Melissa Kallett
It’s baaaaaack! For the 13th year, it’s time to accept the fitness challenge and participate in the “Tour de PebbleCreek,” a 3-week cycling event from July 1 through 24 that will take participants on a virtual ride along the French countryside. Designed to coincide with the Tour de France, participants are required to cycle a proportional amount of the actual miles logged by the riders in France. Tour de PebbleCreek participants will ride one mile for every 10 required in the Tour de France.
The Tour de PebbleCreek is broken into “stages” just like the Tour de France. Participants are expected to complete each stage of the race daily to stay in the Tour. Making up miles for lost time should be the exception not the rule—after all this is the Tour de Creek!
Miles may be completed on an actual bicycle or on a stationary/spinning bicycle. Participants have the entire day to accumulate the miles required for that particular stage. They need not be earned in one ride. Hence, if the “stage” requires 12 miles, participants can either cycle the full 12 miles at one time, or ride 5 miles in the morning, and the additional miles in the afternoon or evening. The key is to log the miles and to enjoy it!
A cross-training option is available for those unable, or unwilling, to cycle all those miles. Instead of peddling the requisite miles, walk one full hour in its place.
Participants enter the Tour de PebbleCreek by initiating a Cycling Log sheet in the Tour de PebbleCreek binder located in the Tuscany Falls or Eagle’s Nest Fitness Centers. Cyclists are on their honor—remember to try to do all your miles daily. Special recognition will be awarded to all participants who complete the Tour de PebbleCreek. Good Luck, enjoy, and remember to stay hydrated! It’s hot out there!