Sporty nature lovers get ready for the areas first in a planned annual Outdoorsy Triathlon MKE, set for Saturday, Sept. 9 to benefit Milwaukee Parks Foundation.
The noncompetitive event will have you hiking, biking and kayaking from the North Shore to Walker’s Point.
The event is part of a 40-city 2023 Get Outside Tour.
The triathlon starts with a two-mile hike from Yellow Wood outdoors shop on Silver Spring Drive in Whitefish Bay to Wheel & Sprocket’s Fox Point location. Next, bike 10 miles along the Oak Leaf Trail to Milwaukee Kayak Company, before finally paddling the Milwaukee and Menomonee Rivers to end up in Walker’s Point at Broken Bat Brewing for the after-party.
“The Outdoorsy Triathlon is a great way to get people out in nature to experience our city from new perspectives while supporting one of our most valuable cultural assets – the Milwaukee County Parks,” said Yellow Wood owner Moshe Katz.
You can register now, but hurry because the event is limited to 100 participants. Click here for more information and to register.
“We’re thrilled to add Milwaukee to our loop and spotlight the incredible opportunities for outdoor engagement available in the Midwest,” said Get Outside Tour Event Project Manager Randy Propster.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
