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Recreational
This year, OISC will provide a recreational program, the K2 Fun-Fit Wednesday Social Skates. Registration for this program allows you to take advantage of our incredible member benefits (excluding the Eddy Matzger weekend).
The K2 Fun-Fit Wednesday Social Skates are all about fun, fitness & friends. This group’s focus is mostly recreational skating as a way to enjoy the outdoors and adopt a more active lifestyle. Come out and enjoy the Ottawa paths for a couple of hours of skating and then refuel with us at a local restaurant or pub.
Each Wednesday session starts at 6:15 pm with introductions and announcements, then we get ready to roll at 6:30 pm for 15-20 km of fun skating. Later this year we will introduce yoga with Andrea and Lisa at 5:45 before hitting the paths. Stay tuned for an announcement about when that will begin.
Each Wednesday the session will be held on a different path. See the K2 Fun-Fit Wednesday Social Skate Schedule below (directions to each location are given below the table).
For new skaters, the Club is offering basic skills workshops during NCC/Alcatel Sunday Bike Days on the Rockcliffe Parkway. These workshops, facilitated by instructors from the Club, are geared to new skaters that want to learn about skating safety, inline skating equipment, and try out basic technique including stride, turning and braking. These workshops are free to the public but registration is required as there is a maximum of 20 participants per session. Registration can be done at the OISC tent the day of the class.
Attendees of the basic skills workshop are encouraged to check out the inline skating instruction courses offered by The City of Ottawa. See the City of Ottawa site for more details.
K2 Fun-Fit Wednesday Social Skate Schedule
| Date | Location | Path |
Wed May 7 Wed Sep 03 |
Ottawa River Parc Moussette Rideau River Dow’s Lake Parc Mousette Ottawa River Lac Leamy Rideau River Dow’s Lake Aylmer Marina Ottawa River Parc Mousette Rideau River Dow’s Lake Aylmer Marina Ottawa River Parc Moussette Rideau River Dow’s Lake Aylmer Marina Ottawa River |
Ottawa Parkway Aylmer Path Rideau River Path Canal Paths Aylmer Path Ottawa Parkway Lac Leamy Path Rideau River Path Canal Paths Aylmer Path Ottawa Parkway Aylmer Path Rideau River Path Canal Paths Aylmer Path Ottawa Parkway Alymer Path Rideau River Path Canal Paths Aylmer Path Ottawa Parkway |
Directions to meeting points for Wednesday Social Skates (from OTTAWA):
Aylmer Marina, Aylmer Quebec
From downtown Gatineau, take Blvd Alexandre-Taché West, and this turns into Chemin d'Aylmer. At Wilfred Lavigne, it becomes Rue Principle and this ends at the Marina. From the West end of Ottawa, cross the Champlain Bridge and turn left on Chemin d'Aylmer.
Centre Asticou, Gatineau, Québec, 241, boul. de la Cité-des-Jeunes
Highway 5 , St-Raymond – Casino Exit
Turn left, continue until you see Cité-des-Jeunes at your right
Turn left at Centre Asticou and go to P8 on the far side of the loop.
Dow's Lake - meet at the Dow's Lake Pavillion
Lac Leamy, Gatineau, Québec
Highway 5 , St-Raymond – Casino Exit
Turn right on Boul. du Casino (don’t go to the Casino), turn left on Boul de la Carrière; turn right on Chemin du Lac Leamy as soon as you can (at the light). Pass the Reno Depot and park on the right side in the parking lot near the lake.
Lincoln Fields, Ottawa, Ontario
2525 Carling Ave, meet in the parking lot right of the entrance near Carling Ave. We will skate around to the Pinecrest Creek Pathway, down to the Experimental Farm Path and return.
Parc Moussette, Gatineau, Québec
361 CH LUCERNE, GATINEAU, QC J9A 1S3
From the west, take the Champlain Bridge, turn right on Ch. Lucerne and continue to the school and park in front of the school.
From the east, take Alexandre-Taché, turn left on rue Boudria. You will pass beside a school, keep going and park in front of that school.
Ottawa River, Ottawa, Ontario
There is a NCC parking lot right beside the Champlain Bridge accessible from Ottawa River parkway just east of Island Park Drive. If you are coming from the west, proceed through the lights at Island Park Drive and turn left at the access to the parking lot.
Rideau River, Ottawa, Ontario
We will meet at the parking lot opposite of McArthur Ave on North River Road (400 North River Road). From downtown, go east on Rideau Street; as soon as you cross the Cummings bridge over the Rideau River, turn right on North River Road. Continue for two blocks and turn right into the parking lot at McArthur Street. From the 417, take Vanier Parkway North and turn left at McArthur. Continue across North River Road into the parking lot. The parking is free during evenings and weekends.
