Courage Ride, an annual charity bike ride benefiting the University of Iowa’s sarcoma cancer research program, has announced it will resume as both an in-person and virtual event. It also has added a second start/finish location at the Washington County Fairgrounds that will take riders along the Kewash Trail to Keota. The 17th Annual Courage Ride also will return to Big Grove Brewery and Taproom in Iowa City.
The Washington location will offer two routes along the Kewash Trail, a limestone surfaced trail along a former railway.
Big Grove will offer six routes that will continue to take riders through the scenic Amish countryside near Hills and Kalona and out as far as Washington and Keota, Iowa, for the longer routes. A 5-mile Family Fun ride to the Terry Trueblood Recreational Area is also being offered.
Courage Ride is following federal, state and local pandemic guidelines to ensure a safe ride experience in 2021. COVID measures are subject to change as regulations, restrictions and recommendations change heading into Aug. 14. event.