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2nd Annual Brooksville Cycling Classic Official Event Guide
2nd Annual Brooksville Cycling Classic Press Release
2nd Annual Brooksville GET HEALTHY Cycling Classic:
Something for Everyone!
BROOKSVILLE, FL – October 2011 – The second annual Brooksville GET HEALTHY Cycling Classic will be held Saturday Oct 15 and Sunday October 16, celebrating health, wellness, and fitness for the entire family. This festival style event provides a unique opportunity for spectators to watch a wide range of bike racing from beginners to pros, while the whole family enjoys a fun-filled community sponsored weekend. And best of all, profits are donated to three local charities: Humane Society of Hernando County, The Arc Nature-Coast, and Operation HeartFELT.
This exciting event has something for everyone: competitive cyclists, enthusiasts, family and friends! Pro-cycling events include the exciting Cobblestone Criterium and a road race on the challenging hills of Hernando. In addition, GET HEALTHY has created a women-friendly race complete with special rewards sponsored by getZEN Healing Center, Emerita, and American Classic. More casual riders can participate in an Bob’s Red Mill Open Fundraising Ride, Liberty Street Kid’s Classic Race (sponsored by Nature’s Path and ABC Child Development Center), and the Tree of Life Fire Rescue/Police Hero Thank You Rally.
The excitement will kick into high gear for everyone in the GET HEALTHY ZONE where attendees can enjoy delicacies from Chef Audrey’s Fresh Market Fresh Café, learn about alternative holistic health practices, and visit our vendor partners supporting energy, endurance, weight-loss, and wellness. There will be a lot of valuable product information, free samples, prizes, coupons and more! To top it off on Saturday October 15th, the Brooksville Business Alliance will be holding their Market on Main, which includes arts & crafts, a car show and live music; and the Fall Art n’ Market Walk co-sponsored by the Brooksville City Hall Art Gallery.
Laura DeWitt, M.A. (co-owner of GET HEALTHY: Brooksville, Inverness, Spring Hill Natural Foods, and Inverness opening soon) helped to spearhead the event right from the beginning. As a seven-time All-American USA Triathlon and six-time Ironman finisher, she had participated in many racing events and knew she wanted this to be much more community focused and dynamic than what she’d seen. She writes about the intensive planning in her column on the GET HEALTHY website. Details range from choosing the best route for the criterium to making sure the portolets stayed fresh smelling, but it was the community’s willingness to get involved that made the biggest impact on her.
“The really neat thing was how excited all the members of the various City groups were to get behind this project. They all welcomed the chance to work together with us on a real community event, which would showcase the small town of Brooksville. They really wanted stuff to happen downtown, even if they had never seen a bike race before, it was a win-win.”
After a successful inaugural event last year with a tremendous attendance that raised thousands of dollars for three local charities, Laura says they are back with a vengeance for 2011 with a focus on women’s racing and an opening event that invites all amateur cyclists to come and ride the crit course and raise money for local charities. “Race with the best on the best course, knowing that we have all worked together to make it happen.” Says Laura. “Come with your family and enjoy our wonderful City of Brooksville.”
GET HEALTHY, a chain of vitamins & natural food stores including Brooksville Natural Foods, Inverness Natural Foods, and Spring Hill Natural Foods (plus a 4th location opening soon) is presenting this festival style event along with partnering sponsors including the City of Brooksville, the St. Petersburg Times, the Brooksville Business Alliance, Acupuncture Plus Massage, getZEN Healthy Center, FloridaVelo, FloridaCycling.com, natural product representatives, community businesses and local organizations. This project is made possible through funding provided by the Hernando County Tourist Development Council.
Register for the races online through Floridacycling.com (closes at midnight on Thursday, Oct 13), or by mail by sending your entry (USAC’s Athlete Release Form with Payment) to Topview Sports, LLC., 413 South Alderwood Street, Winter Springs, FL 32708. You can also register onsite the day of the event.
For more information, visit GET HEALTHY's website at www.getingethealthy.com, call GET HEALTHY: Brooksville Natural Foods at (352) 796-9798, or email brooksvillecyclingclassic@gmail.com
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Come see the fun at the GET HEALTHY "Empowering Women" Stage this Saturday (Oct 15th) from 10am until 2:30pm
Come join in the fun and applaud Brooksville's very own super talent!
Jayne's Dance Academy
9am & 1pm - GET HEALTHY Stage (in front of City Hall)
Presented by Jayne's Dance Academy
Thirty years ago Jayne Boufford Spradlin, Florida Dance Masters member and Brooksville performing arts icon, began teaching under the tutelage of Mrs. Audrey Winter. Now, with her daughter, Heather Spradlin, owner of Jayne's Dance Academy, Jayne continues sharing the love of dance with our community. JDA offers classes for every age, with recitals in December and June, and community performance throughout the year. Disciplines include pointe, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, acrobatics, musical theatre, and Zumba.
