Potato Creek State Park Race:
We had 99 racers at Potato Creek for the race on July 11th. NIMBA
thanks you for the support as all these proceeds go to maintenance of our
existing trails and new trail construction. It was a great day and we signed
up 10 new members!
Race # 3 in the NIMBA series is coming up on August 1st at
Imagination Glen. Please note that
this trail is located in the Central Time Zone and the race start time is
10:00 AM CST. That would be 11:00 in EST. Imagination Glen is a challenging
course about 10 miles long. Do names like "Roller Coaster" and "Basement"
spark interest? These are sections of the trail named for their features.
All participants will do 10 miles. All proceeds for this race go to our
sister club Outback Trail Organization to help them maintain their trails.
We are very happy to be partnering with them to help both organizations.
Hammer Nutrition. RoadID and The Trek Store will sponsor this race.
NIMBA is running a mountain bike time trial on August 14th in support of
the Michiana Fit for Life Games.
These games are geared for those over 50 years of age. For those of you who
qualify, check out the website at
www.michianafitforlifegames.org
There are tons of events, the entry fees are very reasonable, and the goal
is to get those over 50 active again. NIMBA is happy to be supporting this
event. If you are 50 or over, come to the mountain bike race. It will be a
short course, only 6 miles and beginner level. It would be great to give the
medals to NIMBA members! There are two categories, one for men and one for
women. Awards will given to the top finishers in each category. We could
always use some volunteers to help run the race if you cannot or don't want
to race, please contact me if you can help.
The new mountain bike trail at Bendix Woods
is under construction. Our first scheduled workday is this
Sunday, July 25th from 9-noon. Please come out and give us a hand. Russ and
Jason have been working hard to clear the trees from the trail so we can
start cutting the actual trail. Bring your shovel, rake, gloves and bug
spray. Also, be sure and bring your water bottle, it will be hot. Meet at
the front gate that morning at 9:00 and the gate fees will be waived. As
usual, we will have a cookout after the workday, if you can let me know you
are coming, I can be sure and get enough for all. Give me a call at the
number below or email me please.
We have moved the NIMBA tools out of the Potato Creek work shed near
the Nature Center. They are being stored at Bill and Deb Kulwicki's house.
They live about 2 miles from Potato Creek. We want to keep better control of
our tools, too many things can come up missing sharing the same shed at the
Park. We have made some significant investments in tools and want to be sure
they are secure and well maintained. Bill and Deb have offered to do that
for us. If you need some tools for maintenance, please contact Deb and Bill
at 574-287-0357, they will be sure you get them. A big thanks to Deb and
Bill for doing this, it is a lot of work keeping and maintaining these.
I hope you are having a great summer and I hope to see you soon on
the trails.
Kathy Serrat
President, NIMBA
574-234-2457 (evening)
574-850-1951 (cell)
