What: 10th Annual Meet in the Middle hosted by the Village of Mackinaw and State Representative Keith Sommer. This is a great opportunity to meet up with bicyclists from the Bloomington-Normal area. Refreshments will be provided by the Village of Mackinaw and Representative Sommer. Be sure to also thank Josh Schmidgal of the Village of Mackinaw and his staff.
When: Saturday September 24th.
Location: Mackinaw Veterans Park
Time: 10:30 am
Ride details from Peoria:
Updates for Meet in the Middle.
There will be a ride from Russell Cycle leaving at 9 am.
(Also, a section of the Rock Island Greenway Trail around Glen Avenue has been closed for installation of a water main. The section between Glen and Sherman’s Warehouse is now open. A short section north of Glen is still closed but the contractor plans to be done this week)
Ride from Connor and Company parking lot on Pioneer Parkway at 7:30 am. Ride the Rock Island Greenway Trail to Bushwacker to meet up with other riders. Leave Bushwacker at 7:45 riding the Trail to Fondulac Park District Administration Building. There is no ride leader at these locations.
Ride details from East Peoria: Meet at the Fondulac Park Dist. Administration Building by the caboose between 8:30 and 8:50. Leave at 8:50 am and ride the Trail to Morton’s Westwood Park. Randy Swenson will be the ride leader.
Ride details from Morton: Meet at Westwood Park between 9:20 and 9:40 am. Take time to snack on whatever you bring yourself. Leave at 9:40 am heading to Mackinaw. Randy Swenson will be the ride leader. This is a no drop ride.
Ride details from Washington: Meet at Russell’s bike shop. There will not be a ride leader from Washington. Leave in time to be in Mackinaw by around 10:30 to 10:45 am.
Round trip distances:
From Connor & Co. – 65 miles
From Bushwacker – 62 miles
From East Peoria – 41 miles
From Morton – 29 miles
Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38711640
