Much like September, October is going to be a busy-fun month for cycling. Take a look…
October 1 – GBIM Day of Generosity Ride – starts at 8am (Trailhouse)
THIS IS A RESCHEDULE DATE FROM SEPT. 24
Great opportunity to ride your bike and raise awareness for missionaries who ride hundreds of miles per week into many remote locations to help people. 20 and 50 mile routes to choose from.
October 8 – Fat & Flat Hash Ride & Run hosted by Cerulean Restaurant – starts at 2pm
Round 2: Fat & Flat Hash Ride and Run hosted by our friends at Cerulean Restaurant, October 8 in the Beer Garden. One great day of riding and running to make room for homemade brats and craft brews, all to benefit our awesome hometown trails. Love what Cerulean is doing to partner with us and our community. Come out and show your support and enjoy the great food, brews and live music as a thank you! 10K course will be set up and participants can ride and run as much as they’d like. The Garden will start serving at 3pm. On-site registration starts at 1pm.
October 15 – KCV Annual Short Track TT & Poker Run – starts at 1pm (Winona Lake Trails)
Mmmmm. You can smell the BBQ already for the Annual KCV Mountain Bike Poker Run. We’ll carry on the KCV riding season’s year-end tradition with a Short Track Time Trial at 1:30pm and the Poker Run beginning at approximately 2:30pm. Join us for this totally chill, family-friendly, hang out event, that features a surprise course (that’s right, no one knows the course until they start) of no more than 3 miles, great food and time with friends to say thank you for a great year, that always ends up being one of the best memories of the riding season. Registration for the Short Track Time Trial will begin at 1pm. We will start in the little meadow next to the Greenway and the house back in the trails. Bring a dish to share or $10 donation, your favorite beverage (although we’ll have some Mad Brew on tap of course), your bike, your family and friends and your best poker face. Some great prizes will be awarded for the top poker hands.
October 22 – Nocturnal II: Military Edition – Ride.Run.Ridiculous Challenge – starts at 4pm
Three events. Two great causes. One tough day. Want a challenge that represents something? Willing to tough it out for someone else? Start during the day. End in the dark. Choose from a mountain bike race, a 5K evening Trail Run, or the Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge Race, or be a real Nocturnal Warrior and complete all three. Your true grit will not go unnoticed. Great food, bonfires and prizes await, plus a post-event parade with a purpose, giving you the chance to be a part of something amazing.
Whatever you choose, October is going to be another great month for cycling activities in our community. Enjoy!
The 2nd annual Cerulean 10K Hash Fat and Flat event will be held on October 8, 2011 at 2pm. This event is a celebration of our trails and our community, registration is now open at $15 and you can sign up inside Cerulean or in the Beer Garden. Day of registration starts at 1pm and will be $20. Included in your entry fee will include one beer and a food item of your choice. You will also receive a Mug Love wrist band so you can come and go all day to enjoy the several bands that will be playing throughout the afternoon.
All sales and entry fees from this event will go directly to the trails in order to keep them maintained for us all to enjoy.
Any question you can contact Cerulean at 574-269-1226 or better yet stop in and see them.
More details to come soon we hope to see you out there!
Happy September everyone! Looks like a few more HOT days and then end-of-summer temperatures will take over. Hopefully that means more riding for everyone.
And speaking of riding, we’re not short on opportunities this month, so grab your bike and get out and ride.
Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up this month…
September 2: First Friday Family Fun Ride – Meet at Trailhouse. Leave at approximately 6pm, following the future Greenway connector to Downtown Warsaw. Safe, casual pace. Grab the kids and join us for an evening at Warsaw’s First Friday.
September 3: Winona Lake Trail Maintenance – 9am – Meet at the the trailhead and help us get some basic projects taken care of in preparation for fall events. No experience needed. Please bring shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, trimmers if you can.
September 4: Quad Dam Road Ride – 7am – Meet at Trailhouse and leave from the Village at Winona heading south hitting 4 area dams and reservoirs on one of the longest-standing, annual rides we do. Choose from a 45 mile route, or go for the legend, the full Quad Dam 130 miler.
September 10: 2 Bourbon & Back Cystic Fibrosis Ride and Race – 2pm – Choose from either the casual road ride with lengths of 27/35/40 miles, or hop in the Cat 5/Citizens Team Time Trial. Great food and prizes await in return for your efforts at helping fight Cystic Fibrosis. For more details, or to register, check out 2BB website.
September 11: KCV Mountain Bike Time Trial #4 - 1:30pm – Our final, full-course mountain bike time trial of the year is a great way to gauge your fall fitness, and an opportunity to hit the trails before the 12 Hours of Winona. Register on-site at 12:30pm. First rider off at 1:30pm. 1 minute intervals. No fee, just a fun race to help gauge fitness. Donations to the trails are accepted and appreciated though.
