April 23, 2026
April 23, 2026
Last Saturday: Saugatuck Trailhead
From the archives: April 24, 2023
April 21 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 am
April 22 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 am
April 23 @ 5:30 am – 7:00 am
April 25 @ 7:00 am – 8:30 amOn Saturday, April 25, at 7:00 a.m., meet at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Meadow Lot, when we run the Meadow Museum, Fire Tower, to Michigan loop. Sure, this looks like last Sunday’s run, but you can never get enough of this course. We’ll run this in a clockwise direction as marked and runners have the opportunity to run distances from 5 to 8.5 miles. Early Risers start at 6:00. I’ll bring a couple of maps in case anyone goes off course accidentally.
From the archives: Last year we ran this course on April 26, 2025
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April 26 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pmOn Sunday, April 26, at 9:00 a.m., we’ll be meeting at the Meadow lot for the 38th annual Leatherman’s Loop. Cobweb Crew meets at 5:00 a.m. No Rookie Runners session or official 7:00 a.m. start this week. Learn more and check out the opportunities to volunteer at LeathermansLoop.org Don’t forget to ARRIVE EARLY! Please plan to arrive at the park before 8:15 a.m. — or even earlier if you can swing it. For more information, visit leathermansloop.org
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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.
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