Slammin September for Local Cycling
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.
