{"id":22541,"date":"2025-07-25T07:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22541\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T07:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:33:12","slug":"theres-a-community-cycling-event-for-ms-happening-in-duncan-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22541\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a community cycling event for MS happening in Duncan next month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you ready to cycle for a good cause next month?<\/p>\n

To raise awareness and funds for MS, a one-day cycling event will take place in Duncan on Saturday, August 9th.<\/p>\n

The race will start and end at Queen Margaret\u2019s School, with the long route tour starting at 10 a.m., and the short route tour beginning at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Prior, the grounds will officially open at 8 a.m., and there will be a pancake breakfast served at 8:30 a.m. for anyone looking for a bite before the race.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Starting at 12:30, there will be a beer garden open, followed by a lunch served from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Here is a map of the route:<\/p>\n

\"\"MS Bike Cowichan map (MS Bike)<\/p>\n

To register, participants must be at least 12-years-old, and those aged 12 to 16-years-old have to be accompanied by an adult.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Registration cost to race in August is $60.<\/p>\n

Each individual must fundraise a minimum of $500, cyclists that don\u2019t meet this goal will be unable to participate.<\/p>\n

As incentive, there will be fundraising milestone rewards for those pledging, as well as resources and support for those that are concerned with the minimum amount needed.<\/p>\n

Visit their website<\/a> to learn more about registration requirements and fees!<\/p>\n

MS Bike \u2013 Cowichan<\/a><\/p>\n

Where: The race starts and ends at Queen Margaret\u2019s School, 660 Brownsey Avenue, Duncan
\nWhen: Saturday, August 9th<\/p>\n

Grounds open at 8 a.m.
\nRace begins at 10 a.m.
\nEvent ends at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you ready to cycle for a good cause next month? To raise awareness and funds for MS,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-22541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}