900 runners crossed the finish line.
The youngest runners of the day were Orion “Junior Mint” Cummings (7) of South Salem and Sophia Meloni (8) of New York City. Both crossed the finish line ahead of their parents! There were a record number of kids 12 and under—15 total—running the Loop today.
The masters men on the course today were John Young (75), Ian Beck (73), and Donald Offerman (71). Multi-Loop runners Carol Dillon and Shirley Iselin represented the masters women.
We had a few runners who succumbed to the unseasonal heat and would like to hear from them. [Edit: two have checked in and both are feeling better.]
( ⇒ click here for full article...)
Posted by leathermansloop on 04/26 at 08:58 PM
2009 Results
Click the headline to see results from the 2009 Leatherman’s Loop on April 26, 2009.
It was a record-breaking loop in many ways… More details later tonight. Send us your stories - write in comments field at bottom…
If you have photos from the day you would like to share please send them to us via email. Our address is leathermansloop (at) gmail.com. If you have lots of photos please contact us and we can tell you how to either upload copies or burn a CD to send via snail mail.
( ⇒ click here for full article...)Posted by leathermansloop on 04/26 at 02:35 PM
Race Day is Here!
See you at the Park - The Loop Volunteers and the Leatherman Harriers are already at the park right now (5:30am) setting up. Some of them even spent the night!
If you missed the logistics email and are looking for directions or guidance, check this article. It has lots of useful information and some links.
We’re looking forward to seeing you all there bright and early. Let’s make this a day to remember!
Time to get wet and muddy…
Saturday, April 25, 2009
See You Tomorrow!
Leatherman’s Loop News Volume 23 issue 9: See You Tomorrow!
To All Runners:
The course is flagged and ready to go… We hope you are too!
The gate attendant at the park will be waving loop participants through - no $8 park entry fee. We included the parking fee in your race registration.
Arrive early - drive carefully. We would like to begin as close to 9am as possible due to the extreme warm weather we are experiencing. Plan on having your bibs and heading right to the starting line at 8:45 am. We will have just a few pre-race announcements then the 23rd running of the Leatherman’s Loop will commence.
For detailed logistics information about the Loop, check this article.
To help us with the race scoring, please make certain that your race number bib is exposed before you enter the finishing chute and do not pin the tear-strip at the bottom of the bib to your shirt. If you wish (and if it is not already 80 degrees!) at the beginning of the race, you can wear an extra layer over the shirt your number is pinned to which you can discard as you run by the teepee. It will be there for you when you finish.
Please, please, please exercise caution and common sense at both of the stream crossings. Ease into each crossing slowly and do not enter them full stride. Pick your footing slowly and cautiously as you cross and use extra caution when exiting. The exit of the first stream crossing was slippery today and will most likely be tomorrow. Help the runner in front and the one behind if possible.
Bring a full set of warm dry clothes (including socks and shoes) to change in to after you finish. You will get wet!
Don’t forget your food donation to the Community Center of Northern Westchester - “Help Feed the Leatherman!” Look for the van with the banner!
Maps and directions are on the website here.
Full race finishing results will be posted to the web site http://www.leathermansloop.org fairly soon after the race.
If you see the Leatherman on the trails, let out a yell!
See you bright and early tomorrow!
Mike, Tony, Kate, Rob, Bill, and the Loop Volunteers
Friday, April 24, 2009
Almost There
Leathermans Loop News Volume 23, Issue 8: Almost There
Hello Again!
There are directions, a road map, and ‘points of interest’ map of the parking/starting area on the website here:
Directions and Maps
Loop map with key features
If anyone will be taking photos either as a runner or a member of the crowd please get in touch and don’t forget to send your photos!
It’s looking good for Sunday! The recent rains revealed the hidden mud that we knew was there. It’s going to be shorts weather this weekend… Are we sure it’s not Memorial Day already?
Look for one more email tomorrow with final notes and inspiration.
-Mike, Tony, Kate, Rob, Bill, and the Loop Volunteers
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