{"id":203,"date":"2016-02-07T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/2016\/02\/07\/tri-chapter-ultimate-trail-challenge\/"},"modified":"2016-02-07T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T16:10:00","slug":"tri-chapter-ultimate-trail-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/2016\/02\/07\/tri-chapter-ultimate-trail-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Tri-Chapter Ultimate Trail Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Clinton River Area Mountain Biking Association (CRAMBA), Motor City Mountain Biking Association (MCMBA), and the Potawatomi Mountain Biking Association (Poto MBA) are teaming up this year to present the 2016 Tri-Chapter Ultimate Trail Challenge. The challenge involves riding all 33 of three local IMBA chapter trails at least once during the 2016 season. The challenge officially begins on February 1, 2016. Rides will be loosely coordinated on the Facebook event, chapter Facebook groups, or other various locations. Join a ride that has been posted, or exercise your self-reliance and organize your own trail outing and invite others to join. Get creative and combine multiple trails for some excellent endurance training rides. Submit your challenge summary by November 13th (send your summary by email to: jenny_schultz@hotmail.com). The challenge summary can be a list of dates and trails you have ridden and recorded on Strava, for example. A template for tracking will be shared. Other means of documented challenge summaries will be considered at the discretion of the organizers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There will be a post season special commemorative award for only those that have completed the challenge \u2013 a unique long sleeved shirt designed specifically for the challenge!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To participate, you must register on the BikeReg event page (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikereg.com\/trichaptertrailchallenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.bikereg.com\/trichaptertrailchallenge<\/a>). Cost is $15.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please contact Jenny Schultz with any questions about the challenge at <a href=\"mailto:jenny_schultz@hotmail.com\">jenny_schultz@hotmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, please save the dates for the following local multi-trail events! They are great opportunities to check many trails off your list!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Milford Trail Challenge Bike Fest (MCMBA) \u2013 June 04, 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Triple Trail Challenge (Poto MBA) \u2013 September 17, 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Massive Fallout (CRAMBA) \u2013 October 1st, 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rules: You must be a current IMBA member (CRAMBA, MCMBA, or Poto MBA) to participate.<\/p>\n<p>13 CRAMBA trails include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Addison Oaks County Park (Leonard)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Bald Mountain Recreation Area (Lake Orion)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Bloomer Park (Rochester Hills)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Clinton River Park Trails (Sterling Heights)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Holly-Holdridge Mountain Bike Trail (Holly)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Orion Oaks County Park (Lake Orion)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Ortonville Recreation Area (Ortonville)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Pontiac Lake Recreation Area (Waterford)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">River Bends Park (Shelby Township)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Ruby Campground (Avoca)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Seven Lakes State Park (Holly)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Stony Creek Metropark (Shelby Township)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Stony Creek Trolley Trails (Shelby Township) &#8211; OPTIONAL<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>11 MCMBA trails include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Hickory Glen Park (Commerce Township)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Highland Recreation Area (Highland Township)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Hines Park (Plymouth Township)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Island Lake Recreation Area (Brighton)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Kensington to Proud Lake Connector (Milford Township)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Lakeshore Park (Novi)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Maybury State Park (Northville)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Milford Trail (Milford)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Munson Park (Monroe)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Proud Lake Recreation Area (Commerce Township)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Rouge Park (Detroit)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>9 Potawatomi trails include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Brighton (Brighton)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Grass Lake (Grass Lake)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Hewen\u2019s Creek (Ypsilanti)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Morton \u2013 Taylor (Canton)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Olson Park (Ann Arbor)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Potawatomi (Pinckney)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Rolling Hills (Ypsilanti)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Sharon Mills (Manchester)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\">Waterloo (Chelsea)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clinton River Area Mountain Biking Association (CRAMBA), Motor City Mountain Biking Association (MCMBA), and the Potawatomi Mountain Biking Association (Poto MBA) are teaming up this year to present the 2016 Tri-Chapter Ultimate Trail Challenge. 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