Date and time: April 1, 2012 @ 9:00 am

Location: Cox School, 143 Three Mile Course, Guilford CT

Registration: Register on-line via Active.com or via Mail-in Application

Race entries will be limited to 250. Depending on how many advance entries received, race day registrations may be limited. Please check the web site for details on registrations as they are received. The race will be sanctioned by the USA Track and Field Association.

The Race

The Bimblers Bash 10k is an entirely off-road loop within Westwoods, Guilford made up from a series of interconnecting single track hiking trails. You should expect to negotiate lots of rocks, roots and possibly get your feet wet, plus with two rock scrambles be prepared for an adventure! This is a true trail race and the technical nature of the terrain will mean that you will be exposed to the risk of injury. While every reasonable effort will be made to ensure your safety and enjoyment, all participants must be prepared to accept full responsibility for these risks.

The Bash course is rumored to be longer than the advertised distance, is this true? Maybe,  there are 10k’s and then there is the Bash!

A map and description of the course can be found here

For pictures from last year’s race, click here

Some of us are planning to gather at KC’s Pub to watch Part 1 which is scheduled to broadcast at 5:30 Sunday Dec 18th!
More details tomorrow -Lost is making certain he can show the video on the large screen… – Thanks Lost – please let us know the final details tomorrow here……. FUN!!

Get there a few min early and let it be known they will be closing at 6:45 for their Christmas party….. Come and join us at the pub for Part 1 of The Bluff 50K (ish)!!

Both Part 1 and 2 are on Vimeo at http://vimeo.com/33741787

More details will follow…..

Note: The credit for the videographers did not load in the movie – we shall get that corrected… credits are as follows
John (Spruce) Avitable
Brendan (Coffee Cakes) Krom
Brian (Ultra) Loose
Cathi (Iggy) Bosco

We are pleased to announce…

The Bluff 50K(ish) is scheduled to be broadcast next week on GCTV!
With so many great volunteers, runners, interviews, scenery, & more, it will be initially broadcast in 2 Parts!

Following the initial
broadcasts on GCTV, it will
all be viewable on line!

HERE  for the details and links!

First, I would like to thank everyone for their donations/support/good vibes to our coast to coast ride. The fundraising was a success and the ride was fantastic. I enjoyed almost all of it, much like an ultra, and I’m really happy and relieved to be done, also much like an ultra.

We have one final ride planned for the 27th of Aug on which date we will ride 40-ish miles from the UCONN Health Center here in Farmington to Hammonassett beach so we can dip our wheels in the Atlantic (or close enough) and fulfill our coast to coast requirement. We will leave here at noon and plan on arriving at Hammo at 3pm where there will be food and drinks provided. Everyone is welcome; those who want to ride can do so for any distance they’d like and those who would prefer something more stable than two wheels can join us at the beach. We hope it’ll be a nice afternoon of hanging out by the water so if you can make it, we’d love to have you.

As for the route, we haven’t nailed it down yet but once we do I’ll put it up here.

Thanks again for all the help you’ve given us

-ET

Below is the route ET and his cohorts took as they cycled across America to raise money for the charity Lea’s Foundation.

The position updates came from his SPOT satellite transmitter he and his companions worked their way east. You can also read the rider’s blog posts here

More information on the adventure and the foundation can be found here.

Dear “Forrest”,

In the last hour of the legislative session, the Senate of the CT General Assembly passed H.B. 6557 ensuring that Municipalities will be better protected against frivolous lawsuits stemming from outdoor activities on 150,000+ acres of recreational lands. The House had passed this bill on May 17th, and final approval by the Governor is eagerly anticipated.
This new Law accomplishes so much:
1) Municipalities (including municipal entities like water companies, sewer districts, special districts like the MDC, etc.) have been restored as landowners under the Recreational Land Use Act (this landowner status and associated protections were lost in 1996);
2) Municipalities should gain confidence both to keep existing municipal lands open for public recreation, and to acquire/open new recreational areas. In general, Municipalities will be protected against liability on recreational lands as long as:
a. The land is provided to the public free of charge; and
b. The municipal landowner is not guilty of “willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity”;
3) Due to the compromises necessary to get this legislation passed, the extra protection against liability for municipalities will not extend to “swimming pools, playing fields/courts, playgrounds, buildings with electrical service, or paved public through roads open to the public for four-wheeled private passenger motor vehicles”. Those areas will remain covered under the municipal liability laws that have been used for the last 15 years;
4) Bicycling is now specifically included as a “Recreational Purpose” covered under the Recreational Land Use Act; and
5) There are no changes to the strong existing protections available under the Recreational Land Use Act for private landowners (individuals, corporations, private utilities, land trusts, etc.).
This is an enormous step forward both for protecting and increasing recreational land use opportunities in Connecticut!
We thank the many partners (individuals, businesses, towns, and organizations) who have helped with this effort. Amongst many legislators who supported us on this fight, Representative David Baram deserves special mention for his great leadership and statesmanship throughout the session! Lastly, thanks to you for your interest in keeping access to municipal lands open.
We couldn’t have done it without you, and we hope you stay connected to our ongoing conservation and recreation efforts at CFPA. You’ve joined our email list, but you may not have joined our organization yet. Please join CFPA as a member and support our ongoing conservation work.
All the best,
Eric Hammerling
Executive Director