{"id":16617,"date":"2016-06-14T14:58:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T18:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=16617"},"modified":"2016-06-18T22:14:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T02:14:15","slug":"registration-for-rodale-corporate-challenge-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=16617","title":{"rendered":"Registration for Rodale Corporate Challenge now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TREXLERTOWN, Pa. \u2013 On Monday afternoon, Valley Preferred Cycling Center Executive Director Marty Nothstein announced the opening of team registration for the 17<sup>th<\/sup> annual Rodale Corporate Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Rodale Corporate Challenge is a yearly event that is part of VPCC\u2019s prestigious World Series of Bicycling. The event pits teams of Lehigh Valley businesses against one another in an Italian Pursuit under the bright Friday night lights in T-town. This year\u2019s event is slated for Friday, Aug. 12.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Rodale Corporate Challenge is always a great night,\u201d Nothstein said. \u201cIt is fun to see these folks train for weeks and see their hard work come to fruition. Additionally, it is one of our largest nights as far as attendance as friends, families, and co-workers want to come out and see what is entertaining racing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are professional races for men and women as well in the evening\u2019s program.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s event was won by Team Bicycling, who hoisted the Rodale Corporate Challenge trophy on the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Teams are comprised of six members, two of which must be women. All equipment and coaching is provided for every team. The fee for registration is $500 per team.<\/p>\n<p>Practices will be held twice per week for teams starting on July 23. The practices are taught by VPCC\u2019s Interim Community Programs Manager Chris Gill and Sallie Urffer, a USAC official and USAC licensed rider.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/thevelodrome.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">thevelodrome.com <\/a>or contact the VPCC offices for more information or to register.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#ttown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Trumbauer<br \/>\nPR\/Communications Assistant<br \/>\nValley Preferred Cycling Center<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2957,69,482],"tags":[1964,2838,2839,2012],"class_list":["post-16617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycling","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2","tag-marty-nothstein","tag-rodale-corporate-challenge","tag-valley-preferred","tag-valley-preferred-cycling-center"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CC2015_Image.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}