RSS for Features section of the Competitor Socal Site http://www.windycitysports.com Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:10:07 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.windycitysports.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.windycitysports.com RSS for Features section of the Competitor Socal Site http://www.windycitysports.com/features/going-around-in-ovals.html The Northbrook Velodrome is one of the few places in the country to enjoy track racing. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:59:00 +0100 http://www.windycitysports.com/features/the-long-ride-to-nowhere.html What were you doing from May 4-12 this year? Aurora resident George Hood was in a YMCA atop a Spinning bike, endlessly pedaling, consuming 7,200 calories a day, fighting saddle sores, hallucinating about his own kidnapping—and trying to set the Guinness Word Record for the longest ride on a stationary bike. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:50:33 +0100 http://www.windycitysports.com/features/exploring-the-midwest.html Three great reasons to get out and explore the midwest this summer. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:20:46 +0100 http://www.windycitysports.com/features/overcoming-traffic-fears.html Five ways to help cyclists survive the Chicago roads. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:15:45 +0100 http://www.windycitysports.com/features/sticky-situation.html Chicagoan Patrick Nardi couldn’t figure out a good place to put his race number on his bike. So he invented one. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:09:08 +0100 http://www.windycitysports.com/features/from-the-editor-don%92t-let-speed-slow-you-down.html I talked to a former highly competitive runner the other day, who lamented the fact that he wasn’t fast anymore. He’s in his 50s, but he’s still out there doing races, even if he can’t approach the times he once did. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:06:28 +0100 http://www.windycitysports.com/features/wheel-time-in-china.html Tim Blumenthal is the current executive director of Bikes Belong and the former executive director of the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA). He has been a cycling announcer at the Olympics since 1984. We caught up with him before he headed to China for his seventh summer Olympics. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:41:48 +0100 http://www.windycitysports.com/features/journal-of-a-workout-procrastinator.html June 21. This is the summer I finally whip my body into optimal shape. My goal is to average running 40 miles per week and then celebrate my summer of discipline by entering either the Adirondack Marathon or the Boulder Backroads Marathon on September 21. I would start running today but I don’t want to miss this afternoon’s Rachel Ray Show. Rach is hatching up a special summer recipe for Sloppy Joes. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:37:56 +0100 http://www.windycitysports.com/features/how-should-you-be-paddling-this-summer.html A day of paddling is all it takes sometimes to be humbled by the environment we often take for granted. Paddling, a general term used for canoeing, kayaking, or rafting, is often defined by the type of water the sport is done on. You often hear of sea vs. white water kayaking, or flat vs. river canoeing. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:02:52 +0100 http://www.windycitysports.com/features/open-water-swimming-from-here-to-beijing.html This summer the newest sport in the Olympics will see 25 of the world’s best swimmers racing 10K around the flat-water Beijing Olympic rowing course. Photos: Pei Qingsheng Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:28:41 +0100