Happy Monday!

The folks at Ragnar Relay sent the above in the mail. At first I thought it was junk mail (there's something on the back as well) and just about tossed it. Kind of neat!

Are you interested in an `EVE`ning of Happy Beer & Running? Off-Season Striders will have an early beer run this Wednesday, New Year's Eve, at 4pm at Beetles on 2nd St. SW. We'll probably do 4-6 miles to start with (hills are our friends), then eat, drink and be merry!

From Larry Pederson: Our own Steve DeBoer, who is #5 on the listing of those with the longest running streaks, was mentioned on ABC News. Here's the link.

RSVPs for the RTC annual banquet on January 10 are due to David Sletten TODAY.

Packet/jacket pick-up for the Resolution Run on Thursday is today from 12 to 8, Tuesday from 12 to 8 and Wednesday from 12-4 (the store closes at 4). The run starts at 10:00 AM.

As a special offer for all Road Runners Club of America members (BTW: all RTC members are RRCA members), Women’s Running will offer readers a pink Run Girl t-shirt with a 10-issue subscription for only $19.95. RRCA members can go to http://www.womensrunningmag.com/freeshirt to sign-up.

Here's a recipe my friend Emelda just sent me. I haven't tried it yet, but she says it's very good. I like the combination of chocolate and dried cherries.

Chocolate Cherry Crinkles

Cream: ½ C. butter (she said she likes the texture better when using shortening instead)
1 2/3 C. sugar

Add: 2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 squares melted chocolate

Stir in: 2 1/4 C. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
1/3 C. milk
½ C. nuts
1+ C. dried cherries, chopped

Refrigerate 2-3 hours. Then shape into balls and roll in powdered sugar. Place on greased pan or parchment paper. Bake at 350, 15+ minutes. You want them soft. I baked mine about 17 minutes and then let them cool on the cookie sheet to firm up. Makes about 4 dozen

Quote for the day: "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful." --Mae West