Get Active in Chicago
Get Active in Chicago
When summer finally hits, Chicagoans love to get outside and engage in activity. Get your pulse racing with our pick of Windy City’s best sporty pursuits.
Fore! Perfect that swing with a round of golf at the superb Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, a public course and country club located in Palos Park, 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Single-day golf packages on one of their four championship greens start at $89; our pick is the snazzy Dubsdread, boasting 18 new greens with Sub-Air Systems, a risk-reward pond on Hole 7, and a 497-yd par 4 finishing hole perilously close to a pond, for that extra end-of-day thrill.
There’s no better way to take in the full glory of the Great Lake Michigan than from the breezy vantage of a bicycle. Whoosh along the two-wheel-friendly waterfront with Divvy Bikes. Download the app and simply locate a bike nearby – there are docking stations every few blocks across the city, plus several along the shoreline. DB’s sturdy rides come complete with adjustable seat, bell, basket and lights.
Sure, it involves more cheering from the sidelines than heart-pounding exercise, but a trip to Chicago without seeing the Cubs at Wrigley Field is like ordering a deep-dish without the cheese. The city’s beloved baseball team has acquired an especially godlike status since ending the longest-running drought in US sport – over a century – to win the World Series title in 2016. The season is well underway, having kicked off in March, but you’ve got until September to score tickets for games against local arch-rivals White Sox, the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants. Go Cubs go!
If all this sounds rather easy-breezy, why not brave The Peninsula’s own Bootcamp with a Former Navy SEAL? Spend an intensive hour doing various guided bodyweight callisthenics, then recover with a filling brunch, plus Q&A session for top tips on fitness going forward, all under the guidance of a Naval Special Warfare vet. Better yet, all proceeds go to the Navy SEAL Foundation, supporting retired officers and their families.
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club / 12294 Archer Ave / Lemont / +1 866 264 4455 / coghillgolf.com
Divvy Bikes / locations across town / divvybikes.com
Wrigley Field / 1060 W Addison St / +1 773 404 2827 or +1 800 843 2827 / chicago.cubs.mlb.com
Bootcamp with a Former Navy SEAL / book at least one month in advance / max 12 pax per session / peninsula.com