5k Fastest gal

Here's a picture of Lily Tamire of Rochester. Lily cruised to a 23:06 finish. She held off Therese Schumaker who was only 4 seconds behind her . Hope to see you in 2009 Lily

5k fastest guy

Here is a picture of Kyle Dammen from Austin #187 in the white tee shirt. Next to Kyle is his twin brother Kevin. Kyle smashed the 2007 winning time running an 18:35 , Thats 5:59 per mile. Kevin ran with Kyle and ran a 18:37. Somewhere in this group is Michelle Dammen who also ran the 5k. Thanks Dammen family hope to see you in 2009.

Fastest Gal

Here is a picture of Cindy Blenderman from Rochester. She is no stranger to winning races around here. Cindy's small in stature but pound for pound is tough as nails. She demolished the 2007 winning time and ran a 1:17:38 in 2008. Hope to see you in 2009 Cindy.

Fastest Guy

Here is a picture. of Kirk Walztoni from Eagan Mn. Kirk is the record holder in the 10 mile race. He blazed through the course in 1:03:46 thats a 6:23 per mile pace. Some of the volunteers at the top of Big Dam Hill commented that he looked effortless as he dashed up the hill. Thanks for coming in 2008 Kirk, we hope to see you again in 2009.

Trophies

I thought I would mention a little about our trophies. We award trophies to all age group winners as well as overall winners in both the 5k and 10 mile. The trophies are kind of unique, Larry makes some really nice walnut pens and pencils and after the first year I decided to make oak pen/pencil holders with a lazer engraved Chester Woods Trail Run logo. It takes a little work but , we wanted something nice for the efforts that the runners put out.

Run for the horses

On May 9th there will be a new run at Chester Woods. Its called " Run for the horses " and is being put on by the Rochester Equestrian club. Good luck to race director Audery Lidke and others. I'll probably run it to see what its like to actually run a race there myself. Here is a link to more info.
http://www.raceberryjam.com/runforhorses.html

Goodbye fishing hello running

OK I'll try to get some current blogs going here.
I stopped into our cap supplier yesterday and picked out a new style cap for CWTR 2009 . Its going to be a good piece of head wear to wear throughout the running season. The 2009 cap will be a lighter, running style cap as opposed to the heavier one we had last year.
I'm transitioning from an ice fisherman back to a runner right now. My training is in its early stages and is going well although I seemed to have pulled a muscle in what Forest Gump refers to as the " buttocks" :-). Usually about November I cut way back on my running and get my ice fishing gear out I still get some pretty good workouts in because where I like to fish its about a 1/2 mile drag to pull my 190 #s of gear. Its always been my belief that its good to have a little break from running, that way its fresh and fun again come early spring.