Use this topic for posts that will collect community stars for the Sights of the Heights 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.
Story
To pick up a community star, replace this text with a write-up of what your run was like, a photo you took on the run, a link to your Strava track, or something similar. Don’t delete the Story heading above.
Once you’ve pasted in that text, click the Create Topic button to finish the task and move on to the next course in the CSV.
I felt honoured to be the first to complete the new course for 2026, which I felt obligated to do, as it passed within 100m of the front of my house!
With a track workout planned for the morning with the necessity to run for an hour after, I thought it would be good opportunity to get it done. I did my track workout without too much issue, apart from the horrendous headwind on the back straight which wasn’t entirely fun, then proceeded to leave the track and run across Cornell campus, attempting to dodge smartly dressed potential new Cornellians.
Little did I know that in the process of taking my headphones out of my pocket, I managed to drop my house key. So, I started my Sights of the Heights navigation, and set off, only noticing about 500m later that my pocket was still open. Amazingly, I managed to retrace my steps across campus and find my key on the ground!
So, I set off again. The course was lovely, and pretty traffic free for a Saturday. A lot more hills than I expected! However, after getting home and checking properly now, I’ve definitely got sunburnt for the first time this year, so that’s something else new to tick off for 2026!
