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I'll do a "regular" kind of post before I do another Superior Trail post, as time is a-fleeting!!

Morning run: 10 x 1/4 COLD, WINDY miles. Not fast. And I have a cold. I never broke a sweat, nor got warm. Underdressed. Oh, well ... 13.31 miles total.

The Rochester Half Marathon shirts are in. I'm going to have an envelope-stuffing-shirt-mailing party for these 200+ shirts at my house on Thursday at 6:00 PM. If you can stop by then, or later, for even a little bit of time, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

I'm going to TCM packet pick-up on Friday afternoon. If anyone needs their packet picked up, let me know. I've picked up up to 8 of them in the past. I need the back cover of your info book in order to get your stuff for you.

Dan Strain and Trevor Distad are running 10 miles at the RAC on Saturday at 7:00 AM in preparation for Whistlestop the following weekend. If you'd like to join them, please do! BTW: The last I'd heard, there were 102 runners from the Rochester area running the Whistlestop races. WOW!!

Jim Mason is organizing a trail run at Chester Woods on 10/10. Jim says: "I’m thinking Oct 10th would be a fun day to do a little fall fun run through Chester Woods. Meet at picnic shelter #1 for a 10:00 AM start. This would not be a race, just a fun run through the woods to admire the fall colors. If we do the 10 mile course that would allow people to stop if they want after 4 miles and still find their way back easily. Bring water bottles as there will be no water stops but we probably will stop from time to time to let the group catch up. I plan on running about a 10min pace depending on the average speed of our group. If you want to run faster you might have to find your own wayJ We won’t leave anybody behind. If you want to join just reply to my e-mail address jmason@greenway.coop. There is no charge for this run but there is a $5.00 fee to enter the park. If there is enough interest we could have hotdogs etc…after the run". Sounds fun!! If I weren't running a marathon that day, I'd be there for sure.

Here's a neat new program: Pine Island - borrow a bike Program There is now a free borrow-a-bike program at the head of the Douglas trail that is just getting off the ground. It is all volunteer effort and donated bikes. Bikes are available for those who might like to just do a spontaneous family trek down the trail. Here is the blurb about it: "Borrow-A-Bike" for FREE on weekends: Pine Island's innovative "Borrow-A-Bike" program is open for residents and visitors Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., weather permitting. Bikes of all sizes are available for FREE. Children may borrow bikes with the signed authorization of a parent or guardian. Individual cyclists 18 or older simply register to check out bikes. The program currently has more than 50 bikes in active inventory. Other bikes are in various states of repair, and will be added to active stock as work is completed. The repair efforts have been headed by LeRoy "Roy" Krier, a volunteer from the local Lions Club. "Without him, this program would be impossible," says Roy Larson, Borrow-A-Bike director. "He has donated countless hours and done an excellent job." To learn more about volunteer opportunities or to donate bikes, contact Larson directly at 507-696-8453.

I went and picked raspberries

and Concord grapes

yesterday at Sterling Fruit Farms. It's wonderful to have fresh raspberries at this time of year. Now I need to make grape jelly and raspberry jam. In anticipation of a frost/freeze, I picked most of my peppers and beets yesterday.



I made Chicken Wild Rice Soup

for supper today, along with some asparagus and a salad. The recipe is on my Recipe Blog.

Quote for the day: "“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you had everything to do, and you've done it.” -- Margaret Thatcher

Gotta get busy!!