Rochester Active Sports Club

The Rochester Rowing Club is inviting anyone from the ages 12-18 to come to the boathouse on Silver Lake on Wednesdays this fall at 5:15 AM or 3:30 PM to try rowing. Bring a friend, wear athletic clothing and come on down.

The Minnesota Orienteering Club (MNOC) is hosting it's first meet on a new map at Chester Woods County Park.  Orienteering is a map based sport and can be enjoyed at a full out cross country run, or at a Saturday Walk in the Park pace.  The club has courses set for all skill levels and will be providing beginner instructions.  Entry fees are low, hospitality and fun levels are high!  The following details and more can be found at the MNOC website.  www.mnoc.org and at http://www.facebook.com/MNOClub 

Details of the event are also given below:

Saturday, September 10, 12 pm-1:30 pm 

Chester Woods County Park, Eyota, MN 

Beginners /newcomers welcome and there is beginner instruction from 1130 am to 12 30 pm . 

Click  below for a link to a great article on running by Joey Keillor  in in the lastest edition of Running Minnesota.

Duluth Trail Festival: Sep 27-28 www.DuluthTrailFest.com

Explore Duluth's finest elements in the 3rd annual Duluth Trail Fest.  Sign up before price hike on August 2nd for $65 for all three races, or sign up for individual races.  Registration at Active.com

Race 1 - Park Point Beach 5K - Saturday 8/27/2011:

Race 2 - Chester Tester Hill Challenge 5K - Saturday 8/27/2011:

Race 3 - Superior Hiking Trail 15K - Sunday 8/28/2011

Tyrol Ski & Sports will again be holding “Paddle Nights”. You can join their knowledgeable staff out at Chester Woods park and try out a variety of Kayaks & Canoes from Current Designs, Prijon, Wilderness Systems, Perception and Wenonah. Test how design and materials affect performance and function.  

If you would like to attend a demo please call them or come into the store at  least 3 days prior to the paddle night to register. Come prepared to get your feet (and possibly more) wet! 

Summer 2011 Paddle event are now over for this year

RASC now has a new hiking / trekking group. This will be lead by Norm Meeks who is interested in leading hiking, backpacking, trekking and whatever trips. Local or long distance. He will be putting trips on the web site for all who are interested to join in the fun. Local trips will generally be “Okay, Norm is going to a local day hike to, say Forestville State Park on December 6th. He is going to leave from the parking lot at Crossroads Center at 9AM. If you want to join him, show up and be ready to go”.

Longer trips such as this pipe dream of Norm’s to do Gannett Peak in Wyoming next summer will be a bit more organized and formal. Reservations, carpooling, etc. will need to be done well before hand for some trips. Some trips will require good conditioning. Numbers will generally be limited to first come first served!

So come on out and join them! First trip will be to Forestville State Park on the 6th of December leaving from Crossroads Shopping Center at 9 AM. Any questions, email Norm Meeks (norm_meeks@yahoo.com).

Hope to see out there!