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I first learned about Cincinnati Off-Road Alliance (CORA) about four years ago through my husband, an avid mountain biker and trail volunteer. At that time my experience on a bike could be summed up to training for a couple of triathlons and the occasional cruise around town on my road bike. My passion is running, specifically trail running at ultra distances, which is any distance longer than the standard 26.2 road run. Like many others, I considered CORA to be primarily a local mountain biking organization. While that perception is somewhat accurate and they do advocate for trails with mount...
Troy Warnken, Head Trail Steward
Springtime in Greater Cincinnati is a beautiful time. The flowers are blooming, trees are coming back to life, and the grass shines a verdant green deep into the evenings. These things urge us to be outdoors more, and we all head to the trails to shake out the cobwebs of winter.
But spring in the region also brings us lots of rain. And that means our trail stewards work overtime thinking about trail management and well, just managing the water!
As I have said many times before, managing water and the way it flows over, on, and around the trail tread is the larg...
Doug McClintock, CORA President
So, here we are.
It’s all changed, and we’re all going to have a new normal, whenever we get there. But I have had a lot of folx reach out and ask me about what the pandemic means for CORA and trails right now. I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about the organization and trails in general, as well as provide some best practices.
In early to mid-March, CORA suspended all group activities. This included group traildays, group rides, events, board meetings (we’re all now using Zoom, and there are some hilarious background images...), and yes, even the Trailbl...
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