Save the Date: Loyola Medicine 5k Supporting Pediatric Care & Research
The Loyola Medicine 5K returns to Brookfield Zoo on Sunday, June 3.
The race kicks off at 8 am. Last year, the Loyola Medicine 5K brought together more than 2,500 children, parents and community members to support pediatric healthcare at Loyola.
- Certified 5K course through the Brookfield Zoo
- Chip Timed
- Custom Race Medals for Overall Male
- Overall Female and age groups 1st/2nd/3rd Place every 5 years starting at 14 & under through 70+
Race entry includes entry into the zoo for the entire day.
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Honor Ride Chicago
Help injured and healing Veterans, through cycling at the 5
th
Annual Honor Ride Chicago on Sunday, June 10.
Developed by Project Hero and sponsored by Evanston Subaru in Skokie and United Airlines, Honor Ride Chicago provides a life changing experience for our healing heroes.
Honor Ride Chicago gives the public the opportunity to ride with Veterans, enlisted military and hundreds of supporters on a fun non-competitive ride or 18, 36, or 50 miles along the North Shore.
8am start time. Prior to riding, there will be a brief opening ceremony featuring the Patriot Brass Band. Coffee and treats from the Corner Bakery Café and Sweety Pie’s Bakery. Every participant will also receive a free gift, valuable giveaways, and the opportunity to purchase a custom event jersey, where 100% of the proceeds go to Project HERO.
Your registration includes: 10 drawings for $100 Old Orchard gift cards, electronics, tablets, Cubs tickets, Northwestern Wildcat and Notre Dame football tickets, numerous restaurant gift cards, free hotel nights and B&Bs, gift cards, electronics gadgets and much more. Fully stocked rest stops and SAG support available in case of a flat tire or if you need a lift.
Following the ride, at Evanston Subaru in Skokie, you’ll receive a finishing medal, free lunch from Del Campo’s taco bar, and live entertainment, by the Humboldt Park Orchestra.
Please join Honor Ride Chicago for a memorable day saluting our military heroes. The June 10
th
event promises to be even bigger and better than before. Please register today!
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Blackhawk Country Roads Ride
This is one of the Midwest's most picturesque spring rides. The starting point, quiet Rockton, Illinois, on the scenic Rock River, is reachable from anywhere and offers plenty of parking at Hononegah High School.
Different routes for riders of all abilities (10, 30, 45, & 65 miles) follows low traffic roads through the rolling terrain of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. This ride has well-stocked rest stops with home-baked cookies and other snacks, indoor registration, restrooms, and post ride meal, SAG, an optional T-shirt and cap.
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Celebrate National Bike to Work Day Tomorrow
To commemorate the end of The League of American Bicyclists Annual Bike to Work Week, which is part of National Bike Month, Friday is the official Bike to Work Day. Whether your office is a mile or 10 away, The League wants everyone to get on their bikes to support a healthy lifestyle and environment.
Two local companies are helping The League celebrate Bike to Work Day. First, women’s activewear line Athleta is offering a
$10 gift card
to anyone who bikes to its Southport location on Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Also, Stan’s Donuts & Coffee is celebrating its own holiday, Free Coffee Day, in conjunction with Bike to Work Day. While all nine locations are handing out free cups of coffee, customers can also enter to
win a free bike
valued at $750
Can’t bike to work tomorrow? Don’t worry, Active Trans is hosting another Bike to Work Week June 21-29 with the
Bike Commuter Challenge
, which has tons of opportunities to win prizes.
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How to Prepare for Your First Century Ride
So you did it. You signed up for a century. It sounded easy. You’ve biked sixty miles training before, so what’s another 40? And 100 miles sounds like such an accomplishment (it is!) and there will be some awesome bragging rights that go with that. You will have to prepare, physically and mentally, to go the distance of a century.
Preparing your bike and body will help make this Century adventure a great experience. Maybe it will be your only one, or maybe it will be the first of many.
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Perks of Gravel Riding
Gravel riding and racing has grown immensely over the past few years; gone are its days as a weird-third cousin of road, gravel (or “groad”) is now a discipline unto itself. Predominantly a spring and early-summer sport, you can find events both near and far. The Chicago area has some great gravel events within one to two hours of the city. So why the recent uptick in gravel’s popularity? Accessibility.
Racing gravel makes you more aggressive and smarter, tactics-wise, for whatever your ‘home’ cycling discipline may be.
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Bank of America Chicago Marathon Training
Free Kick Off Run
Coach Mark Buciak invites runners and walkers of all abilities to this free event to start your marathon training off on the right foot.
Date:
Saturday, May 19
Location:
Oz Park
Time:
7:30 a.m.
Distance:
20 to 90 minutes, relaxed pace
Course:
Through Lincoln Park to the lakefront trail
RSVP to Mark by 5 p.m. Friday
All are welcome and will recieve:
- Free gear check
- Free street parking
- Free NUUN samples
- Free post-run massages
- Free post-run runner's breakfast
- Post-run core workout and stretching
- Post-Run Q & A with Coach Mark
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Rupp, Hasay Will Return to Run
the 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon announced Wednesday that defending champion and three-time Olympic medalist Galen Rupp and American marathon debut record-holder Jordan Hasay will compete for top honors at the 41st annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 7.
Last October, Rupp and Hasay became the first American duo to finish in the top three since Jerry Lawson and Kristy Johnston took home a pair of second-place finishes in 1996.
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