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The Great Miami River Smallmouth Bass Fishing Challenge

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The GREAT Smallmouth Bass Fishing Challenge is a catch-and-release tournament where anglers will utilize the I-Angler app to register and send in their catches.

The tournament is open to all ages and runs from June 15 – July 21 Registration is $30.

Prizes include gift cards, reels, rods, and more! 

Random Drawings for each Slot for 1st ($100), 2nd ($75) and 3rd ($50)*

“Recent records show that the largest smallmouth bass caught in the Great Miami River measured 24.3 inches,” said Barry Puskas, a Montgomery County resident and an avid fly fisherman. Donnie Knight, a biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, states that “Smallmouth bass are plentiful in the Great Miami River from June through August, so it’s a great time to encourage anglers to get out on the water.”

Thanks to a generous sponsorship from the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), we are able to offer FREE IGFA Digital Memberships* ($20 value per membership) for all registrants!

*Exclusive “Members Only” online access to: IGFA World Record database, Exclusive How-To & Historical Videos, World Record Game Fishes archives
*The monthly International Angler digital publication
*Members Only discounts on tackle, trips, charters and more from IGFA partners

 

BootyMix Fitness

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BootyMix is a mixture of booty-centric experiences that make you feel alive and give you the confidence to take back your life through community, movement, and music. You’ll leave class with a better sense of self worth and honor your body for what it can do. Your mind will be refreshed so you can walk out into the world with a new perspective and confidence to chase those big dreams

2024 Museum Mile

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The 2nd Annual Museum Mile is going to be fun for the whole family! 

Beginning at Memorial Park just outside the National Museum of the United States Air Force, this family-friendly one mile course winds throughout the grounds of the museum before finishing under the wing tips of historic aircraft at the Air Park.

Packet Pick Up | 6:30 – 7:45 AM
Open Race | 8 AM
Women’s/Men’s Elite Race |8:35 AM

* Elite athletes will be notified if they meet elite running time standard

 

RiverScape Cornhole Tournament

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If you have a competitive spirit, enjoy being outdoors and winning prizes, you won’t want to miss our monthly cornhole tournament! Grab your friends or co-workers and join us under the RiverScape pavilion on the first Tuesday of the month from June through October for some friendly cornhole competition! While our tournament is family-friendly, we recommend participants be 14 and older.

Registration will begin on-site at 6:30 PM, with the tournament beginning at 7 PM. Spots are first come, first serve. Additional giant lawn games will also be available to play. Admission is free!

The RiverScape Cafe will be open and now offers an expanded food and dessert menu. For those 21 and over, cocktails, wine and other beverages will also be available for purchase as part of the Downtown Dayton DORA. Weather dependent.

Dayton Beer 5k

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The Beer 5K & 1/4 mile Walk / Tasting is an event that celebrates everything local. Local running, local drinking, and local charities. This event will bring together area microbreweries and the running community to enjoy a fun, athletic event with a relaxing beer tasting after party. The event will be open to the public with options for athletes of all abilities and beer enthusiasts.​

It’s Time Again…No Need to Hide Your PRIDE!!

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LGBTQ+ PRIDE kicks off in the month of June as a way of saying, ‘We’re Here, We’re Queer….‘ you know the rest! The month-long celebration, which commemorates the Stonewall Riots, got its unofficial start on June 28th, 1969. On that day, protests began in New York City at the Stonewall Bar. The protests followed police raids in the night club, which subsequently kicked-off the gay-rights liberation movement.   From then until now, and from NYC to everywhere you can imagine, PRIDE has become a way of showing society the impact LBGTQ+ persons have had in the history of the world.

PRIDE has grown exponentially, and Dayton is seeing that growth in its celebration as well. The event, which starts Friday and runs through Sunday, ending with the annual Running with Pride 5K, looks to be the biggest ever. As of this writing there are anticipated to be over 100 vendors! Friday’s kick-off features ‘Affair on St. Clair‘ as the event has moved from Courthouse Square to St. Clair between 1st and 2nd Streets. This also gives people a chance to see the new LGBT Center!

Among the many changes that are being ushered in will be the Todd Crawford Beer Garden, which pays tribute to one of Dayton’s most beloved advocates and volunteers. Friday night will have all kinds of live entertainment, and back by popular demand, the philanthropic ladies themselves, The RubiGirls will close out the day with their newest show at 9pm.

Saturday will play host to the annual Pride Parade with its new route running from 2nd Street passing the Schuster and Victoria and then down 1st Street. The parade will end at the main stage on St. Clair. The parade ends where the party begins….which includes food, beer, vendors, singers, drag, dancers, and just about anything else you can think of!!

