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Locations for recreation
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Amber Long, fitness coordinator for KU Recreation Services, leads her yoga class in excercises Thursday morning at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center.
By Alaide Vilchis Ibarra avilchis@kansan.com
The University offers a number of affordable services to help students achieve fitness goals.
The Student Recreational Fitness Center is open from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m on weekends.
Lawrence offers other fitness venues for students besides the recreation center.
The Lawrence Arts Center offers ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, lyengar Yoga, yoga-lates and a muscle toning class for $60 per hour for a semester.
Jenny Roberts, personal trainer at the recreation center, said even with gym access, many students find it difficult to find motivation to work out.
Free personal training sessions are available to students by signing up in a designated date at the recreation center. The next sign up date is July 3rd.
Students also can pay $10 per session with a personal trainer.
If students are looking for group training, the recreational center offers group summer classes through KU Fit. A summer KU Fit pass costs $25.
KU Fit offers classes in yoga, pilates, zumba, and kick boxing.
This semester they added shorter classes to fit schedules better.
"In the industry classes have been becoming shorter and more niche based," Amber Long, Coordinator of Fitness at the recreation center said.
"So more people can get in maybe do only one portion of the workout in the aerobics studio and maybe go complete the rest of it in the treadmill or the weight room."
Some students participate in group classes for a more energizing work out.
"It's a different way of exercising without just being in the elliptical machine or the treadmill," Heather Wood, Wichita graduate student said.
Students can also exercise outside.
"I can't get into the rec center, so I try to do things like biking and running outside during the summer," said Theresa Rohlfs, Topeka senior.
Long said that students can find motivation by setting goals.
"I can't do that during the winter, so I have to take advantage of it."
"Finding a little run, maybe a little 5K and setting a goal to say I'm going to be able to run this 5K," Long said. "It gives you a reason to want to go out and exercise and do something. That is really helpful."
Ben Smith
LAWRENCE
By Joe Caponio jcaponic@kansan.com
Motorcycle enthusiasts who have an interest in the Civil War can fill their craving for the open road while taking in history during the third annual Border Raiders motorcycle ride, which kicks off June 23 at Free State High School.
Four Lawrence residents, Paul Corcoran, Jim Turner, Tim Timmons and Jim Baze created the ride, to incorporate various ideas into a unique experience.
"We wanted to do something that would tie in all the surrounding states as well as draw people in with the chance to see some history, "Corcoran said.
The ride will last eight days, covering 500 miles through four states. After beginning in Lawrence, the riders will head north to Nebraska and continue through Iowa and Missouri before ending back in Kansas.
During the past two years, the ride has generated money to help build children's playgrounds in small towns in northern Kansas.
Last year, the ride contributed more than $600 to the town of Hamburg, Iowa, which used the money to renovate a theater.
Riders pay a registration fee of
$245. The fee covers lodging and baggage transportation.
The route was planned so that riders could visit important sites from the early stages of the Civil War in the Midwest. Participants will ride through the areas once occupied by the Free State Jayhawkers, Quantrill's Raiders, the Border Ruffians and outlaws such as Jesse James.
Organizers expect more than 150 riders to participate.
Turner said tying the Civil War into the ride was an idea that evolved over time. After originally planning to follow the Lewis and Clark Trail, the organizers realized they were missing the most interesting part of the region.
"Once we got out there and toured the museums and sites,we decided that visiting places from the war would make for a more interesting ride," Turner said.
Another goal was to provide riders with a challenging route that would bring charitable opportunities to non-profit organizations in towns along the route.
"We didn't want it to seem like we were just blowing through, so we wanted to give back to some of those towns that are already struggling." Turner said.
Edited by Ben Smith