Archive for the ‘Cycling’ Category

Mark your calendar now for October  2011 because that is when LEGOLAND Florida is set to debut in Winter Haven. The announcement was formally made just minutes ago at Cypress Gardens, the new home of LEGOLAND. All in all, Merlin Entertainments Group plans to invest $300 million in the park over the next few years, [...]

Going to jam at the criterium? You’ll need to stock up on gorp, and spend some serious saddle time to prepare. A lot of LSD racked up for training effect couldn’t hurt, and will help you to stay away from OTB (and away from the broom wagon); so you can take a flyer, bunny hop [...]

It is never too early to start planning to participate in the Polk Senior Games. The Games just released their registration information and participants can begin registering in January. More than 2,500 men and women, 50 and over, are expected to participate in 82 Olympic-style events including: Badminton, Basketball Shooting and 3 on 3, Billiards, [...]

Here is the most recent photoset from Lake Myrtle. These photos were taken December 13 as the baseball fields begin to take shape in preparation for Russ Matt Baseball Spring Training in February.

When the 2008 Florida Senior Games State Championships begin in Lee County and the City of Cape Coral this Saturday, with over 2,000 athletes competing during the nine-day event, Polk County will be represented by 143 individual athletes and two teams. The opening day of the 17th Annual Florida Senior Games State Championships, Saturday, December [...]

As promised, here is the first of many Lake Myrtle Sports Complex construction photos. We will keep you updated here regularly on the progress of construction at the site and show you the progression as this empty land turns into Polk County’s largest sports venue. I admit, there isn’t much to see here as it [...]

The golden shovels in the dirt today at the future site of the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex could only mean one thing: Groundbreaking! With about 100 people looking on, County Commissioners, officials from the City of Auburndale and Polk County Tourism & Sports Marketing officially broke ground to begin construction on the massive sports complex [...]

Here are some more great photos of the Florida State Criterium Championships that were held in downtown Lakeland last weekend. Dave Stedje, the organizer of the event, was very complimentary of the event and the venue.
We had over 375 riders for the State Championships and it just keeps growing every year. Everyone loves the venue and the [...]

As mentioned here Friday, the Florida Criterium Championships took place this weekend in downtown Lakeland. Josh at Empirical Polk has a post up and some great shots of the action. In fact, we should just call Josh our unofficial photographer because a lot of the photos you see on this blog were taken by him.
Enjoy.

Two events to check out this weekend for those of you who enjoy fitness and endurance sports.

YMCA Corporate Cup 5K- Saturday, May 17 @ 8:00 AM, Lake Hollingsworth
Check out teams of four from around Polk County competing to win the Corporate Cup.

Florida State Criterium Championships- Sunday, May 18 7:30 AM – about 4:00 PM, Downtown [...]