Chart the Week Ahead
Raise the bar
August 28, Madras Motor Race Track
Enrol your family in Cyclofun, the upcoming cycling and obstacle course challenge, where they can ride for a cause. Organised by the Madras Esplanade Round Table 30 and Madras Esplanade Ladies Circle 100, it will be held at the Madras Motor Race Track, Irungattukottai. For anyone aged eight and above. On August 28, from 7 am onwards. Registrations at Rs 600 per head (cycling). Details: cyclofun.com
Raise the bar
August 28, Madras Motor Race Track
Enrol your family in Cyclofun, the upcoming cycling and obstacle course challenge, where they can ride for a cause. Organised by the Madras Esplanade Round Table 30 and Madras Esplanade Ladies Circle 100, it will be held at the Madras Motor Race Track, Irungattukottai. For anyone aged eight and above. On August 28, from 7 am onwards. Registrations at Rs 600 per head (cycling). Details: cyclofun.com
Run for a cause
August 21, IIT Madras
This Sunday, lace up and participate in the eighth edition of the annual Terry Fox Run for cancer research, organised by the Rotary Club of Madras East and IIT Madras. Over 15,000 participants are expected at the run named after Terrance Stanley Foxa��a Canadian athlete and cancer activist who completed a cross-Canada marathon, the a�?marathon of hopea��, with a prosthetic leg in 1980, to raise awareness about cancer. Donations from participants are welcome. On August 21, from 8 am onwards. Registration free.
Details: terryfoxrunchennai.in
Dine in style
Today, Express Avenue Mall
Namita Jain, Mumbai-based health and fitness expert, and CEO of Kishco (a cutlery andA� hotelware company), is launching the DVD of her film on dining etiquette. A social initiative to make learning table manners fun for children, the animated DVD is being given, free of cost, to schools across India. At 4 pm, at the E-Hotel Ballroom. By invite only. Details: 9960818558
Yoga ready
August 20-30, Marina Beach
Sign up for Zorba studioa��s 45-hour Surya Namaskar workshop, by USA-based Erica Kaufman. Her style of Lila yoga blends philosophical and devotional yoga, which includes asanas and pranayama. Rs 10,000 for 10 days. From 6-7 am at Marina Beach. Details: 9962677096
