Photo Credit Scott Rokis
Hi All,
Thank you for taking part in the 2023 Endless Summer Trail Run Series Lebanon 7MI at Lebanon Hills County Park in Eagan last week. With this year’s race just a day after the holiday we were able to share it with runners from 14 states, likely an ESTRS record. A couple of days of rain leaning up and we still had perfectly dry trails, that is just some of the magic that Lebanon Hills Park offers up. I had the pleasure of marking the trails on Tuesday night, checking the markings on Wednesday and doing a once-over on Thursday – completing three loops in three days. No matter how many times I do that loop, I never get tired of it – we are all super fortunate to have this park in our ‘backyard’. Near-perfect weather made for an uber-pleasant social hour, did you meet your one new person?
A huge thank you to Dakota County Parks for hosting us and taking such great care of the park and trail system. As big of a thanks to Chapel Hills Church for allowing us to use their parking lot.
All credit is due to our amazing volunteers, thank you!
Results:
Results from last weeks race can be found HERE https://www.athlinks.com/event/198966/results/Event/1054189/Results – please let us know if your result is missing or you see something in error.
Photos:
Thank you photographers! Photos from the race can be found HERE https://www.estrs.com/photos/
ESTRS Next Up:
A few weeks off, then our last event of the year, the Spring Lake 5MI on Wednesday August 2 at the stunning Spring Lake Park in Hastings, this will be the last ESTRS race of the year – we look forward to seeing everyone for the seasons last hurrah!
Volunteer at the Afton Trail Run or Superior Fall Trail Race / Superior 100:
Be a part of it. Help your fellow runners at the 33rd Annual Superior Fall Trail Race / Superior 100 (10th oldest 100 mile trail race in the country) – info HERE https://www.superiorfalltrailrace.com/read-first/
RSR Online Store:
We have an online store with a few things you might like. https://www.rocksteadyrunning.com/shop/
RSR Online Community:
This is just a boring old forum; sans advertising, manipulative algorithms, etc. https://community.rocksteadyrunning.com/
Financial Assistance
Know someone that wants to run one of our races but finances are a barrier? Reach out, we will help.
Sponsors:
A huge thank you to all of our awesome Sponsors and Partners! An extra special thanks to TC Running Company and Salomon for having a continued presence at our events and within our trail running community. A huge thank you to Bill Pomerenke for heading up Parking at every ESTRS race we do (heck, almost every race we do), year in and year out! You can learn more about each, HERE https://www.estrs.com/sponsors/
Twin Cities Running Company
Salomon
Vaniply / Vanicream
Bridge Realty – Bill Pomerenke
Bell Bank Mortgage – Jerry Schmidt
Trail Transformation
Northwoods Running
Performance Running Gym
Mile in My Shoes
St. Croix Law
Critical Connections Ecological Services
In Closing:
It is an honor doing this for you and with you. We are grateful for your support, and we never take that support for granted. We will see you in a few weeks at the Spring Lake Park 5 Miler!
Sincerely,
John Storkamp
Race Director
Endless Summer Trail Run Series