Annual Tour de Forks bike ride, walk set for Sept. 17


The annual Tour de Forks Louis Eberwein Bike Ride and Sharon Lambeth 5K Run/Walk will be held Sunday, Sept. 17, starting and finishing at Lincoln Drive Park. Registration is from noon to 1:30 p.m., with a starting time of 1:30 p.m. Cost for adults is $20, students $10 and family $50.

Participants have the option to choose from the following Tour de Forks courses: 5K walk/run, 10 mile bike ride, or five mile bike ride. Bike riders will have the opportunity to choose from a well-marked course. Support vehicles will be available for participants who experience difficulties. Rest and water stops will be available along each course.

Registration forms are available at Altru's Work Life Center, Grand Forks Family Medicine Residency and Student Health Center. All proceeds from this ride go to support the Grand Forks Breast Cancer Coalition. All participants will receive a commemorative T-shirt.

The event is sponsored by Altru and the American Medical Women’s Association at the School of Medicine.

-- Shaina Dockter, public relations, UND American Medical Women’s Association, shainadockter@yahoo.com.