Rochester Active Sports Club

The Star of the North, North Country Trail Assoc.  will be at Whitewater State Park sponsoring  a group hike event 3-27-10 at 10 AM.  

NCTA outreach is scheduled for spring 2010 at REI (all three stores) 1-4PM  4-10-10 and then April 23,24, &25 at Midwest Mountaineering OAE.

 for more info on these events, contact Brian Pavek, NCTA at pavekb@comcast.net.

Duluth Trail Festival: Sep 25-27 www.DuluthTrailFest.com

Explore Duluth's finest elements in the inaugural Duluth Trail Fest.  Sign up before price hike on Sept 24^th for $100 for all three races, or sign up for individual races.  Registration at Active.com

Friday

Chester Tester down and up challenge (roughly 5 km).  Race starts at 5:00 PM. Race includes going up the ski jump landing...the steepest hill of any running race around! This will be one for the story books. 

Saturday

Superior Hiking Trail 15 km point-to-point race. Park at Duluth zoo and take bus ride to the start.  The start will be at Ely's peak (123rd west) at 11:00 AM.  The finish will be at the Duluth Zoo (Kingsbury Ck Trail Head).  

Sunday

ParkPointBeach run (roughly 5 km) starts at 9:30 AM (check in at beach house). Race will start behind the airport and follow the beautiful trail out under towering white pines and back on sections of the sandy beach of Superior.  Finish at the beach house.  Plan enough time incase you have to wait for the lift bridge.  Overall awards follow the end of this race. 

Sat. August 29th 2009, 10:00 am -3:00 pm
Tyrol Ski & Sports Parking Lot
1923 2nd St SW, Rochester

Save $250.00 on factory 2nd Wenonah "Spirit II" and "Aurora" canoes
Save 25-40% on various factory 2nd models of Current Design "Kestral" Kayaks.
Sale priced at $549.00 to $1299.00.

Over 25 boats to choose from!
(unfortunately RASC 10% discount does not apply to these boats)

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 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!

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 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