Use this topic for posts that will collect community stars for the Long Loomis course. You can also ask questions or make comments about this course.
Here’s how it works.
Click the “Post Using This Template” button below to create a new post with a Story heading and boilerplate text.
Replace the boilerplate text with your report for one or both sections. The Story header is key for distinguishing between posts and replies—don’t change it.
Your post must be on the same calendar day as your run as entered in the leaderboard.
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WHAT!?!
As long as I was at Hammond Hill, it seemed worthwhile to complete the last of the three Challenge courses there. I had never exactly run the specific Long Loomis course before. I looked at RunGo and discovered a large percent of it was also part of the Thom B course, but with one strange difference… the default Long Loomis runs clockwise!! Over many years and quite a lot of miles, I don’t recall ever running in the clockwise direction at Hammond Hill for loops of anything!!
I made it through without confusion, finished just ahead of the rain, and noticed several groups of painted trilliums that I had not seen earlier while running the Thom B course:
Call me unoriginal. When signing up for the challenge, I just picked the 2026 10 Course Challenge (which I know I can modify).
There are just so many course options!! This morning I sat in the parking lot of my kids’ school deciding which course to run. Given the wind and the distance I was willing to run, I settled on the Long Loomis.
For some reason, I kept thinking I was seeing animals on the trail … it was small branches, a rock, and who knows what else. That climb was a … climb! The first mile felt like it was never ending, but then they passed more quickly.
It’s late. I can’t think/type/form a coherent sentence.
Just got home from Hammond Hill. My Run Go app didn’t work even though I got it all set at home for Long Loomis. I knew how the first part went, but only a vague notion after that. Ended up doing 6.04 miles. Fortunately there were some bikers/walker runners out there who could point me in the right direction. Yellow 2, Yellow 4, Red 4, Yellow 5, ???
It sure is dry out there!
