Breathing room Sep 3, 2008
What to do: Morley Field Sports Complex gives locals a variable fitness buffet with an archery range, a disk golf course, a pool, a velodrome (bicycle track), and a fitness circuit with 18 exercise stations around a 2. 5-mile path surrounding the complex. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Lotus pond at a park by the sea Aug 1, 2008
In the vicinity are futsal and football fields, tennis and volleyball courts, a bicycle track and an aerobic stage. There are also camping sites for those who want to spend a night at the park. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
A track for cyclists? Jun 24, 2008
Plans for a bicycle track -- or velodrome -- have inched along in recent years with support from local organizers, including members of the Rock Hill Bicycle Club. The project got a shot in the arm recently with the endorsement of Hugh McColl, retired Bank of America chief and a bicycling enthusiast. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Hippie Apes Find Love in the Congo Apr 11, 2008
But we have traveled hundreds of miles in a rickety propeller plane to reach a grass strip in the heart of the Congo Basin, nursed a wrecked jeep down 100 miles (160 km) of bicycle track and hacked all morning through vines and thorns on the promise that the peaceniks of the animal kingdom would show us what they're about. So far, there's been some rustling in the trees, a few shrieks and the occasional shadow swinging through the canopy. (Time.com)
SAN FRANCISCO / IRS agent denies targeting athletes who used drugs But he... Apr 1, 2008
Testifying in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, IRS criminal investigator Jeff Novitzky parried a defense lawyer's skeptical questions about his motives for targeting onetime bicycle track racer Tammy Thomas, who is on trial for perjury and obstruction of justice. The government has called Thomas a "hard core" steroid user and has charged her with making false statements to a federal grand jury about her ties to an Illinois chemist who created the drugs at the heart of the BALCO steroid... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Cyclist's trial foreshadows Bonds' case Mar 25, 2008
Instead, starting today in federal court in San Francisco, a lesser-known American sports champion - Tammy Thomas, a onetime star of bicycle track racing - goes on trial, charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. Her case is of interest because it amounts to a dress rehearsal for the trial of Bonds, which may get under way later this year. (San Francisco Chronicle)
[From The Times-Picayune] Mar 16, 2008
Since then the track has been used for state bicycle track racing championships and regional competitions. The track is also used for roller skating. (Nola.com -- Sports)
My week: Rosie Boycott Dec 10, 2007
The four in question are an expansion of the Sustrans bicycle track, the creation of an urban park in the Black Country, a preservation scheme for Sherwood Forest and the construction of The Edge, a wonderfully ambitious scheme dreamed up by Tim Smit, founder of the Eden Project. Originally the project was under Tessa Jowell's wing when she was Culture Secretary. (Guardian Unlimited)
Answer expected for fate of Farmer City fairgrounds Oct 8, 2007
It currently houses two ball diamonds, soccer fields, two pavilions and a cross-country bicycle track. As for the fairground, if no agreement is reached, the fair association would be required to convert it to its original condition after the lease expires. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
'We'll go from Genesis to Revelation in nine holes' Sep 13, 2007
By Sept. 21, Koval plans to have a mini-BMX bicycle track ready to go for a special youth event that day, featuring Free Methodist churches from the Bay Area to Reno and from Oroville to Bakersfield. Koval, who has been the church's pastor for three years, has a youthful exuberance for what he is doing. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
SoCal Edison top taxpayer in Tulare Co. Sep 5, 2007
BMX BLEACHERS: The right field bleachers at Recreation Park will soon get a second life as seating for spectators at the BMX bicycle track at the new Sports Park in north Visalia. Because Recreation Park is being renovated, the stands must go. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Viroqua deli, sandwich shop Jul 18, 2007
Toad s Cove BMX bicycle track in Centerville, Wis. will have its grand opening Saturday. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Bringing back the glory of good old days Jun 25, 2007
It had extensive gardens, a bank, a stock brokerage, its own opera house, a swimming pavilion called a natatorium, and a double-decker pony and bicycle track. Its crowning glory was the genius of architect Harrison Albright, who solved the considerable problems of the dome by designing it like an umbrella: sturdy spokes radiating from a center hub, suspending a skin of relatively lightweight materials. (Chicago Tribune)
Innovation a key to success Jun 2, 2007
A separate jogging and bicycle track would make this area more effective and safer. In many instances, green areas are unfriendly spaces, either tucked away in a small little plot, or without benches or a shaded area to unwind in quite obviously an afterthought. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Motorcyclist dies after bike track crash May 6, 2007
He says the crash happened just after 9pm ACST on the bicycle track on the Southern Expressway adjacent to Narvik Avenue. "It was a bicycle track," he said ... "As to why he was riding on the bicycle track, that will be part of the investigation. "At some stage [police will] speak to the pillion passenger and they are appealing for witnesses to the collision. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Australia/Local)
Venezuela to host BMX event Apr 21, 2007
The event will be held on Misael Vilchiz bicycle track in the Luis Aparicio de Maracaibo sports center, according to the local daily Ultimas Noticias on Friday. The sport of bicycle cross will be presented for the first time in the , and riders could qualify through world standings, which boost the importance of the Venezuela event for riders to vie for points. (People's Daily Online, China)
Our Sean is a real life Robin HoodA RENEGADE gang let down by the law out to right wrongs and gaining notoriety as public folk heroes. Mar 1, 2007
Sheffield Today Features - Our Sean is a real life Robin Hood. But I'm also giving my fee to buy new trees for the project in Handsworth. (Sheffield Today, UK)
Park Wildfire Sparks Management Concerns Feb 23, 2007
Friday February 23, 2007. (Carsten Glaeser) A survey of the damage caused by a Feb. 11 wildfire in Flushing’s Kisssena Park. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Winter tourism drives economy Jan 3, 2007
The resort features mountain skiing, snowmobiles as well as 100-meter bicycle track. Tel: (024) 8977-8333. (Xinhuanet, China)
more » Sep 16, 2006
In other business, Alderman Cleve Treat proposed turning a pile of dirt adjacent to the ball park on Oak and Skillern into a bicycle track. There are other kids besides kids who like to play baseball, Treat said. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Copper thieves strike again at maintenance yard, school Aug 10, 2006
The increasingly common crime -- believed to be attractive to drug users because of copper's unusually high price as scrap metal -- already hit the Hellyer County Park bicycle track last month. Over the weekend, a school and a county maintenance yard were hit, too. (San Jose Mercury News)
