5k Route

View of the reservoir just past the 1/2 point in the race.

Wanna check out the new 5k route? Check out my slideshow. Matt"hurricane" and I ran the route with me snapping pictures the whole way. The lighting was perfect and even made my pictures pretty good.
Enjoy!
http://classic.kodakgallery.com/ViewSlideshow.action?&collidparam=152479053115.726638747115.1274183990889

New Discovery

Every so often I'll do a Google search on Chester Woods Trail Run just to see if there are any reviews or bloggers that I haven't seen yet. A couple of days ago I found a new blog. Its called
" Fit this, girl" . The blogger, Mary, has a very interesting story and is preparing to run her first trail race at the Chester Woods 10 Mile. I couldn't be happier.
I'll be cheering Mary on along with everybody else in a few weeks, in the meantime, enjoy this link to Mary's blog . She's a personal trainer and has some very good tips on training for a trail run.
http://www.fitthisgirl.com/2010/04/chester-woods-trail-10-mile-run.html

Trail Tuesday 5/18/10 The Douglas Trail Trail

I can't make it Tuesday , so Mark Mueller has graciously agreed to head up a run.Here is the plan.
This Tuesday (05-18-2010) we will be running and exploring the snowmobile / horse trail that follows alongside the paved Douglas Trail. It is a nice grass covered trail that many users of the main Douglas Trail don't even know exists. It is another hidden gem. We will meet in the parking lot at the start of the Douglas Trail just off of Valleyhigh Drive in NW Rochester. The run will start at 6:15 PM. I will even bring cookies to enjoy by all those who survive the run.
I look forward to another running adventure Tuesday.


THANKS!

Mark

This should be a fun run and a good oppourtunity for someone to try trails for the first time.
Thanks Mark

Millville is in the books.

Well the weather and other commitments etc.. took a toll on our trail running group today but,
Katie and I made the most of it.
You can pick your clothes, you can pick your food, you can pick your friends, you can even pick your nose but, YOU CAN'T PICK THE WEATHER ON THE DAY YOUR SCHEDULED TO RUN :-).
Actually in all seriousness we had a great time. It was cool, not cold. The trails were sandy, not muddy and as always the scenary was great. Katie and I were feeling good and really pushed the pace towards the end of our run, although I think Katie had another gear she could have kicked in if she had wanted.
Here is the slideshow.
http://classic.kodakgallery.com/ViewSlideshow.action?&collidparam=152479053115.669439937115.1273663791585

5/11/10 Millville!

We will be going out of town for our next trail run. The beautiful little village of Millville is our destination. We'll be running along the Zumbro river on an old abandoned road for a six mile out and back jaunt. This will be pretty much flat with some rocky spots.Plan on meeting at Shopko North at 5:30PM and we'll caravan nortth to Millville.I plan on parking by the ballfield on the south side of the bridge. We should be hitting the trail about 6:15
I am anxious to snap some pictures of this run,it will be awesome!
There is a link to a map on the right side of the blog.

Quarry Hill

We had another great run at Quarry hill last night. It was pouring rain as I sat in the parking lot waiting for everybody to show up but, just as we were preparing to run the rain stopped. Thanks to Wayne, Katie, Jim and a mystery guest :-)
Here is the slide show.
http://classic.kodakgallery.com/ViewSlideshow.action?&collidparam=152479053115.987076037115.1273059191744

Trail Run 5/4/10

We were going to run the trails at Eastwood but there are some mountain bike time trials out there on Tuesday.
Instead we'll meet at the Nature Center at Quarry Hill at 6:15PM. There are some really nice ski trails out there with very few roots, rocks, etc...
Any questions send me an e-mail or call me
Jim
Here is a link to RASC 's website with a slideshow of the trails
http://rasc.multisportsystems.com/photo_gallery/show/1117