July 30, Mountain Lakes Park

SUNDAY

This Sunday, July 30, at 8:00 a.m., meet at the trail head to Lookout Point in Mountain Lakes Park (201 Hawley Road, North, Salem, NY) when we run the Yellow-OS-IS loop. This course winds through the park and includes the new SL trail which connects the OS trail to Spruce Lake and just to make it interesting, we’re going to run this in reverse. If you want to get an early start, arrive at 7:00 a.m. and for those insomniacs out there, bring a headlamp and start at 6:00 a.m. or even 5:00 a.m. If you are looking to get some distance in, you can take Hunt Lane to the Realander loop and back for an added 7 miles of (mostly) dirt roads. See the map here ›› And don’t forget, Sarah Bishop Bushwhack is coming up. Get registered ››

SATURDAY

This Saturday, July 29, at 6:00 a.m, meet at the Leon Levy Preserve in South Salem. The parking lot entrance is on Route 123 about half a mile south of Route 35. At 383 acres, this preserve is relatively small but I know a way to get six miles with little backtracking (you can see on Strava) but that doesn’t mean you have to do the same. I’m planning on starting early—6:00 a.m. for the first loop—and returning to the lot to start a second loop around 7:15 a.m. Who knows, maybe we’ll get talked into a third loop staring around 8:30 a.m.. Come out and see. Download a map of the park here. Yeah, I know the following looks like spaghetti but, well, that’s my course for ya.

Hope to see you out there this weekend and good luck for all those running Escarpment this weekend.
Lee Willett

Enjoy the photo of last week’s group.