The North Face is looking for testers. Do you like running, hiking, and other outdoor sports? Do you wear a Men's size 9, Women's size 7 or have a little one who could wear a Kids size 1? If so, The North Face may have an opportunity for you.

The North Face is looking for Outdoor Enthusiasts who are interested in testing technical footwear. They are in search of passionate athletes to join our footwear Wear Test program and help them improve the types of footwear available for activity specific outdoor sports.

If this sounds interesting, please contact Ashley at Ashley_Groefsema@vfc.com and introduce yourself. She asks that you provide your name, age, mailing address, height, weight, your activity (running, hiking, adventure sports, winter sports, water sports, multisport), duration (times per week), and skill level.

Looking to volunteer? The Winter/Spring training runs have been in full swing for several weeks now and run until May 23rd (only four more runs left!). If you've not had a chance and wanted to experience a training run with the Striders, now would be a great time.

If you'd rather not run but would like to see what the training runs are like, we're looking for some volunteers for these last few weeks to help with water stops. The training runs are co-sponsored by Fitness Sports and while Steve is usually there with his familiar truck and cups of water, he's looking for some assistance.

Providing water is pretty much as difficult as it sounds: be at certain points along the course with water (provided by Steve) and wait for runners to come by, showering you with accolades and sweat. If this sounds like something you'd like to try out, please contact Steve at steve@fitnesssports.com and he'll fill you in with the details.

The 7th Annual Bike to Work Week is May 9th through the 15th this year. Striders Board Member Todd Schemper is encouraging everyone to visit the Bike to Work Week website and to sign up as a member of the Capital Striders club.

So dust off that old Schwinn and saddle up for Bike to Work Week!

While it was a little cold, we had 465 finishers in this year's Loop the Lake held on April 4th. Marty Dalton of Stuart, IA took home first place with a time of 25:04.