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Scott and I completed our first Challenge course today, part of my 60th birthday weekend activities. This run is one of my favorite hike/runs, and it was a lovely day for it.
I run-rambled this course on my way home from the Seneca 7 race as a recovery run - it was impossible to drive right by a Challenge course in the middle of a day off from work and not “cover the ground!” I took my time and enjoyed all the scenic overlooks. There is a brief reroute on the south rim due to nesting peregrine falcons, but it’s extremely well marked and adds maybe 10 feet to the course, so don’t worry if you come upon it.
what makes a challenge a challenge? Doing it when you know you really can’t.. but the schedule and the weather dictated this morning was this morning to try this … so try it I did. Did it the canonical way, which isn’t my favorite because you finish on such a steep incline. But the falls were as spectacular as expected, and had the course to myself for the most part. Shout out to Scott Dawson and Mike for encouragement on that last steep section. https://strava.app.link/uKJHW9d4M2b
This is my most favorite long run…up the BD, around the Taughannock Rim and Falls course, and back down the BD. After climbing the North Rim ascent, I feel like my run is almost done since the rest is downhill!. The waterfall was roaring this morning. Also so nice to see @scottpdawson running on the trail and @amy-dawson and @elizabeth.r.dawson1 hiking.
No Doubt…
as to why this course was voted into the 2026 canonical ten! I used a Friday afternoon trip to Sauders as an excuse to drop South on the beautiful west side lake drive into Trumansburg to run…or maybe I made an excuse to go to Sauders to justify the running. So scenic and I admired every overlook and creek view! Saw peregrine falcons gliding above the gorge.
I enjoyed an outing on this course on Mother’s Day. The Gorge Trail was busy as I expected, but the Rim Trail was much quieter. I started with the out and back on the Gorge Trail.
I made a quick stop to snap a picture of the falls from the base.