If you are interested in classes, please visit the studio at 414 East Liberty Street, our website at www.jaynesdanceacademy.com, or call 352.585.0441.
Nature Coast Tribal Belly Dance
10am - GET HEALTHY Stage (in front of City Hall)
Presented by Jaynellen
A colorful, eclectic and ethnic group of Tribal Belly Dancers collaborating under the direction of Artistic Director, Jaynellen: a recent transplant from Northern California. The mystique of their costumes rivals the dance itself; with collections of costume wear and dance steps from the East to the West Coast and the far corners of the Earth: Turkey, Morocco, Africa, Spain, India, Egypt and more.
Nature Coast Tribal performs regularly throughout Hernando County and the greater Tampa Bay area at local festivals, private parties, fund raising events, farmers markets and corporate functions. Classes are offered weekly in 5 locations throughout Hernando County.
Dance Fitness & Instruction Middle Eastern & Tribal Afro-Brazilian & Polynesian Line Dance & Trance Dance Burlesque & Fire World Dance Rhythms Workout
Step & Rap Session for Kids 10-18 years old
11am & 2pm - GET HEALTHY Stage (in front of City Hall)
Presented by: The Building a Foundation Through the Product of My Environment Program
The program mission is to give children a chance to have a platform to speak about what's going on with them and in their lives. That they are more then a product of their environment that they can change it one voice at a time. We will be giving children an outlet to speak as well as resources to help them in no matter what the problem may be. We will also be following the children all the way to graduation and be one...the children are our future and we have to take care of them...no matter what.
Reiko Brown theauthor313@yahoo.com 352-942-7840
Empowering Women of Brooksville
12 NOON - Inside City Hall - Council Chambers
Members of the Brooksville Women's Club, Yvonne Malone and Charlotte Hypes will be "Telling Life As It Really Was" at 12 noon in the Brooksville City Hall, Council Chambers which will depict what life was really like in Brooksville back in the day. On display will be scrapbooks of articles and photographs collected from over the years by members of the Club. Ms. Malone and Ms. Hypes have been long-time residents of Hernando County and the Brooksville area and have seen a lot of changes in our City and County occur. They look forward to sharing not only their life experiences but also the history of Historic Uptown Brooksville.
For more information about the weekend events please call GET HEALTHY (352) 796-9798 or
View our official event guide for the 2nd Annual Brooksville Cycling Classic
2nd Annual Brooksville Cycling Classic
We are inviting cycling and wellness enthusiasts to join our celebration at the 2nd Annual GET HEALTHY Brooksville Cycling Classic. This festival style event will be held on Saturday & Sunday, October 15 & 16, 2011 and is committed to celebrating health & fitness, offering exciting cycling events, highlighting new cycling locations to experience, plus discover great places to eat, shop, and stay. Plan to bring your friends and family... stay the weekend! Our event and area have so much to offer!
A multi-lap race held on a short-circuit course, Liberty Street, Brooksville start/finish)
A multi-lap race held on a longer road course – Neff Lake Road, Brooksville start/finish)
Bob's Red Mill OPEN Ride
GET HEALTHY Women Featured Events
GET HEALTHY Women has created a fantastic women-friendly racing opportunity for Pro 1-2-3 racers, cat 3-4 women, junior girls and women who love to ride and wish to experience the thrill of the race. >> See Event Flyer
Brooksville Nights - Market on Main
Saturday, October 15th from 10am-5pm
Looking for peak performance? 
Volunteers Needed for the Brooksville Cycling Classic
calling all women cyclists to a "women friendly" event
Calling all women cyclists! Bike Goddesses, Glorious Novices, Junior Dynamos, we want YOU!
GET HEALTHY has created a fantastic women-friendly racing opportunity for Pro 1-2-3 racers, cat 3-4 women, junior girls and women who love to ride and wish to experience the thrill of the race.
With great sponsors like getZEN Healing Center (and their holistic partner AcupuncturePlusMassage), Emerita, and American Classic we've created more rewards, better divisions, and we’ll be celebrating the 1st Annual Babe Badowski Pro 1-2-3 race (with a $350 purse both days) all part of the 2nd Annual Brooksville Cycling Classic Oct 15 & 16.
TO REGISTER visit FloridaCycling.com
FIND HOTELS IN THE BROOKSVILLE AREA
Special goodies bags "just for women" for all lady participants, too. Share our flyer and lets show 'em that women love to ride! http://db.tt/zy3LLms
