Wisconsin’s Bike to Work Week – Goal for me and you!
Wisconsin’s Bike to Work Week is June 6th to June 12th
My Goal for Bike to Work Week
My goal for this week is to bike every day to work. I failed on national bike to work week, but this week (Wisconsin’s Bike to Work Week) I can redeem myself. Tomorrow I will start again and try to bike every day in a week. I have not done this (bike to work every day for a week) in a couple years. I am convinced all it will take is a little effort on my part.
I will also be running a bit this week and perhaps swimming. I have the Bellin Run, a 10-K, coming up this weekend and have to put in a couple more runs to prepare, and I also have to start training for a triathlon I want to do. If I complete that, I may try for a larger triathlon in the early fall.
OK, you don’t have to be training for an event to bike to work. If you live within two miles of work or school, bike it. It doesn’t take that much longer and you can sometimes park a bike much closer than you can park your car, which can actually make the commute shorter. Also, you don’t need an expensive bike to bike to work. I use a road bike I bought 20 years ago and one I bought 10 years ago when biking to work. My fiance uses a hybrid for her commute. She has a rack on the back of the bike and a pannier (a bag to carry stuff) that connects to the rack to carry things back and forth to work. I sometimes steal her bike when running to the grocery store as you can fit two gallon jugs of milk or juice plus other things packed with them. Because the pannier is connected to the rack it is very stable for carrying things.
She is going to try and bike as much as possible this week as well. No excuses!
My Goal/Challenge for you
Bike to work. Make a concerted effort to bike when you can this week. Start a habit that will change your way of thinking about short trips around town, and may help change our society. I’m serious. At least make an effort to bike to work one day this week. Don’t wait for bike to work day (Friday June 11th) because you may have an excuse that morning. Do it tomorrow, and then, if you can, do it again Friday.