Zionsville Bike Challenge returns May 16

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Zionsville Bike Challenge participants gather before the first group ride in 2016. (Submitted photo)

By Renee Larr

The Zionsville Bike Challenge has returned through June 26, giving families and individual bicyclists the opportunity to see how many minutes or miles they can log in six weeks. This year, organizers are encouraging new riders to participate.

“We really feel like we’ve refined the process for the challenge. We noticed our beginning riders are growing. It’s a system that is working, so this year the focus is trying to bring in new participants,” said Matt Dickey, Zionsville superintendent of Parks & Recreation.

Dickey is encouraging Zionsville residents to get more physical activity and said one way to do that is through biking.

“There are many studies saying physical fitness is lacking in the U.S. Most of us, myself included, don’t get enough daily exercise. Biking is a great low-impact workout, and there are different types of bikes for different fitness levels,” Dickey said.

He said getting started can lead to people using bikes to commute.

“If you get people started riding and they like it, then they can do a lot of different things,” he said. “We hope we can reach out to new riders or people who rode as a teen before they got a car. It’s a way to commute for work or fun for families.”

For added fun, participants can join either the Dow Agro Sciences Team, the Zionsville Community Team or Zionsville Triathlon Team, who sponsor the event. Last year, Mayor Tim Haak  participated.

“We hope he can participate again this year,” Dickey said.

The event is free. To sign up email [email protected].


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