More of the Week Ahead .. plus some other good stuff!

A great Team R.E.D opportunity within the community....

As you may or may not yet know, Team R.E.D. is adopting the newly remodeled Brooklawn Park in Byron. The park is being fitted with exercise / stretching stations along the running path (located on along Cty Rd 5 and 9th St.) The long route runs past this park quite often.  

We have been approved to place a marker in the park in memory of our dear friend, Paul Melby.

Along with this, comes an opportunity to help install some portions of the exercise equipment. Over two evenings, Team R.E.D. is invited to help. The dates are July 12, 13, 14 (with one date being a rain date).   Start time is yet to be determined, but here's a note from Dan Mesenburg as to what our volunteers are asked to do.  This can be lot of fun!  I'll bring the Karaoke!  

• Basically, we will need 6-8 persons on night one, to set the posts in the holes dug by the city and attach the cross pieces… maximum of 2 hours.  Then, on evening two, we will need 10-12 persons to attach everything else… maximum of 3 hours.   Supervisors with coolers should be encouraged to attend.

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Hats off to Meredith for helping her friend Sam, accomplish her first Half Marathon!  Way to go Sam & Fuse!  It's awesome to share such an experience with friends!

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Below are some great pics from our bravest R.E.D. member, Jim Li.   As you may recall, Jim earned the title of "Bravest" when he wore his Team R.E.D. shirt in Tianamen Square, while surrounded by machine gun totting police!   Recently Jim traveled to Alaska..and here are a few shots from an incredible looking trip! Thanks Jim!

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.... and Finally, as promised... a look at some of this weeks opportunities.

• Wednesday 5:30pm : Byron Track (located at the middle school on 4th St.) Come on our for some solid turnover.. speed speed speed!
• Thursday 6pm: Team R.E.D is at the Bears Den in Byron. Routes will hit the blog on Wednesday, and be the anticipated 3ish, 4ish and 6ish mile routes.
• Friday 7pm:    The Spartan 5k & Kids 1/2 Mile is held in Rochester and starts and finishes by the Mayo High School Track (1420 11th Ave SE, Rochester).   The evening lays out as follows.  More details are available at http://rochestertrackclub.com/Calendar/Calendar-Detail.aspx?raceID=413 
• 5:00-6:30 p.m. - Race day Registration
• 7 p.m. - 5k Race Start
• 7:05 p.m. - Kids 1/2 Mile Start
• Saturday 7am:  RAC run for Marathon and Half Marathon training.   This group meets at the RAC in Rochester all summer long!  The route has not yet been posted, but you can check back at the following blog  http://runningrochester.blogspot.com/  to see the official distance.   I suspect the full marathon training route will be in the neighborhood of 12 miles.  
• Sunday 6pm:   Byron All-Comers Track Meet.   Please bring your kids for a great night of racing on the track, or come out and volunteer!  
• Sunday approx 7:30pm:   Team R.E.D. Track Meet!  We had a blast with this the first time around.  Should be even more fun now that we know what we're doing, sort of!
• Also Sunday Stay Tuned:  Mike Schmitt shared a fun idea that would include Free admission to the honkers games on July 10th & July 24th (day after Warrior Dash).

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A look back at the Stewartville July 4th Run! Thanks to Tom Woo for many of the pictures, and thanks to those I was able to sneak off facebook!