Lathrop Rec offering virtual bicycle ride challenge

Zach Jones and the remainder of the employees the Lathrop Parks and Recreation Division have performed all the things of their energy to maintain the neighborhood up and lively throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

And now they wish to take residents on a motorcycle trip to Yosemite’s famed Half Dome – nearly, in fact.

Subsequent month town will start a 30-day bicycle problem for all residents to log 120 miles behind the handlebars – the approximate distance from Lathrop to the famed granite monolith.

By utilizing the Metropolis of Lathrop’s Problem Runner program that permits residents to chart their progress on well-liked health apps like Fitbit, Apple Well being, Google Match Cell, Samsung Well being, Strava, and Garmin, town will reward three individuals who full the problem with Metropolis of Lathrop seize luggage.

The occasion is scheduled to start on Sept. 14, and extra info could be discovered by registering at cityoflathrop.challengerunner.com.

The revolutionary strategy in the direction of offering neighborhood recreation is only a continuation of the work that Jones and his employees have been doing since March – making an attempt to provide you with methods to maintain individuals locally lively and engaged whereas on the identical time observing social distancing necessities.
Earlier this month the division hosted the Lathrop Yard Campout and inspired residents to spend the evening in tents on their property whereas sharing their images to social media apps in order that the neighborhood might have the sense that they had been celebrating collectively.

It’s the identical forward-thinking strategy that salvaged Nationwide Night time Out – which is usually one of many bigger neighborhood occasions yearly – by encouraging residents to put in writing inspirational messaged with sidewalk chalk and having metropolis officers together with representatives from police and hearth companies drive the streets and honor those that went above and past.

With Thrive Church and the New Lathrop Neighborhood Watch offering the chalk, dozens of households took benefit of the chance – respiratory new life into the occasion slightly than forcing a cancellation as a result of gatherings outdoors of the family are nonetheless largely discouraged.