Fitness challenge now includes mountain bike tour

For the first time in three years, the Mountain Bike Tour will be included as a component of the Sudbury Fitness Challenge.

The news was passed along earlier this week, courtesy of Walden Mountain Bike Club president Rob St. Marseille.

The Mountain Bike Tour, which includes races covering a kids' event, as well as distances of four km, eight km and 16 km, is set for Sunday, July 26 at the Naughton Ski/Bike Trails.

This timing will make the MBT the sixth stop in the seven event series, squeezed between the following:

Sofie Manarin Nickel Loppet
Took place on Feb. 8 at Laurentian University

Sudbury Rocks Marathon
May 10 - Tom Davies Square

Sudbury Canoe Marathon
June 21 - Sudbury Canoe Club

Ian McCloy Island Swim
July 19 - Lake Nepahwin (Laurentian Beach)

Beaton Classic
Aug. 9 - Moonlight Beach

Turkey Gobbler
Oct. 12 - Naughton Trails

The Mountain Bike Tour had been cancelled for the past two summers as members of the WMBC were kept busy for several months, organizing Canada Cup mountain bike races at the same venue.