Dar es Salaam, July 11 -- A TOTAL of 60 riders, consisting of men, women and children have cycled from the City Centre to Arusha National Park, at the foot of Mount Meru, in preparation for the September Cycling race also to be held here.

According to the Arusha Cycling Association's Secretary General, Joel Senny, the cyclists covered 60 kilometers to the National Park as part of a cycling warming up ahead of the forthcoming grand race, coming up in September this year.

The race to be held from September 11th to 13th this year, will set history of being the longest cycling event this year with 360 kilometres to be covered in three days.

Dubbed 'Tanzania Heritage Tour,' the maiden larger-than-life cycling event is being organised by the...