Today officially marks the start of summer. And this week in Clif Bar events doesn’t slack—we’re in Northern and Southern California, Chicago, Colorado, Washington and beyond. We’re even out at the Lilith Fair kick-off, and soon week we’ll have our very own Lilith coverage from our very own Shannon, who is covering the tour from city to city!

Friday, June 25

Sun River, OR - Pacific Crest Triathlon Weekend - Each year, during the last weekend in June, athletes, joined by their family and friends, converge on Central Oregon to take part in the Pacific Crest Sports Festival. The Pacific Crest is known as the jewel of multi-sport events in the Northwest and has become a destination race for athletes from across the nation as well as internationally.

The Pacific Crest Sports Festival includes the Long Course Triathlon, Endurance Duathlon, Marathon and Half Marathon, Olympic Distance Triathlon & Duathlon, 5K & 10K Run/Walks, and a Kid’s Splash Pedal-n-Dash Triathlon & 1-mile and 1/2-mile Dash. The Long Course Triathlon is the TRI NorthWest Long Course Tri Championship. The Marathon is a Boston Qualifier.

Saturday, June 26

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If you’ve been following us on Twitter, Facebook or right here on the Clif Blog, then you’ve surely seen some of our fun, wacky adventures of office life. Well, chalk this one up on the big board: The 1st Annual Clif Bar Iron Cupcake* Throwdown!

Eat your heart out, Bobby Flay. We’ve had more than a dozen Clif Bar & Company participants and a panel of Clif volunteer judges. After after the judging, we put the remainder of cupcakes up for donation to the rest of the company with all proceeds going toward the AIDS Walk San Francisco. Looks like we’ve raised over $400 in total.

The Throwdown featured two key ingredients. The first, lavender. And the second...ready for this? Bacon! Yes, bacon cupcakes. Balancing sweet and salty vaulted creativity to its finest.

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Episode 4 of CLIFCast is now live on iTunes, and available to stream below. In this episode, Race Day, Ricardo talks all about what to do on the day of a race. He explores what foods and drinks might be best for your half or full marathon, or other long distance race. What should you eat the night before a race, the morning of, or mere minutes before the starting gun goes off? Learn about eating and drinking on and off course, on and around your big day.

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Southern California peoples, head out to Pasadena this Saturday for the Pasadena Chalk Festival, a huge street painting event that you definitely don’t want to miss. Then pop over to Culver City on Sunday to join Clif Bar & Company at the SportEve 5K/10K Run. Both in the gorgeous So Cal summer sun.

Be sure to let us know what’s going on near you!

Saturday, June 19

Pasadena, CA - Pasadena Chalk Festival - The Pasadena Chalk Festival, the world’s largest street painting event, draws nearly 600 artists from across Southern California…and over 100,000 visitors. Arists will use 25,000 sticks of pastel chalk to create spectacular murals on pavement the size of two city blocks.

Sunday, June 20

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Colleen Cooke in Colorado (say that one five times fast!) played the role of Clif Bar & Company’s own Little Red Riding Hood a few weekends ago when she brought LUNA Bar out to support an all women’s cycling event, and by the sounds of things this wasn’t just your average girls’ day out for a ride. Colleen had me at chocolate fountain, but I think the rest of y’all out there should read on.

What do chocolate fountains, Wonder Woman, tutus, road rash, women, bikes and Little Red Riding Hood have in common? One crazy fun weekend!

You thought Little Red Riding Hood was a fun little story you read when you were younger, you say? Nope...it’s an all-women’s bike ride in Lewiston, Utah that attracts 3000+ women to saddle up for miles of fun, costumes, tasty treats and some serious girl time. This is a ride where costumes are the norm and full, and matchy-match kits are almost non-existent. Not to say this ride does not attract some serious riders though, because I am here to tell you that I met some amazing women from all fitness backgrounds who rode anywhere from the 16-mile course to the 100-mile course.

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