September 17: Poverty Cycle Challenge | 12 Hours of Winona – One of our favorite events of the year, just got better. Now you can choose from 3 activities that day; the ERACE Hunger 5K Trail Run/Walk, the Pedal 2 Prevent Poverty Multi-Length Road Tour, and the 12 Hours of Winona Mountain Bike Race Against Hunger. Bring out the whole family for some fun, as we raise money for Fellowship Missions’ Project Refuge Homeless Shelter and 2nd Mile Missions’ Dominican Republic School. Check out Poverty Cycle Challenge for more details, or click on our 12 Hours of Winona page. Pre-register now and save at Truesport.
PRE-REGISTRATION REMINDER – CLOSES TONIGHT AT 11:59PM
WARSAW DOWNTOWN DAYS – DOWNTOWN CLASSIC ROAD CRIT – AUG. 6, 2011
OVER $4000 IN PURSE, PRIMES AND PRIZES!!!
You asked and we listened. Your best opportunity for reasonable entry fees and great payouts come when you register early and/or race multiple categories. Help us put on a great event by pre-registering.
The Racing for Riley Cycling Team, KCV Cycling Club and the City of Warsaw, proudly invite you to join us for the Annual Warsaw Downtown Days – Downtown Classic Road Crit this Saturday, August 6th.
Come enjoy a summer Saturday with some of the best bicycle racing in the area, on a fast 4 corner circuit in downtown Warsaw, Indiana.
The half-mile course loops through downtown Warsaw and around the historic courthouse district.
The race is part of the Annual Warsaw Downtown Days festival which brings out great community support, tons of activities for the whole family and extended hours and sales by downtown merchants and vendors, live music, good food and great brews.
Come early and don’t forget to bring the kids. Warsaw’s First Friday takes place the night before, kicking the weekend off with great sales from downtown merchants, a kids carnival, the Shriner’s parade and several fun games and booths.
Saturday’s racing kicks off with the Optimist’s Big Wheel Race presented by Penguin Point, followed by the free KCV Kids Race. Kids need to be able to ride without training wheels and must wear a helmet. Age groups are 4-6, 7-9, and 10–12.
Other festivities include live music all evening, a motorcycle show, pig roast and the Mad Anthony’s Start/Finish line Beer Garden.
Stick around in northern Indiana and head over to Woodburn on Sunday, for the Indiana State Road Race Championships presented by our friends at Men of Steel Racing.
You can sign up for both races online at Truesport.
Pre-register here for the Warsaw Downtown Classic Criterium online and save $10.
Race questions, call us at 574.267.6766
For More Information on the Warsaw Downtown Days Festival and First Friday, check out Warsaw WCDC or here for race specifics.
Looking forward to seeing you this weekend!
We’ve got some sweet new “Ride Winona” t-shirts over at Trailhouse.
Multiple styles and multiple colors to choose from. Both in men’s and women’s cuts.
Best part about these shirts… you get some sweet new gear to show your support of a favorite local trail and profits from your shirt purchase are donated to the Winona Lake trails.
A purchase with a supporting conscious – SWEET!
REMINDER:
Two Time Trials are scheduled this week…
Road Time Trial – Tuesday, July 12th, 6:30pm
Start at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church at 2943 E 400S, Warsaw, IN. Course is 9 miles in length. The same course that was used in this year’s Fat & Skinny Tire Fest Road Race Course. Riders can either meet at Pleasant Grove Church or ride out to the course for a warm-up from Trailhouse, leaving promptly at 6pm.
Mountain Bike Time Trial – Sunday, July 17th, 1:30pm
Registration begins at 12:30pm near the Winona Lake Trails Trailhead. First rider begins at 1:30pm. Riders will leave in 1 minute increments. We will use all sections of trail except “Patience” and “Black & Blue”.
KCV Cycling Club hosts a road and mountain bike time trial once a month between June and September. Take advantage of this great chance to work on your skills and fitness level.
There is no charge for the club time trials, although we appreciate any donations, as they will go right back to the trails and providing continuing opportunities like these.
They’re called the Race of Truth for a reason. Time Trials are a great way to gauge your fitness level and your improvements over time as it’s only you against the clock. Come on out and use these riding opportunities as a great way to set a mark of your fitness and begin to work on getting better and stronger throughout the year.
KCV Cycling Club hosts a road and mountain bike time trial once a month between June and September. Take advantage of this great chance to work on your skills and fitness level.
There is no charge for the club time trials, although we appreciate any donations, as they will go right back to the trails and providing continuing opportunities like these.
REMINDER:
Two Time Trials are scheduled this week…
Mountain Bike Time Trial – Sunday, June 12th, 1:30pm
Registration begins at 12:30pm near the Winona Lake Trails Trailhead. First rider begins at 1:30pm. Riders will leave in 1 minute increments. We will use all sections of trail except “Patience” and “Black & Blue”.
Road Time Trial – Tuesday, June 14th, 6:30pm
Start at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church at 2943 E 400S, Warsaw, IN. Course is 9 miles in length. The same course that was used in this year’s Fat & Skinny Tire Fest Road Race Course. Riders can either meet at Pleasant Grove Church or ride out to the course for a warm-up from Trailhouse, leaving promptly at 6pm.
