Tour de Putnam Cycling Festival Sunday
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The weather forecast looks great Sunday is the 11th Tour de Putnam Cycling Festival and my first time riding this great ride. The Putnam County Visitors Bureau has added some extras this year for the 800
to 1,000 participants. The “Taste of Putnam†raffle will give everyone who rides a chance to win a number of valuable prizes such as gift certificates to: Cathryn’s Tuscan Grill
Plumbush Inn
Hudson Valley Outfitters
Bikeway
Gift baskets from Highlands Baskets
Family 4 pack from Thunder Ridge Ski Area
Jewelry from De Kraft Designs
So far 400 have registered online, but that is closed no. But you can still ride the 15. 30, 50, 75, and 100 mile routes through historic Putnam County. You will receive a healthy lunch, t-shirt, and even free massage after your ride.
The routes will take you through beautiful country roads filled with history. You may ride along Peekskill Hollow Road where teenager Sybil Ludington passed during her 40-mile nighttime horseback ride to alert her father’s troops of battle in Danbury during our revolution. Along 9D the chains that helped protect the Hudson River were placed to prevent the British Navy moving North or South, we’ll at least until the British defeated at Fort Montgomery across the river. As you descend a fast and tricky Winston Lane you will pass through Continental Village where 2,000 to 3,000 troops camped throughout the war.
I’m looking forward to meeting many of you and snapping some photos along my planned 75 ride.
The signs alerting motorists to the event are up but remind your friends to give the cyclists a little extra room as they drive though Putnam.
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on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 1:37 PM by Randall Wolf. 
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Thanks for the update and this is my first 30 mile ride at 59 years young…thanks to Bikeway for bike tune-up and encouragement…see you Sunday…
I’ll be doing the 50 at 8, hoping to average about 17. What are other riders planning?
dave
Randall just finished my first 35.2 mile ride in 2 hours 57 minutes…this was a great test for a novice rider…the last hill on Peekskill Hollow Rd was a true test…great day for me and met some really nice people during lunch…I’m hooked…