The Randy Nixon Memorial Metric, will be held on Saturday May 16th starting and ending at Alpha Ridge Park in Marriottsville. The ride will be followed by a potluck picnic under a club-rented shelter (club to supply burgers, dogs, buns, and utensils/napkins). We’ll have three routes:

• A 62.2 mile metric with 3800 ft of climbing

• A 31.6 mile half metric with 1800 feet of climbing and

• A 23 mile Lite (short) course with 1500 ft of climbing

We have a Ride With GPS route collection here: https://ridewithgps.com/collections/8584753

We’ll start the metric at 8 a.m.; the half metric at 9 a.m.; and the Lite version at 10 a.m. We’ll treat each route as a no-drop ride, with ride leaders stopping as needed to regroup.

The ride will also function as a fundraiser in Randy’s memory. We’ll take donations online via a secure platform (Zeffy) and split 100% of the proceeds equally between the American Cancer Society and American Heart Association (Note: Randy was in remission from cancer when he suffered a fatal heart attack). We picked Zeffy for its reputation and because it takes zero fees, so all money collected will go to the organizations. We have a $2,500 fundraising goal.

You can visit the donation page here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/randy-nixon-memorial-metric

Please RSVP to join us for this event at: https://forms.gle/4tT2TpFCvSRWJKbm7

On the form, you can indicate what you’ll bring for the potluck and check the status of what others are bringing. You also can volunteer for various tasks, such as ride lead or sweep, grill master, and clean-up crew. We’ll recruit people on a first-come, first-served basis if there are multiple volunteers for the same job.