Bike to Work Week starts Monday!
Filed under: Transportation, Health
This coming week May 12 through 16 is Bike-to-Work Week with Friday the 16 being Bike-to-Work day. The event is sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists and has many events nationwide. The league has also provided a listing of 50 ways to enjoy the bike related festivities during May, national Bike Month. If you have organized an event in your local community as part of the celebration you can get it added to the official page of events.Biking to work is a great way to save money on gas as it approaches the $4 mark in many areas of the country. Biking to work has many other benefits including being environmentally friendly. The exercise gained from biking to and from work even a short distance is good for your body. The savings over time for being healthy and in good shape throughout your life is worth more than most people can tally up.
If I was more of a morning person or if I lived closer to work I would definitely take advantage of Bike-to-Work week. Unfortunately I live about 20 miles one way from work and I don't have the desire to get up early enough nor do I have the physical prowess to bike 20 miles and then put in a full day's work. If my employer provided a good shower facility I might attempt to bike every now and then, so long as I had a safety net to pick me up when I fell behind.
Do any readers bike to work? How far do you go? Does your employer provide areas to benefit bikers or incentives to bike?
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5-08-2008 @ 10:16PM
margaret said...
All last summer I took the bus to work, put my bike in the bus's bike rack and biked home. I intend to do that was long as the weather permits. Then I'll just take the bus. I got my exercise, got home from work and saved money on gas. It just makes sense to me. Gas will never get any cheaper unless we stop paying such high prices for it. I take my bike nearly everywhere. And I am 54 years old.
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5-09-2008 @ 8:45AM
Junk Carter said...
A few years ago I started biking to work in the summer, I enjoyed it so much that I kept riding through fall and into winter. When I finally stopped because of weather I found that I was cranky in the morning because of my missing bike ride. Now I ride year round, through the rain and snow. It feels great!
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5-09-2008 @ 6:16PM
Nbdy Imprtnt said...
I used to work about 20 miles from home. I rode in a few times but it was a tedious and unpleasant ride through potholes and heavy traffic. (Driving there wasn't very pleasant either, for the same reasons.) Two years ago, I changed jobs - in part, because the new job was less than 3 miles from home. I ride to/from work almost every day now, rain, snow or shine. (When the snow is too deep, I walk.) I'm a lot healthier now, and my attitude when I arrive at work is *so* much better than at my old job.
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5-09-2008 @ 6:17PM
Josh Smith said...
The commute next time I look for a job will be a much bigger factor, I hope I can bike way more often!
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