Rochester Active Sports Club

The Annual Frozen Goose Run is coming up on February 7th. All of the information on this Winterfest event can be found at http://www.frozengoose.com.  They will have a timed 10 K run and a 5 K Fun Run or Walk, raising funds for research at Mayo in Childhood Cancer Research.
 

The Lace Up Against Breast Cancer Half-Marathon and 5K Fun Run/Walk will be held February 15, 2009 as an official event of Rochester WinterFest. LUABC is a 501c(3) not for profit organization that supports breast cancer research and education through running related activities. Thanks to our generous sponsors, all registration fees from this event will be donated to Mayo Clinic-Rochester in support of their breast cancer research activities.  

An overview of the Half-Marathon and 5K Fun Run/Walk includes:

• The start and finish will be at the Rochester Area Family Y
• Start time: 9:00 AM
• $25 pre-registration; $30 Race Day (soup mugs guaranteed for all pre-registered participants)
• Registration form at www.rochestertrackclub.com, or online registration at http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1594831.
• Donations can also be made through the active.com site above.

 We are also looking for volunteers for this event—if interested please email shonyo.sarah@gmail.com.

 For general information about the event, contact John Shonyo at jshonyo@pitel.net.

Quarry Hill offers a variety of programs oriented for adults. February features a 'Learn to Ski' session February 14 taught by RASC members followed by a trip to Forestville State Park for a day of skiing on February 28. The brochure below details events for all of 2009.

RASC now has a new hiking / trekking group. This will be lead by Kelly Classic and Norm Meeks. They are interested in leading hiking, backpacking, trekking and whatever trips. Local or long distance. They will be putting trips on the web site for all who are interested to join in the fun. Local trips will generally be “Okay, Kelly and/or Norm are going to a local day hike to, say Forestville State Park on December 6th. They are going to leave from the parking lot at Crossroads Center at 9AM. If you want to join them, 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 Kelly Classic (classicbydesign@gmail.com) or Norm Meeks (norm_meeks@yahoo.com).

Hope to see out there!

The North Shore Inline marathon took place on Sept 13th. The 26.2 mile marathon begins just south of Two Harbors and continues along Scenic Hwy 61, rolling through the I-35 tunnels, and finishing at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC). Lots of Rochester skaters participated in this years event.

N.S Marathon Results

N.S. Half Marathon Results

The North Shore Inline marathon took place on Sept 13th. The 26.2 mile marathon begins just south of Two Harbors and continues along Scenic Hwy 61, rolling through the I-35 tunnels, and finishing at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC). Lots of Rochester skaters participated in this years event. Full results for area skaters are now posted below.

The overall winner was Adam Miller in a time of 1:05:15.9. It was a sprint to the finish line and he won by eight-thousandths of a second (less than a wheel width).

Top Rochester skater was Chad Garren in a time of 1:14:43, followed closely by Scott Eising (1:14:47) and Brent Sadowy (1:14:52).

The goal of the Rochester Track Club is to promote and encourage running and fitness in Rochester and the surrounding communities by providing support, information, and events for people of all ages, abilities and levels of fitness