Pac Striders Jan 8, 9am - Lake Chabot Challenge

This Sunday we're joining the Golden Bay Runners for their annual fun run starting 9am at the Lake Chabot Marina. For those of you new to the list (welcome!) this is a good opportunity to meet runners of all abilities, as there's plenty of folks on the course to keep everybody on track. Veterans and newbies can also get acquainted with the route for the Lake Chabot Trail Challenge that happens in June. Details and directions below.

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Lake Chabot  Challenge
Sunday, January 8, 2006
9 a.m.

Join the Golden Bay Runners for our annual January fun run at Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley.  No entry fee, no shirts, no water stops, no bibs, no timing (but an abundance of good times), and plenty of challenge.  Run all or part of our famous Trail Challenge Half Marathon course - you can choose the route and distance if ours doesn't appeal to you.  Lake Chabot offers a wide variety of choices.  Expect cold, mud, possible rain, a steep hill or two and some of the finest downhill views in the East Bay.  And all this is followed by our epic potluck breakfast, designed to drive winter away.  Just bring a dish or drinks to share and you're in!   We meet near the boathouse on the Lake Chabot marina - look for a group of runners (and walkers) ready to defy the elements or follow the aroma of hot chocolate.  We start precisely at 9 a.m.  After all, we are in a hurry to get to the breakfast.

For more information, call Michael Raffee (408) 209-8680 or Will and Julie Uher (510) 278-0451

Rain only encourages, never cancels!

Golden Bay Runners: http://www.goldenbayrunners.org

Summer Trail Challenge:  June 4, 2006 Sunday  9 a.m.
http://www.goldenbayrunners.org/trail_challenge.htm


DIRECTIONS TO LAKE CHABOT:
*I-580 East (Oakland/Berkeley) Exit Fairmont Avenue. Drive East to park entrance on the left.
*I-580 West (Livermore/Dublin) Exit Strobridge Avenue. Turn right on Strobridge. Turn right on Castro Valley Blvd. Turn left on Lake
Chabot Road to park entrance on right.
*I-680 South (Walnut Creek) Take I-680 South to I-580 West. Follow directions above for 1-580 West.
*1-880 North (Fremont/San Jose) I-880 North to Hwy. 238 East. Exit Castro Valley. Left on Castro Valley Blvd. Left on Lake Chabot Road to park entrance on right.