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Winter Orienterring

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Spend a December day outside! Winter Orienteering, in partnership with Orienteering of Cincinnati, will include a full range of courses for all ages and skill levels with instruction for beginners.Starts are open from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and the courses will close at 3:00 p.m.

Arctic Dash 6K Obstacle Course Race

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Are you tough enough? Join us for the Arctic Dash 6K Obstacle Course Race at YMCA Camp Kern! With 20+ challenges including military themed challenges, mud crawls, cable crossings, and more! This a great race for fun runners, beginners, and elite athletes alike, with multiple age categories for male and female runners. There are plenty of chances to win a cool prize!

100% of proceeds go towards sending kids in need to camp in 2023!

There will also be a new family wave at 11:30 am open to ages 7+

Advanced Running Project Pizza Run! November 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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Last Wednesday of Every Month!
Runners, wanna-be runners, walkers, strollers and mosey-alongers are invited to join us for a 4-Mile Run (or walk) with Advanced Running Project. Truly, all paces are welcomed, encouraged and celebrated. Advanced Running Project’s USA Track and Field certified coach Brandon Hough will be on hand to answer questions. You’ll find it fun and inspiring–and tasty.
Meet at The Dive at 6:00. After the run, everyone meets back at Beavercreek Pizza Dive where for only $7 you get,

MetroParks Ice Rink Opening Weekend

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Celebrate the start of the holiday season during the re-opening of the region’s largest outdoor ice rink! The MetroParks Ice Rink, Cafe and Comfort Tent will be open daily through February 26th, 2023. Admission is $7 per person and skate rentals are $3. Ages 3 and under skate free!
Thanks to the Five Rivers MetroParks Foundation’s Access to Nature Program, SNAP/EBT recipients may simply show their ID card and receive 50% off admission and skate rental. Special thanks to Warming Zone sponsor, Mechanical Systems of Dayton and additional rink sponsors Altafiber and Code Credit Union for their support of the MetroParks Ice Rink. Weather dependent.

Who’s Running The Miamisburg Turkey Trot?

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The course runs straight from the start for 1/4 mile before crossing over rail road tracks. Please be careful! We’ve been promised a closed track *but* if you hear whistles and clanging bells: STOP!

  • At 1/3 of a mile, the course turns 90 degrees right. Last year worked because people were courteous and careful so thank you! Please do just as you did last year. 🙂

  • At 1/2 mile the course turns left, this is where your hill begins. Yes, it gets bigger from here, although when asked last year most runners replied, “What Hill?”

  • This is where the fun starts, turn right onto Vanguard and continue up what passes for a hill in Miamisburg. The summit is the 1 mile mark!

  • You may now start your long, lazy descent for entire next mile.

  • At 2 miles, turn left onto Dixie Highway. PLEASE stay on the LEFT side of the road. This is the only section with two-way traffic and it’s only 300 feet, but it’s very crowded.

  • Go past the sewage treatment plant, because it would not be the Turkey Trot without a pass by the sewage treatment plant, and then continue to the far entrance (2nd) into Rice Field.

  • You are HALF WAY when you turn right into Rice Field. This is the only WATER STOP – but, there are Porta-Johns here too!

  • Continue into a lazy turn behind the ball fields. Here the course narrows and we have a TIMING MAT. Make sure you PASS OVER the mat, because if you do not, you will not have officially run the race.

  • Turn left back onto Dixie at the northern entrance next to the sewage treatment plant. PLEASE stay to your LEFT; this is the two-way section heading back.

  • You now have a straight shot all the way back to downtown. Make sure you stay right at the split in the road.

    • Back at the start-line, you will turn left and go a block further. Now make a quick right onto Water Street where you will see the finish banner!

    • You will have 1-milers on your left, so please stay right!

    • The FINISH is on Water Street – so make sure you throw up your hands and whoop as you cross the mat.

    • CONGRATULATIONS! You will have finished the 44th Annual ORRRC/City of Miamisburg Turkey Trot

Registration

  • There is NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION.

The Great Turkey Trek

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We need your help for this Thanksgiving adventure. Follow the clues along the routes and help us find the turkeys during an interactive walk or hike! There are two options for your quest, a one-mile paved/limestone walk or a 3.1-mile (5k) adventure hike. For either trek you complete, there will be a fun Thanksgiving-themed prize! Our sponsor for this event is Dayton Children’s Hospital who is generously providing t-shirts for participants of this event. T-shirts are only guaranteed for pre-registrations by October 31. All ages.

