[Sun, Sept 18] Four Leaf Clover Ride

[kristen-cyr]

Team –

 

This year is the second annual Four Leaf Clover Ride and I am looking forward to participating both for the ride itself but also for the unique cause that the ride supports.    Registration is reasonable at $45 per person and monies raised go to the Nasson Community Bicycle Center for kids.  I was surprised and impressed to learn about the bike center last year and my daughter Annie has also since participated in their group rides for youth.  There are not many registrants for this ride yet in general but I am hoping that we can get a group of TRIDEXXers to participate to boost enrollments and to have a late-season group ride.  I should also mention that I particularly enjoy riding in this area of Maine, as there are some great rural routes with good climbing and lake views. 

Please respond to this Google thread if you decide to sign up and which course length you intend to tackle!

 

Thanks for helping me support my community

Kristen

 

About Nasson Community Bicycle Center:

The goal of the Nasson Community Bicycle Center is to impart life-long mechanical and life skills, improve access to educational, economic and recreational opportunities, and inspire a volunteer spirit in the youth of Sanford and Springvale.  We provide bikes for our youth through an earn-a-bike program. Our participants can repair or build their own bikes with help from staff and volunteers. The bike center also partners with the Sanford Schools and Sanford Parks and Recreation to offer youth group bike rides spring, summer and fall.

 

About the ride:

Four Leaf Clover Ride

Sunday, September 18 –  7 AM

$45

Nasson Community Center in Springvale, Maine.

 

Choose between 25, 50 or 100 mile courses using four unique 25-mile loops all starting from and ending at the Nasson Community Center in Springvale, Maine.

 

 

https://fourleafcloverride.wordpress.com/

[kristen-cyr]

Hello Everyone!  Just a friendly reminder that this ride is just around the corner.  Please consider giving it a whirl.

[Brian Swalla]

I am interested and would like to ride but may have a schedule conflict that day. 

Kristen, what length are you aiming for? 

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 10:04:42 AM UTC-4, kristen-cyr wrote:

[Sonya Wieburg]

I am very interested.  Can you choose a length and then change if you feel you have more or less energy?  

[kristen-cyr]

I officially signed up for the century but I am not intending to complete the whole thing.  This past weekend I previewed the third loop because I was trying to determine if I wanted to do 50 or 75 miles.  After previewing loop #3 I am definitely only going to do the first two loops (50 miles).  If I still have gas left in the tank after those 50 I will add on my own extra 25 mile loop (that is different from the course.)  I am riding this ride to have fun, not to meet any personal goals, so I am going to see how I feel after each loop and go from there.

Sonya - you can complete as many loops as you want.  In fact the race website specifically mentions that at all times you will be no more than 12.5 miles from the starting point so you can even start a loop and then turn back if you want.

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 10:04:42 AM UTC-4, kristen-cyr wrote:

[Sonya Wieburg]

I signed up for the 50 today. Really looking forward to it!

[Sonya Wieburg]

It's 6:15, and I'm at the Mason Center in Sanford waiting to start the Four Leaf Clover ride. It looks damp but everything is still a go.