MapMyRide.com Partners with USA Cycling
MapMyRide.com (http://www.mapmyride.com/), the premier source for interactive mapping, community-based forums, and online tools and content for cyclists, is proud to announce its partnership with USA Cycling, a 65,000-member organization governing competitive cycling in the United States. MapMyRide.com is confident that USA Cycling members, clubs, and event promoters will benefit from its tools and services.
The main benefit of the partnership to USA Cycling members is that it can offer MapMyRide.com’s new premium membership services at the discounted rate of 10% off the standard membership price. “We feel that access to the premium membership tools from MapMyRide.com will be valuable to USA Cycling members’ training programs,” said Mercedes Hickey, Affinity and Sponsor Programs Manager at USA Cycling. “We plan to use the web, race packet handouts, and our newsletters to make sure that our members are aware of this great opportunity.”
MapMyRide.com premium memberships will include unlimited personal-use map printing, exportable training data, magazine subscriptions, premium member designation, gear discounts, free basic training plans, advanced training reports, MapMyPoints participation, and official MapMyRide.com gear discounts.
MapMyRide.com will offer value to USA Cycling in the partnership by allowing USA Cycling race directors the ability to utilize advanced features such as Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/) course flyovers for their event websites, advanced map printing, and race promotion on MapMyRide.com. USA Cycling affiliates will also be able to directly integrate MapMyRide.com mapping technologies into their own websites for visitors to use. Finally, MapMyRide.com will feature all USA Cycling events mapped at MapMyRide.com in its list of cycling events. This promotes the events to more than 1.7 million monthly site visitors and 500,000 registered members in the MapMyRide.com community.
“We are excited that USA Cycling has embraced the ideas behind our technology and are eager to take advantage of its benefits to help promote and raise awareness for cycling in the United States,” said Doug Ziewacz, VP of Business Development at MapMyRide.com. “USA Cycling’s endorsement is a great statement for the MapMyRide.com community and we look forward to a long and fruitful relationship.”
USA Cycling members interested in taking advantage of the 10% off discount on a MapMyRide.com premium membership should visit: http://www.mapmyride.com/cycling_expert?pc=usac
Source: MapMyRide.com
Paradise for Athletes in Dubai
Schletterer Wellness & Spa Design is Planning one of the Most Modern Medical Sports Spas of the World
In the futuristic landmark tower, “The Cube” the planning work with 3.000 sqm of Schletterer Wellness & Spa Design will be realized in the Sports City of Dubai. The opening will be in early 2010.
Holistic background
The design of the spa which harmonizes with the futuristic appearance of the building, offers guests “state of the art” features: an area for cardio, weight, kinesis training, as well as the hardware for sport scientific and sport motoric tests being located in the physiotherapy section. A specific high altitude training system could be adapted to the whole area. Guests can really relax in different pools, several steam-, hot- and treatment rooms, also enjoying the 4 Senses-Spa Zone. The newly designed Holistic Cocooning, a breathing rate regeneration treatment is a multifunctional therapy treatment relaxation at its best.
Holistic spa thinking including the medical wellness aspect is a real “must” when it comes to future projects in England
Increasing people’s awareness of healthy balanced nutrition, sports, mental balance, as well as the climate circumstances and of course the latest tourism trends needs to be considered and in certain cases created. “In the future, those spa concepts being planned for the UK will also focus on preventative health care. Medical examinations will soon be part of medical spas”, says Martyn Wood, Schletterer Wellness & Spa Design.
Source: Schletterer Wellness & Spa Design
Autograph Cards a Hit with Collectors
New Product Offers Fans Affordable Alternatives
The hobby of collecting autographs is increasing in popularity, but many people find that having the right tools are often a challenge to find. For a serious collector of a sport, it can be expensive to purchase memorabilia or collectables to be signed.
Enter The Autograph Card, produced by a company that specializes in blank signature cards for a variety of sports, including baseball, basketball, football, wrestling, hockey, soccer, boxing and golf.
The cards are designed so that the players can sign the cards in a designated spot. Each has a large area for obtaining the autograph of the player.
“We’ve been in the hobby of collecting autographs for over a decade,” said founder Rusty Miles. “However, during the past few years, we’ve found that the cost of getting collectable cards has risen and many fans are getting shut out of the fun. The autograph cards that we’ve designed allow people the advantage of purchasing blank cards for specific sports at a reasonable cost.”
The cards are sold in packages ranging from 25 cards per pack and are designed for the specific sports. The company also offers a multi-sport sample pack.
“We are expanding our product by offering a Universal Signature Card,” said Miles. “We realize that there are other opportunities such as various mediums like television and movies. It can be used for any type of celebrity autographs.”
The autograph cards can be purchased online at www.theautographcard.com. Information about the cards and company can be obtained by calling Rusty Miles at 410-598-6620.
Source: The Autograph Card