Colorado’s 1st Women’s-Only Bike Ride

Venus de Miles Opens Registration

Venus de Miles, Colorado’s 1st Women’s-Only bike ride, announces registration and the launch of their web site www.venusdemiles.com. Venus de Miles is a celebration of women and community designed to empower women through cycling, the world’s most popular sports, and give back to community youth through Greenhouse Scholars.

COURSE
Venus de Miles will take place on Sunday, August 17, 2008, and has two length rides – 35- and 65-miles. Both courses start at Prospect Park/Prospect New Town in Longmont and wind through the rural towns of Longmont, Hygiene and Niwot, with the longer course continuing on to the scenic and quaint towns of Lyons and Jamestown. Event coordinators estimate that ~500 women that will participate in this inaugural year.

BENEFACTOR
All event proceeds will go to Greenhouse Scholars (GHS), a nonprofit organization that supports high-performing, under-resourced college-bound students with personal, academic, and professional support as well as a significant financial scholarship. This unique Whole Person© approach to providing scholarships is designed to help ensure that students succeed in college and become community leaders that make a difference. Venus de Miles has set a goal of raising at least $17,000 for GHS.

“At Greenhouse Scholars there’s an excitement to be the benefactor of the inaugural Venus de Miles,” says Andra Pool, COO of Greenhouse Scholars. “It’s an event that will bring us together to really make a difference. These Scholars and I are truly grateful for everyone organizing and participating in Venus de Miles”.

SPONSORS
The 2008 Venus de Miles is sponsored by BAD, Born Fit, El Dorado Natural Spring Water, LUNA Sport, Mix1, Niwot Cycles, Odwalla, Pridemark, Skirt Sports, StormLab,
Sullivan Photography, Tonic PR, Wheat Ridge Cyclery, and Zeal Optics.

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