Take the Lake 2011

The excitement is building for Pat Fatmucket! Once a lonely clam, the Fatmucket is the star of the show for our big ride May 12.

What a great way to celebrate Mother's Day weekend! Join us at Elizabeth Brinkley Park (see map) for the 8:30 a.m. start. Everyone will ride down to the end of Bella Coola Road. We'll turn around and ride all the waaaay around the lake to the dam, and then return to E.B. Park.

We have fun little surprises waiting for you at the end of each road, so put your happy-clam face on, and get yourself in gear for Pat!

With the goal of helping Columbus County residents improve their fitness year-round, the Take the Lake committee is offering a separate bike ride May 12 that may prove even more popular than the “Bike & Hike” on Labor Day weekend.

That would make for an exciting event, as more than 500 people rode around Lake Waccamaw last Labor Day weekend, “biking” on the paved roads, 

We installed mile markers on roads and no-wake poles around the lake last year; 15 on land and 14 on the water. 

Our participants find them helpful in completing their challenges, and people use them year-round to help track their walks, runs, cycles or paddles. The aerial photo at left shows where each pole is. Click on the image for a larger version.

For those people who think they could never complete one of the four Take the Lake Personal Endurance Challenges, we have one point to make; you are the reason we organize this event each year. We don't do this for marathoners, triathloners and Iron Men and women. We've designed the Walk / Run, Paddle, Bike & Hike and Swim PECs just for you, and here's a pretty inspirational story, just in time to get you training for Labor Day weekend!