Thanks to Scott Chilberg for assisting with this post.
May
– Bike Month -- kicked off the 2012 Get Up and Ride National Bike
Challenge, a free nationwide competition that encourages biking as a
primary form of transportation and recreation. The Challenge, which runs
through August, gives individuals and teams the opportunity to log their miles
and compete for prizes. This is the Challenge’s debut year and the Bicycle
Alliance, always seeking ways to grow bike ridership, was excited to step up as
state representative.
“Not
all of our communities hold Bike to Work events,” stated Bicycle Alliance ED
Barbara Culp. “This is an opportunity for all Washington bike riders to
get involved with an organized event that tracks their miles and qualifies them
for prizes. For bicyclists who are signed up for local Bike to Work events,
this is an incentive to keep their bike momentum going throughout the summer.”
We
had 480 Washington bicyclists registered for the first month of the Challenge.
Bike riders from Port Angeles to Clarkston are biking to work, to the store and
for fun. Nationally, nearly 26,000
riders were signed up for the Challenge in May.
Each
month, riders’ miles will qualify them for prize drawings both nationally and
locally. Alchemy Goods of Seattle has
generously donated some of their products as prizes. Congratulations to Glen Buhlmann and Dave
Braun. They were the winners of our
local prize drawing for May.
The
Challenge runs through the end of August so it’s not too late to sign up. Go to nationalbikechallenge.org
to register.
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