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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 22-24, 2018 The Park Record Summit Challenge returns to Park City this weekend PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Cade Richmond gives a thumbs up after crossing the finish line of a previous Summit Challenge at the National Ability Center. This year’s challenge features 16-, 50-, 80-, and 100-mile courses, in addition to lunch, vendor booths, a DJ and more. Four-course ride provides routes long and short BEN RAMSEY The Park Record The National Ability Center is scheduled to host its 11th annual Summit Challenge bike ride on Saturday, when the organization expects about 800 cyclists to ride along four different courses of varying length, all of which start and end at the nonprofit’s headquarters in Quinn’s Junction. “It’s not a race per se,” said Tanya Boland, a spokesperson for the NAC. “It’s not like Tour of Utah where you are being clocked. This is really to go out, and everyone has a different goal in their own mind.” Boland said, for some people, that’s to complete the route that they are on, whether that’s the 16-mile, 50-mile, Please see Summit, B-4 BE A LOCAL HERO Volunteer for a local non-profit PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Cyclists participate in the 2016 Summit Challenge. The ride is free for adaptive athletes. Subscribe today! FR EE $50 Egyptian Theatre Gift Card Offer for new, in-county, print, two-year subscribers. Available while supplies last! While supplies last! Sign up for a new two-year, in Summit County, print subscription and receive a $50 Egyptian Theatre gift card! Please call The Park Record at 435-649-9014 and ask for our circulation department for more details. B-3 |