Attendees are encouraged to bring new, unopened, colorful socks for Shoes for the Shoeless. Athletic socks that fit children ages 5 and up are preferred.

This is a Tools to Trek program.

Registration is requested.

Forest Therapy Walk

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Forest therapy walks provide ways for you to reconnect with the natural world. This guided stroll with Dave Thaeler is an invitation to slow down, allowing you to take in nature’s gifts and discover how the forest and fields can support your well being. Participants are asked to arrive 10 minutes early. Also, please bring something to sit on that is also light enough to carry during the walk Weather Dependent.

Registration required

Full Moon Hike at Indian Mound Reserve

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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.

For more information call (937) 562-6440.

𝐎𝐟𝐟-𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠

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Want to learn more about using a map and compass, while having fun running around Sweet Arrow Reserve? Join us for this exciting orienteering event held by the Miami Valley Orienteering Club! Orienteering is called the “thinking sport” because of its use of maps, compasses and thought processes on how to best travel from one point on the map (called a control) to another. This skill can be used as competition or just good exercise to get you out in nature! This event is for beginners to advanced hikers. The club will give basic instructions to beginners.
Please wear sturdy hiking shoes/boots and dress for the weather as well as possible off-trail hiking. Start time is between 11:00 pm and 1:00 pm, with a two-hour time limit to complete the course. Event will be held rain or shine!
Contact the Miami Valley Orienteering Club at [email protected] for more information.

Blue Circle Run/Walk For Diabetes

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Join us in 2022 for lots of fun! This 5K/10K/walk benefits Diabetes Dayton. We invite you to support Diabetes Dayton with your registration and/or donation. The blue circle is the universal symbol for Diabetes and this race’s proceeds will benefit those affected by all types of Diabetes.

Mystery Night: Search for the Missing Pumpkins

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Put on your detective hat as you walk around the surrounding grounds of the Smith House at Bill Yeck Park. Farmer Joe loves growing pumpkins, but after a thick fog rolled through his farm, he noticed his pumpkins all went missing! Did animals get to the pumpkin patch? Did the wind blow them away? Or is there a thief that’s up to no good? Find the pumpkins by solving the mystery, and you will be rewarded with s’mores to roast at our campfire! All ages.

 

Monday, October 24
(Rain date: Thursday, October 27)
5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Bill Yeck Park, Smith House Entrance
2230 E. Centerville Station Rd.

Registration is requested.

https://cwpd.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=3007

Ghost’nGoblin 5k Run

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The Ohio River Road Runner’s Club (www.daytongng.org ) Dayton Ghost ‘n Goblin™ 5k has been a source of Halloween family fun for 37 years. The race typically draws 1200 area runners and walkers. It has provided a fun, safe, and enjoyable 5k road race for generations of families to enjoy. The race gives $500 to four high school cross country teams each year.

Blue Circle Run/Walk

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The Blue Circle Run
Join us in 2022 for lots of fun! This 5K/10K/walk benefits Diabetes Dayton. We invite you to support Diabetes Dayton with your registration and/or donation. The blue circle is the universal symbol for Diabetes and this race’s proceeds will benefit those affected by all types of Diabetes.

About Diabetes Dayton
Diabetes Dayton is an independent, non-profit agency serving the Dayton area since 1963. Our mission is to improve the quality of life with programs and services that address the prevention and management of diabetes. All monies raised for Diabetes Dayton stay in the local Greater Dayton community. Our programs and services include: free AADE-accredited diabetes education classes, diabetes supplies for the uninsured, Healthy Me! wellness series, diabetes screenings, presentations, resource referral, and a summer camp for children living with diabetes.

Boot Camp with The Unit-Community Fitness

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Join The Unit Mondays and Wednesdays from May thru October for an exciting boot camp workout that will take you through RiverScape in a whole new way. Whether you’re running the stairs, doing push ups near the reflecting pools, or stretching along the levee, this effective workout will keep you moving. Combined with the uplifting support of the community members that make up The Unit, this is a workout you will want to make part of your weekly routine. All fitness levels welcome and encouraged!

Cycle-Con Weekend

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The Cycle-Con Weekend includes four shows under one roof, with exhibits, demonstrations and lots of bikes, trikes and quads to test ride.

Manufacturers from around the world will exhibit all the new and exciting bikes, trikes, quads and tandems, and will have factory personnel on hand to answer questions. Over 100 demo bikes and trikes will be available to take a lap on our outdoor demo riding arena, and lots of informative, entertaining seminars and demonstrations are all part of the 2022 Cycle-Con Weekend.

Packet Pickup for the Tour de Gem will be Saturday at Cycle-Con.