The 2010 Leatherman's Loop 10k Trail Run is scheduled for Sunday April, 25, 2010 at 9:00am.
Registration is closed for 2010 - the Loop is Full. If you want to get in touch click here.
Visit the official Loop carpool forum to offer or request a ride. Hope we can put some folks together for April 25th!
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Friday, March 05, 2010
Groups at the Loop in 2010
A big part of the fun on Leatherman’s Loop day is the groups that come to participate. They range from families to work groups to causes. This year is no different.
They come with custom t-shirts, dressed up in suits and ties, or simply ride together. If you have any photos you’d like to share of your group, please send it to us at leathermansloop at gmail.com.
Below are some photos of groups:
Three generations of the Offermann family ran last year and are ready to go again this year!
Team Doug is running in memory of Doug Gorman.
The George C. Fund team is running in memory of George Chatzoupolous.
The Essex Running Club hails from Essex County, NJ.
The Barleycorn Athletic Club.
The Cool Runners:
Some other groups we know of are below - send us photos!
The Bimbler’s Sound team joins us from Guilford CT (and the surrounding areas) and has a great series of races up there each year.
The Montefiore team comes from Montefiore Medical Center in NYC.
If you are running (or have run) in a group at the Loop, shoot us a photo of your group/team in shirts or outfits and we will update this post with your photo.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Loop T-Shirt History
We’ve collected a bunch of of logos and t-shirt designs from the Leatherman’s Loop. More shirts to be added later! Many of the t-shirts were designed and drawn by longtime loop participant and artist Tim Parshall. Last year the shirt was designed and painted by local artist and teacher Heather Kranz.
They are now in order from 2002-2009. Some years have multiple colors. The first image is from the course map display built by 20+ year loop runner Bill Bradsell.
We also know that there are a number of custom t-shirts that groups have made over the years especially for the Leatherman’s Loop. Groups or individuals who have crafted special t-shirts (or other garments) please send us your logo or a shot of your creation—either close-up or modeled by a member (or members) of your group.
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 03:49 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. |  |
( ⇒ click here for full article...)
Posted by leathermansloop on 05/13 at 04:10 PM
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 03:58 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 07:58 PM
Thursday, February 26, 2009
2008 Loop Highlights
Conditions were the driest in years - mud is always there but it was harder to find this year than in the past 7 or so years. Running on his 41st birthday, Tommy Nohilly of Katonah won top male finisher, his 4th Leatherman’s Loop win, with a time of 39:01. Top female finisher was first time loop runner Kristin Simonsen of Norwalk, CT with a time of 48:02. Overall male and female winners received a gift basket. Top 3 finishers in the age categories received the coveted pies. Detailed results are available here.
Click here to visit a photo gallery from the 2008 race.
Click here to view other runners & loop enthusiasts photos.
Posted by leathermansloop on 02/26 at 05:56 AM
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Doug Gorman Memorial Mud Flats
Doug was excited. It was April 23, 2006, this was his first Loop and it was going to be a wet one. Well, all of the Leatherman’s Loops are wet ones, but this one combined an already soaked course with more torrential rain in the forecast. During the 12 hours prior to the race two inches had fallen and there would be an additional inch before the last runner crossed the finish line. Couple that with a soggy week full of rain in the days leading up to the loop and you have a recipe for an unusual soaking.
Part of the Loop’s allure has always been its water crossings where runners trade the worn trail for uncertain footfalls in the cold Cross River. But on this day the water’s increased volume and speed convinced race organizers rerouting the Splashdown Crossing to the safety of a small, wooden bridge. Skiers love the fresh powder, surfers seek the perfect wave, golfers want that elusive hole in one—Leatherman’s Loop runners seek the mud.
( ⇒ click here for full article...)Posted by leathermansloop on 01/31 at 04:59 AM
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Old New York Times Snippet
Here’s a snippet about the Leatherman’s Loop from the New York Times’ Photographer’s Journal series. This one is showing a great photo of the 2004 Loop. Click to see piece. Unfortunately they called it a 5k race when it is actually a 10k which still happens these days. Overheard after the 2008 loop “Wow, the trails really slow you down, I can’t believe it took me 1:04 to do a 5k.” ... “Chris, it’s a 10k” ... “Ohhhh”
( ⇒ click here for full article...)Posted by leathermansloop on 01/25 at 06:12 PM
Saturday, January 10, 2009
2008 Photo Links - Send Us Your Photos
Here are some photo links from the 2008 Leatherman’s Loop. Some of the services require you to sign in before viewing the photos. I have noted these with an asterisk (*) before the link.
( ⇒ click here for full article...)Posted by leathermansloop on 01/10 at 07:01 AM
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Leatherman’s Loop Navajo/Irish Poem
Before the Leatherman’s Loop begins, we welcome the runners, thank the volunteers, recognize special guests, and, just before the starting gun/pitch/whistle/bark, an honored guest reads the following poem (below). The last 6+ years it has been read by Danny Martin, the loop’s spiritual advisor (and poem author?). Seen in this photo (#60) with Tony (62), Mike (yellow sweatshirt in larger photo), and Anton (67) finishing the 2008 Loop. Click the rest of the article to see the poem and the photo to see more.
( ⇒ click here for full article...)Posted by leathermansloop on 01/07 at 12:46 PM
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Happy 2009 to all Leatherman’s Loop Enthusiasts
Registration for the 2009 Leatherman’s Loop will open on 12:01am February 3rd, 2009. We will send out a note beforehand to everyone who signed up to be on the notification list and all 2008 registrants.
Posted by leathermansloop on 12/31 at 05:24 PM
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