I hate to say it, but I’m a sucker for a challenge. I can’t say no to a game of Scrabble. I can hardly say no to anything.  So, when I heard about the Bike Commuter Challenge, I knew it was going to be getting my exercise this month.

http://bikecommutechallenge.com/

It’s simple, who can get the most people to ride their bikes to work? Each day in the month of September, every team member logs their bike trips to work & home, the team with the most riders/miles/calories burned wins! Doesn’t get more fun than that. And lucky me, I now live a mere 6 miles from my workplace (before we moved I lived more like a quarter of a mile), just the perfect distance for a bike commute.

Now we’re almost to the end of September, and I’ve biked 60% of the day’s I’ve worked this month!!! Not to bad! Before the challenge, I hadn’t ridden once! And I do cheat, I take the bus for free in the morning, then ride 6 miles (mostly downhill) home (I would hate to arrive at work all stinky,  we do have a shower, but are lacking the curtain).

There are some crazy kamakatzi’s who’ve biked 100%, now I can’t feasibly do that, but I’m still having fun. And isn’t that what matters?

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