Participants can pedal, run or walk during the first annual, supported 14-mile Goodwin Trail Challenge on Oct. 8 in southeastern Connecticut.

Registration deadline is 5 p.m. Oct. 6 at https://www.ehlt.org/goodwin-trail-challenge.

Approximately 150 participants will cycle, run or hike the Richard H. Goodwin Trail, which stretches from East Haddam to East Lyme and goes through other wooded and preserved areas in Salem and Lyme.

The event, which is not a race, features the longest, most remote mountain bike course in the state.

The Goodwin Trail Challenge (TGTC) is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. with cyclists soon setting off first, then runners, and then hikers. Event monitors will sweep the course to ensure all participants finish by 5:30 p.m.

The fundraising event is sponsored by the nonprofit East Haddam Land Trust. People interested in volunteering to assist land trust members in overseeing the event should email: pete.govert@ehlt.org.

The course will feature rest & refreshment stops at Gungy Road along the trail, which is about 4.5 miles in, and Grassy Hill Road, 9 miles from the start. While snacks and water will be available at these places, participants are advised to carry their own refreshments and any needed items.