Your Health: Chicago's Urbanathlon is on for next month

Urbanathlon onGuys will be leaping tires and swinging from the monkey bars at this year's Men's Health Urbanathlon and Festival in Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 16. The nine-mile course is a one-of-a-kind obstacle course set against the backdrop of city landmarks. Organizers of the event from Men's Health magazine are revamping the course to include balancing on concrete barriers at Navy Pier, monkey bars at McCormick Place and a stair climb at Soldier Field."By increasing the number and intensity of various obstacles throughout the course, the Men's Health Urbanathlon challenges participants in a way that sets this event apart from other races," said Jack Essig, senior vice president/publisher of Men's Health. "It's one of the reasons why so many people participate year-after-year and also why we've decided to up the ante in 2010 - we want to give our competitors more of what they want. This year's event promises to be the most exciting and challenging one yet." For more information, visit MensHealthUrbanathlon.com.Play with prosKids can hang out with their sports heroes at the World Sport Chicago's Family Sports Fest on Saturday, Sept. 18, at Chicago's Midway Plaissance.Children from kindergarten to 12th grade can participate in skills clinics with players and alumni from the Chicago Bears, Bulls, Cubs, Fire, Red Stars, Sky and White Sox. Elite college athletes from Northwestern University, University of Chicago and DePaul University also will be available. The fest also includes demonstrations on more than 20 different sports, such as archery and bocce. The event is free. For more information, see worldsportchicago.org.