Lansing Center Trail Star Posts (2026)

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Use this topic for posts that will collect community stars for the Lansing Center Trail course. You can also ask questions or make comments about this course.

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  • Your post must be on the same calendar day as your run as entered in the leaderboard.

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Splish, Shloop, Splish, Shloop…
My first time doing this course. I donned a long sleeve over shirt for the start in the cooler temps. I definitely used Rachel RunGo for this today, but I think I have the feel of how the course flows around the field now.

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The sound of my shoes on the Terpening Loop

My feet got wet very quickly and stayed that way to the end.

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The sound of my shoes on the Townley Loop

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The sound of my shoes on the Ozmun Loop.

There were some interesting side trails on this loop, mainly the story trail with educational signs, a stone wall,

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and these confusing symbols in both directions:

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After exploring a bit, I made my way back to where I had left the course and continued on.

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The sound of my shoes on the Hedden Loop

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The sound of my shoes on the Shoemaker Loop

As I was ascending to the big pink chair at the high point of this loop, the buzzards were back…

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At the top, I paused for a while to sit in the big pink chair and admire the view

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The sound of my shoes on the Knettles Loop

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The sound of my shoes on the Scoops loop

I had noticed Scoops ice cream stand on one of the ‘You Are Here’ trail maps and it is only a short hike from the finish. So, since it had been 54 miles since my last cone (I think that works out to about 500 mpg):

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Notice I captured the Challenge sign in the photo, too. I ate my ice cream in a light rain while walking back to the car.

I had a fun time on this course. Quite nice bird habitat. Very happy to see it used as a trail system and not a golf course!