July 07, 2026
July 07, 2026
Last Saturday: Michigan Road
From the archives: July 11, 2021
July 7 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 am
July 8 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 am
July 9 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 am
July 10 @ 5:45 am – 7:00 am
July 11 @ 7:00 am – 4:00 pmOn Saturday, July 11, at 7:00 a.m. meet for a special run in the Catskills—the Slide Mountain/Burroughs Range Loop. This 14.5 mile loop offers 5,000 feet of elevation gain and crosses Slide Mountain (the highest peak in the Catskill range), Cornell, and Whittenberg. Meet at the Woods Bridge commuter lot in Katonah at 5:00 a.m. for the 2-hour drive to the start or you can meet at the Slide Mountain West Trail Head, 2027 Oliverea Rd, Phoenicia, NY 12464 (see Google Maps ››) at 7:00 a.m. We will make a counterclockwise loop starting shortly after 7:00 a.m. and finishing in the afternoon. Bring plenty of water, a filter if you have one, money, and a change of clothes so we can stop at the Phoenicia Diner afterward and eat all the foods. This is a challenging but fun adventure. Looking for something closer to home? Meet at 7:00 am (6:00 am for Early Risers) at Michigan Road Lot and run the “Big O” course.
Last time we ran this course was June 22, 2024
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July 12 @ 8:00 am – 9:30 amOn Sunday, July 12, at 8:00 a.m., meet at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Meadow Lot, ready to run the Meadow to Armstrong Loop. This course offers distances of 5, 7, and 8.5 miles and takes us off the reservation into two small preserves to the west of the park. The out-and-back nature of this gives you plenty of choices to customize distance. Cobweb Crew starts at 5:00; Early Risers at 6:00.
Rookie Runners start at 7:00 a.m. for a shorter distance and easier pace. Walkers/Hikers start at 8:00 on a short course of around 4 miles.
Last time we ran this was October 11, 2025. Last photo on file, below, is from June 1, 2025.
Find out more »July 7 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 8 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 9 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 10 @ 5:45 am – 7:00 amJuly 11 @ 7:00 am – 4:00 pmJuly 12 @ 8:00 am – 9:30 amJuly 14 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 15 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 16 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 amJuly 17 @ 5:45 am – 7:00 am
Just a reminder, it’s tick season. Shower and check your skin over after runs, use a bug spray with Deet on your shoes, legs, and arms before a run, and I recommend light-color socks or calf sleeves that have been sprayed with Permethrin, Picaridin, or other bug repellent and allowed to dry. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of doxycycline. For more information about tick bites and tick removal, visit cdc.gov.
Help keep the trails clear by reporting downed trees or other conditions that the park should know about.
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The Free Avenza Maps software now has a free trail map of the Reservation available here. You can use that or the free GaiaGPS to load KML files of some of our runs as overlays. Now there’s no excuse to get lost.