Walk: Sat. Jan. 8 @ Tim's

Portrait of a Quonset Hut. You know which one!

Saturday's forecast seems to be snowy, but not too blowy. The schedule for the Chilly Half is now on the blog, and the distance is 11K. That's straight out to the lighthouse if we take the spit route, or to the top of Fallingbrook hill if we head east – or another route, should you care to plan one. (I say "we," but I'll be at a seminar on Saturday, and will be looking for company on Sunday instead.) Which will you do? Show up for an 8 am start and let your voice be heard.

If you're doing the Chilly, or any other race, please let Dawn H. know right away. It's easier to create training schedules, coordinate rides or race-kit pickups and organize post-race brunches for our team when we know who's playing. Dawn has volunteered to keep our race lists up-to-date, but she needs our help to do so.

And speaking of races, here's a link to the race in New Zealand that Bob & I have been chatting up for 2012. It's the Mizuno Lake Taupo Half Marathon around the first week in August. It's for runners and walkers, but describes itself as "the country's largest walking event" – and it's very walker-friendly, along a flat, scenic, lakeside there-and-back route, with what looks like a 4.5-hr time limit. Average winter temps in Taupo offer good walking weather at around 12˚C. Things to think about.

Olwyn is our birthday girl on Saturday – and we wish her a lovely day!