Week Ahead of R.E.D.

Hey! Another great week of R.E.D. coming up!    I have many of the week's opportunties listed below, also a couple of notes...

• The Running Room is having a backpack drive this week for Back to School Supplies. Please consider joining them, and making a donation.   The following is from Peg & Mike at the Running Room.
• Please join us for FREE practice runs next week. We will have some backpacks here, donated by the Running Room, that we would like your help in filling with supplies that we will then donate to the Rochester School district for kids who need them.   Wednesday the 17th join us for 3-5 miles and bring some supplies, and on Sunday the 21st at 8:30am we run again, ask for supplies again and we'll be making pancakes for those of you who join us!   Please help us reduce the stress of back to school time for at least a family or two and join a great group for some great exercise!  
• The Snow Shoe crew has started hiking on Sunday nights at Oxbow park, all are welcome to join, and if you want information on snowshoe'ing, drop me a note at byron.teamred@gmail.com   This group was out all winter long, enjoying the snow, tough terrain, river crossinngs and all!
• Charlie, and the entire staff  at the Crown Restuarant has always been great to us.  I see they have  some deals online.  You can check them out at the following link  http://www.rochestermn.com/letseatout/merchants/view/11

Tuesday 6pm:   Trail Run at Carly State Park.   Jim Mason heads this up, here's the details from Jim:  "We'll meet at Century HS at 6:00 and caravan to the park. 5 ish miles of pure fun running the beautiful trails of Carly Park.   Give me a call if you have any questions 507-951-2415"
Wednesday 5:30pm:   Speed work on the track in Byron.   This workout has been picking up steam with 15-20 people joining in the 'fun' each week!  The Byron track is located behind the middle school.
Wednesday 6pm:  Running Room Run Club... they are going 3-5 miles, and as noted above, they are collecting school supplies.  A great effort by the Running Room!
Thursday 6pm:  Team R.E.D.   We'll be home hosted this week!  I'll get you the details as soon as I have them dialed in.

• NOTE: If you're ever interested in Home Hosting, you would just need to drop me a note, with a date you may be interested in hosting (preferably the 2nd or 4th Thursday of a month), also, let me know what to communicate, i.e. "runners bring a dish to pass" or "bring your own beverage", or whatever you want people to bring. easy peasy...

Saurday 7am:  Marathon & Half Marathon long run training from the RAC.   This is a great way to get those long miles, in the company of many.
Saturday 8am:  Fesitival Run in Kasson.  Test your speed in the 10K or 5K
Saturday 8am:  Chatfield Western Days 10K.  This event allows you to run multiple races with a 2 mile starting at 9:15am and a 1 mile Fun Run to follow that. 
It was another strong turnout for R.E.D. last week at the Den.. let's keep right on rolling!
Sunday 8:30am:   Running Room Run Club, again an opportunity to run, and contribute to the school supply drive.
Sunday 6pm:  Hike at Oxbow Park.... last week the group did 4.5 miles through that fantastic rolling terrain.  Meet at 1st Bridge (which is the 2nd parking lot on your left, as you enter the park).  Bring along something to drink, and snack on post run.  A great way to close out the week!