Cyclists gather Feb. 26, 2011, on Main Street in El Centro for the start of Le Tour de Manure, a bike race that varies in distance. (Eric Miller) |
Residents better dust off their bicycles and pull on their riding britches because the city’s Le Tour de Manure is back and scheduled for Saturday.
Everybody is invited to come to Town Square on Main Street at 8 a.m., said Parks and Recreation coordinator Patricia Ureña.
The routes are the same as last year’s, she said.
For those who want to ride 15 miles, they would head east on Main Street before turning north onto the old Highway 111 until reaching the finance building and then ride back.
For those who feel like that’s not enough, there is the option of riding back after reaching Schartz Road south of Brawley.
“That’s 25 miles,” Ureña said.
And then there’s the 50-mile route, she said, which takes you to Brawley and back past agricultural fields and lots of cattle feedlots that give the tour its name.
The entry fee is $30 dollars and this includes a T-shirt, spaghetti lunch, fruit and water.
“This year we anticipate excellent weather,” Ureña said. She also encouraged “everyone to bring a helmet and a bike in good condition.”
Those driving cars should be aware that “lots of cyclists will be on the road,” she said.
The proceeds will go to the Imperial Valley Special Olympics, whose athletes are competing in the upcoming months in San Diego and Long Beach.
For more information and to register call 760-337-4555.
Staff Writer Alejandro Davila can be reached at 760-337-3445.
Everybody is invited to come to Town Square on Main Street at 8 a.m., said Parks and Recreation coordinator Patricia Ureña.
The routes are the same as last year’s, she said.
For those who want to ride 15 miles, they would head east on Main Street before turning north onto the old Highway 111 until reaching the finance building and then ride back.
For those who feel like that’s not enough, there is the option of riding back after reaching Schartz Road south of Brawley.
“That’s 25 miles,” Ureña said.
And then there’s the 50-mile route, she said, which takes you to Brawley and back past agricultural fields and lots of cattle feedlots that give the tour its name.
The entry fee is $30 dollars and this includes a T-shirt, spaghetti lunch, fruit and water.
“This year we anticipate excellent weather,” Ureña said. She also encouraged “everyone to bring a helmet and a bike in good condition.”
Those driving cars should be aware that “lots of cyclists will be on the road,” she said.
The proceeds will go to the Imperial Valley Special Olympics, whose athletes are competing in the upcoming months in San Diego and Long Beach.
For more information and to register call 760-337-4555.
Staff Writer Alejandro Davila can be reached at 760-337-3445.
