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Say 'Thanks' to the Earth This Weekend
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The 7th annual Devil Dash 5k is a scenic run through
historic Peotone, IL, and will take place on May 13th. The run, USATF Certified Course IL-14168-JW, will be hosted by the Peotone Band and Physical Education Departments as a joint fundraiser for these programs of Peotone High School.
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gn up by May 1 to guarantee your race shirt size at devildash.peotoneschools.org.
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 Chicago Offers Several Earth Day Celebrations
As endurance athletes, we tend to spend a lot of time enjoying the great outdoors our planet has provided for us. This Saturday is Earth Day, and there are several events around Chicago providing opportunities to help you help the earth.
Not racing this weekend? How about a hike? On Friday, Chicago's Friends of the Parks will host the sixth annual Lake Calumet Earth Day hike. The hike travels through Chicago's largest open space in the city, and is a rare opportunity to go behind the fence and experience the lake and nature. More details
here
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On Saturday, nearly 135 parks and forest preserves in the Chicagoland area will be cleaned up as a part of the FOTP's largest Clean-Up ever! See your options, and volunteer
here.
FOTP isn't the only one hosting clean-ups though; DNAinfo compiled a list of all the cleanups happening on the Northwest side this Saturday,
take your pick!
Whatever you do this weekend, make sure to take time and give back to the planet that's given you so much. (
Here's more options from the Chicago Tribune)
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 Navy Pier reflects on recent green initiatives ahead of Earth Day
A new ferris wheel, planned hotel, scenic lookout and expanded Chicago Shakespeare Theater aren't the only changes expected in the process of transforming the Windy City's popular Navy Pier attraction. In honor of this weekend's Earth Day - and planned "March for Science" mass protest - the Pier's leadership have announced a number of perhaps less noticeable but no less important sustainability improvements for the lakefront tourist destination.
As part of the multi-phase Centennial Vision master plan to reimagine the Pier as a contemporary, more efficient, and better-programmed
urban park space, these green initiatives include expanded park space, comprehensive conservation measures, improved storm water management, the use of recycled local materials,
and better bike and pedestrian access.
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 10 Underrated Hikes Near Chicago
For outdoors options, Chicago is spoiled by its remarkable stretch of lakefront trail, beaches, and parkland scattered across the city, which we naturally tend to flock to as often as possible.
However, for a real change of scenery, plenty of hiking opportunities abound just outside the city limits. Most of them are under-the-radar spots (no aimless tourists to weave through) and ideal settings to hit the trails on your next outdoor adventure.
Don't like having lazy rest-days? Plan a trip to one, or several of
these trails and get in some good cross training this summer!
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 Running Might be Kind of Contagious
If you're a
runner (or you've ever
tried to get into running) have you ever thought back on why you joined the sport in the first place? If you did it because your friends were already into it, you aren't alone.
A new study in
Nature Communications suggests that the act of running might be contagious among groups and between pairs of friends. While the sets of runners studied might not be representative of every jogger on the globe, the idea behind the research might help psychologists, epidemiologists, athletes, and wannabe athletes alike better understand what motivates or influences us to do a certain activity.
Over a span of nearly five years, the researchers collected data from an exercise company that tracks the daily running habits of its 1.1 million users. They also collected other information about these runners' habits, including their social network within the app and who they exchanged information about their running habits with.
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Local Colleges Compete in Bike2Campus Week
Throughout the week, riders will track their miles online, and campuses will have the opportunity to win in several categories, encouraging cycling as a healthy and environmental form of transportation.
The main award is Most Recorded Rides; the school that logs the most rides will win a trophy created by the School of Art Institute of Chicago. This award will be weighted against the overall population of the campus.
All current students, faculty and staff of the 12 universities are eligible to participate. The schools participating are City Colleges of Chicago, The University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Roosevelt University, Dominican University, Northwestern University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Triton College, Northeastern Illinois University and the School of the Art Institute Chicago.
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