Hoosier Mountain Bike Association

Trek women’s advocate Kate Nolan has ridden Town Run for 20 years. “It’s very flowy. There are lots of short step-ups and -downs, and I love the drops,” she says. “It has plenty of terrain changes, from hilly and windy to dirt berms in the prairie.”

What the Brown County terrain lacks in contour, it makes up for with 82 miles of scenic, rolling trails, and a passionate Hoosier Mountain Bike Association whose members pedal hard to keep their neck of the woods at the front of the pack.

Founded in 1957, the 580-member Indianapolis Hiking Club organizes more than 2,000 hikes annually around the state and beyond (including a 2015 weeklong trip to the Rio Grande).