On Saturday, July 24, meet at Mountain Lakes Park, Hemlock Lake Parking Area, ready to run a course check of the Mountain Lakes Backyard Ultra. Brian Vanderheiden will be starting a preview run of the daytime course at 8:00, followed by the night course immediately after. I'm going to start early, at 7:00 a.m. and […]

On Saturday, July 10, at 7:00 a.m., meet at Mountain Lakes Park, Trailhead to Lookout Point, ready to run the Mountain Lakes/Old Sib/Hearst course which includes the latest version of the Sarah Bishop course plus detours to Old Sib, Hearst-Mead, and Halmi Preserves. Total distance of 12 miles with an option of the shorter 7-mile […]

On Saturday, May 15, at 7:00 a.m., meet at Mountain Lakes Park, Trailhead to Lookout Point, ready to run the Mountain Lakes/Old Sib/Hearst course which includes the latest version of the Sarah Bishop course plus detours to Old Sib, Hearst-Mead, and Halmi Preserves. Total distance of 12 miles with an option of the shorter 7 […]

On Saturday, January 16, at 7:00 a.m., meet at Mountain Lakes Park, ready to run the Sarah Bishop course. If the main gate is open, park at the trailhead to Lookout Point. If it is locked, park at first lot. It's been a while since we've been here so I'm not sure what we'll find. […]

On Saturday, October 10, at 7:00 a.m., meet at Mountain Lakes Park trailhead to Lookout Point when we run the 2019 Sarah Bishop course. The race itself was canceled due to COVID-19 but we can visit the trails there. Make sure you follow standard COVID-19 protocols, mask up when others are nearby, and please complete […]

On Saturday, August 15, at 7:00 a.m., meet at Mountain Lakes Park, Trailhead to Lookout Point, ready to run the Mountain Lakes and Adjacent course. We'll modify the map below to include a bushwhack or two before we head over to the Hearst-Mead and Halmi Preserves. Total distance will be about 7 miles. Print Map […]

On Sunday, January 26, 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 10K-ish Sarah Bishop Course. Instead of starting near Hemlock Campsite where the race starts, we'll start from the trailhead to lookout point. Parking may be tight […]

On Wednesday, January 1, at 8:00 a.m., meet at Mountain Lakes Park, trailhead to lookout point, when we usher in the new year with Sarah Bishop. Well, not Sarah herself, but on some of the trails of the Sarah Bishop Bushwhack. And speaking of which, we'll do a little exploring while we're there. Start the […]

On Saturday, November 23, at 7:00 a.m., meet at Mountain Lakes Park, 201 Hawley Drive, North Salem, NY, when we run the 2019 Sarah Bishop course. Although I'll take credit for creating the course, I've never actually run it in its entirety so I'm looking forward to testing it out. Word is that the OS […]