Bring the family and enjoy some time with Dayton’s Pride Festival. So much to see and do! And if you’ve been before, you know PRIDE in DAYTON is just another reason to be PROUD OF DAYTON!

For all the area PRIDE events and details for each, it’s as easy as clicking on

https://staging.dayton937.com/events/list?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=12230

 

2024 FAST LAPS #2

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2024 FAST LAPS #2 (so popular that we are doubling the price, 2 x $0 = $0, still free!) weather and course conditions permitting, 6:30pm Wednesday, 29 May 2024 at Troy Mountain Bike Area in Duke Park (Troy, Ohio).
Our dedicated TMBA crew has recommended we move to the 29th date due to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources invasive species mitigation (mostly invasive Honey Suckle and Pear, but we hope they get the poison ivy and thorns too!). The TMBA tread appears to be surviving but we will need to do some work between now and FAST LAPS #2 to have a viable course, stay tuned for TMBA maintanence opportunities. No rain date for FL #2 since we move to John Bryan in June for the 6hr course preview!
5:30pm check-in, number plate, and activity waiver verification at the TMBA picnic shelter.
6:30pm start.
New & Improved registration with fully digital Activity Waiver, www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=351876
You must List the date the activity is taking place (29 May 2024 or 5/29/2024 or however you write the date) to verify acceptance of the waiver. Complete waiver information and legible signature required to complete check in. Pre-register (it’s free and you get assigned a MVMBA number plate, and we won’t post DNS if you don’t show) to save time and relieve our check-in volunteers.
Note new & improved categories as well (we do listen to suggestions!), including Recreational (no podiums, no pressure!), and Prologue only (~1 mile or less, all beginner trail) for kids just figuring out how to ride a bike. Depending upon turnout, we may have Alpha (fastest overall) and Omega (enjoyed the longest ride time!) recognition.
See Facebook MVMBA page for updates.
Volunteers desperately needed for timing/number plate spotting/course marshalling – A great way to spectate and follow the riders progress! This series will not be continued without volunteers.
Also need help for check-in and setup/course sweeper/awards/cleanup (all can ride).
Volunteer signup (must open in browser, doesn’t seem to work within Facebook app), https://tinyurl.com/MVMBA-FL-2volunteers
Please post reply or contact [email protected] for further information or suggestions 🙂.
Registering multiple riders from the same webscorer account? If you wish to register another participant or edit a registration from your account:
1) Stay Signed in
2) Select the “Event Registration Page” button 2nd from the top on the right on the webscorer event page
or go to /www.webscorer.com/register?pid=1&raceid=351874
3) Select Start new registration or edit registration as appropriate…
Many of the blanks will autofill when you start typing (email, emergency contact, …)
Email [email protected] for suggested improvements or to volunteer.
Interested in more of these kinds of activities? Join MVMBA at www.mvmba.bike and get involved!
Interested in being a FAST LAPS series, venue, or MVMBA sponsor? Contact [email protected]

Zumba in the Park (and it’s FREE)

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Enjoy fun, effective and FREE outdoor workouts under the pavilion! Come out for a fast-paced Zumba workout with instructor Meghan Millat using dance moves to upbeat music. Remember to bring your own water bottle and towels.

Bike to Work Day Pancake Breakfast.

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Bike to work on May 17, 2024 and let us treat you to a delicious pancake breakfast at RiverScape MetroPark from 7 to 9 AM. Enjoy flying pancakes, live music, meet fellow cyclists, learn about community cycling resources and how you can be kinder to the environment by opting to bike to work.

You can save time and get to the pancakes sooner by pre-registering your ride. You will need to check-in when you arrive. The first 500 riders to check-in will receive a free gift. Pre-registration is not required and will be accepted on site.

Free Fitness Class with DCDC

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Get fit the DCDC way. You’ve seen the dancers, and their phenomenal displays of strength and endurance. Now you can benefit from the fitness training these artist/athletes receive. Based on Tabata, classes are suitable for all levels of experience, body type and facility. Classes are conducted by members of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
Photo credit: Andy Snow

Free BootyMix Fitness

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BootyMix is a mixture of booty-centric experiences that make you feel alive and give you the confidence to take back your life through community, movement, and music. You’ll leave class with a better sense of self worth and honor your body for what it can do. Your mind will be refreshed so you can walk out into the world with a new perspective and confidence to chase those big dreams

Immortal Tree Qigong w/ Monica

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Qigong is one of the five pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine and an ancient Taoist practice for feeling and moving the energy inside your body.  In fact, the word “Qigong” means “Master of Energy” or “the skill of working with energy”.  Immortal Tree Qigong classes will be guided movement meditations to help you connect to your own inner energy, to feel it, to move it, to explore it and to cherish it… and then to see your inner energy as a microcosm of the energy of Nature.  Each class will be taught as an in-body-ment of the season, weather, moon phase, and time of day with plenty of options for exploration so YOU can find your own unique connection to Nature and find Your Way (Tao) through this practice.

