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Rochester Hills announced plans for surfacing their section of the Clinton River Trail on February 28, 2007.

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On Saturday, September 24th, the Friends of the Clinton River Trail hosted the 1st Annual Clinton River Trail Fall Classic and here’s a short rundown of how it went. There were 2 registration locations: onein Pontiac’s Beaudette Park and the other at the Onyx Ice Arena in Rochester. This was done to allow people to start close to their homes. The route was just over 28 miles round trip and included a lunch stop at Beaudette Park. With perfect weather for late September, we had a fabulous turnout of 114 riders participating in the event. About 20 riders started in Pontiac and the remainder registered in Rochester. The oldest rider was 81 (and made it an international event coming from Brights Grove in Ontario) and the youngest participant was just 5 and let his dad do the work by riding in a trailer (the youngest rider was 9).

Sixteen volunteers were involved in organizing the ride, doing the registration, manning the rest stop and serving lunch and it wouldn’t have been a success without their dedication and help. With a week before the ride we had just 30 participants signed up, but as stated above we ended up with well over 100 including more than 40 people registering the day of the event. The friends group was thrilled by the response and interest to this event. We also learned a lot about hosting the Fall Classic and how to improve things for next year. So we look forward to seeing you again next September as a participant or, if you’d like to help us, as a volunteer. For those of you that were not able to join us this year, come out and enjoy a fun day on the Clinton River Trail next September.

We would also like to thank our sponsors of the event: Rochester Bike Shop for donating the T-Shirts, American Cycle & Fitness for donating lunch, and the Onyx Ice Arena. In addition we’d like to thank the City of Pontiac, the Paint Creek Trailways Commission and the City of Rochester Hills for their assistance.

The event gave the participants the opportunity to ride the trail and see the progress that has been made over the last number of years. There is still work to be done and we appreciate your continuing support.

Best regards,
Mark Pompetzki
Friends of the Clinton River Trail

The 1st Annual Clinton River Trail Fall Classic Trail Ride is being organized for Saturday, September 24th starting in the morning. The purpose of the ride is to introduce and familiarize trail users to the entire 16 mile length of the CRT, end-to-end through Rochester, Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills, Pontiac & Sylvan Lake.

Trail familiarization will include trail access points, times/distances, connections to other trails like Macomb Orchard Trail, West Bloomfield Trail, and Paint Creek Trail, and popular destinations/attractions all along the trail. Trail walkers and joggers are encouraged to participate in the event too.

Please mark Saturday, September 24th on your calendar, and we hope you can join us.

CLICK HERE to download the event flyer and registration form.

This week's Michigan Cycling Podcast highlights the Clinton River Trail bridge opening. It includes all the live audio from the event. It's on-line
at http://www.michcycling.com/index.php?post_id=13233#

What's a Podcast? It's an audio file that you can download to your PC
or iPod and listen to.

Events Schedule
2005 Events that will be on, near, or related to the Clinton River Trail

· Bicycle Races at the Bloomer Park Velodrome: Friday nights starting June 24

· Clinton (River) Cleanup Day - Clinton River Watershed Council: Saturday Sept 17 see http://www.crwc.org/calendar/calendar.html

Also:

· Sylvan Lake Trail opening

· River Walk guided tour series - Clinton River Watershed Council: many dates & locations - see http://www.crwc.org/calendar/calendar.html

· Clinton River water quality educational workshops - Clinton River Watershed Council: many dates & locations - see http://www.crwc.org/calendar/calendar.html



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