RiverScape Free festivals and Fitness Opportunities

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Five Rivers MetroParks kicks off festival season this May, along with free fitness opportunities and special events at RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E. Monument Ave. in downtown Dayton.

Special events this May include MetroParks’ Passport to MetroParks on Friday, May 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. This free, family-friendly festival is an opportunity to preview all the happenings in Five Rivers MetroParks this summer, from cultural festivals to MetroParks’ programs. Learn more at www.metroparks.org/passport.

On Friday, May 17, from 7 to 9 a.m., Five Rivers MetroParks will host its annual National Bike to Work Day Pancake Breakfast. Participants are encouraged to bike to this free, pancake-flipping breakfast featuring live music, a cycling expo and more. Learn more at www.metroparks.org/bikemonth.

 

MetroParks has free fitness offerings featuring high impact group workouts, mindfully-focused programs and dance fitness. Free fitness classes include Fitness in the Park’s yoga and Zumba classes, which are presented byKettering Health with additional sponsorship from McGohan Brabender.

May’s fitness schedule is:

Participants should remember to bring their own mat to yoga, in addition to a reusable water bottle to all fitness classes. Registration is not required. Check metroparks.org/programs for the entire fitness schedule.

Other happenings in May at RiverScape MetroPark include:

 

The Fountain Snack Bar will open Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, May 25 and offer snacks and cool treats, such as ice cream and cold drinks. Hours of operation are:

  • Noon to 6 p.m. – Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
  • Noon to 8 p.m. – Tuesdays through Saturdays

 

The RiverScape Café has a soft opening on Thursday, April 25 and will offer a new menu, including appetizers, flatbreads and desserts. Because RiverScape MetroPark is part of the DORA footprint, visitors can also enjoy a variety of beer, wine and hard seltzers. Hours through May 30 are Thursdays, from 5 to 8 p.m., with additional hours starting June 4.

Because RiverScape MetroPark is included in the Downtown Dayton Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area(DORA) footprint, people walking in the downtown area are welcome to visit the park with their beverages within the DORA boundary. Learn more about DORA and participating businesses – including RiverScape MetroPark – at www.downtowndayton.org/dora.

The interactive fountains and Five Rivers Fountain of Lights will operate from Memorial Day weekend, May 27, to Labor Day, Sept. 2. The Five Rivers Fountain of Lights operates for 10-minute intervals at the top of the hour during the weekdays from 6:55 a.m. to 10:05 p.m. and during weekends from 10:55 a.m. to 10:05 p.m. Splash in the interactive fountains daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. These features are weather dependent and may close due to inclement weather, including high winds. For a complete list of MetroParks’ closures, please visit metroparks.org/alerts.

Save the date for kayaking rentals provided by Taiters Kayak Solutions beginning June 4. Tuesday, June 4 also kicks off new Tuesday Nights in the Park, which feature a rotating selection of entertainment such as cornhole tournaments, live music and music Bingo.

Cat Yoga at SICSA

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Join SICSA for Cat Yoga on Saturday, April 27th. The class will take place from 11:00AM to 12:00PM and is open to yogis of all abilities! Throughout the class, some of SICSA’s adoptable cats will roam about the room, adding some extra fun and cuteness to the class. It’s a purrr-fect way to start your Saturday!

 

This class will be led by Maureen Warren. Maureen is a RYT 200 Yoga Teacher and has been practicing for over 20 years. She teaches weekly classes at Exhale Yoga Spa in Kettering, and at Sukha Inspired Yoga in Englewood. Maureen focuses on creating a calm and supportive atmosphere for students of all levels and is excited to combine her love of yoga with her love of SICSA!

 

*Please plan to bring your own yoga mat or blanket.

Full Moon Hike

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No registration required – FREE
Discover the magic of hiking at night when the full moon lights the way. Will you see glowing eyes? Hear the hoot of an owl? Join us to experience nature at night…
Well-behaved dogs are encouraged to attend with their owners. Water is encouraged.