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  • June 4, 2014 at 1:14 pm #1003277
    Rod Smith
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    @Tim Kelley 87472 wrote:

    How about about two weekends from now? http://www.total200.com/

    Hmmm, that might be a lot of toilet paper. That stuff doesn’t grow on trees ya know. OK how about this deal? I’ll hand out toilet paper to All-Stars finishing Total200 if you get your coworkers at DS&MG to join our team.

    June 4, 2014 at 1:27 pm #1003280
    Tim Kelley
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    @Rod Smith 87475 wrote:

    Hmmm, that might be a lot of toilet paper. That stuff doesn’t grow on trees ya know. OK how about this deal? I’ll hand out toilet paper to All-Stars finishing Total200 if you get your coworkers at DS&MG to join our team.

    Just sent an email…

    June 4, 2014 at 3:39 pm #1003297
    cyclingfool
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    @vern 87442 wrote:

    Ha!…My birthday is Friday, too! My plan though, is a little different. I plan to eat a lot of cherry pie from momsapplepieco.com

    Happy birthday, fellow 6/6er!

    Don’t get me wrong… I plan to eat a lot, too, shortly after I get back from my 70 mile ride to Leesburg and back. Plus I feel like I’ve earned it. A nice dinner, AND my wife is making cheesecake! :P Yum! Oh, and I plan to eat when I take a break in Leesburg, too. Lots of cycling and lots of food. I’m getting so excited about my Friday!

    June 4, 2014 at 5:05 pm #1003313
    dasgeh
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    @cyclingfool 87496 wrote:

    Happy birthday, fellow 6/6er!

    Whatever, 6/5 is where it’s at. :-)

    June 4, 2014 at 5:12 pm #1003314
    cyclingfool
    Participant

    @dasgeh 87513 wrote:

    Whatever, 6/5 is where it’s at. :-)

    Well happy almost birthday to you, too, then! All the cool kids are Geminis! ;)

    June 5, 2014 at 5:19 pm #1003428
    Emm
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    My coworkers and I just finished the federal bike to work challenge, and they all wanted to keep tracking their rides. So now a bunch of them are joining the National Bike Challenge.

    For any HHS-ers out there, we started a workplace so we could find each other: https://nationalbikechallenge.org/workplace/6743. I’m guessing it’ll be mostly be ONCers since we’re tech geeks who like this kind of thing, but all other HHSers are welcome to join.

    June 5, 2014 at 5:58 pm #1003437
    consularrider
    Participant

    As a former HHSer, thanks. DOS did a B2WD event, but I never found their team (if they had one) for the federal and I’m the only one riding the BTA Commute Challenge.

    June 5, 2014 at 6:44 pm #1003445
    ShawnoftheDread
    Participant

    Perhaps you can convince the local riders to join the Washington Area All-Stars.

    Gainesville delenda est.

    June 5, 2014 at 7:18 pm #1003456
    PotomacCyclist
    Participant

    @dasgeh 87513 wrote:

    Whatever, 6/5 is where it’s at. :-)

    Happy Birthday, dasgeh! (Does that rhyme?)

    June 5, 2014 at 7:19 pm #1003457
    dasgeh
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    @PotomacCyclist 87668 wrote:

    Happy Birthday, dasgeh! (Does that rhyme?)

    Thanks and yes. :-)

    June 6, 2014 at 4:07 am #1003491
    PotomacCyclist
    Participant

    Posted on the NBC Facebook page:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V08n8liJiE

    It seems that this is the casual bike event that developed into the National Bike Challenge.

    “What is the history of the Challenge?

    In 2009, Kimberly-Clark Corporation created an internal bike challenge for its more than 50,000 employees. With the help of the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, the Challenge was successfully piloted in Wisconsin at the statewide level in 2011. The bike challenge, then called the Get Up & Ride National Bike Challenge, was open to the nation in 2012. It had more than 30,000 participants riding 12 million miles; 2014 will be the third year the Challenge is national in scope.”

    June 6, 2014 at 2:48 pm #1003508
    DCLiz
    Participant

    @PotomacCyclist 87706 wrote:

    With the help of the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, the Challenge was successfully piloted in Wisconsin at the statewide level in 2011.

    I guess that’s why Wisconsin is always the state leader. I really love the challenge. It definitely motivates me to ride more often than I would otherwise.

    June 6, 2014 at 3:43 pm #1003517
    dasgeh
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    @vern 87442 wrote:

    Ha!…My birthday is Friday, too! My plan though, is a little different. I plan to eat a lot of cherry pie from momsapplepieco.com

    @cyclingfool 87496 wrote:

    Happy birthday, fellow 6/6er!

    Happy birthday you two! I hope the roads are smooth and the drivers are off on vacation.

    June 6, 2014 at 4:20 pm #1003520
    vern
    Participant

    @dasgeh 87734 wrote:

    Happy birthday you two! I hope the roads are smooth and the drivers are off on vacation.

    Thanks, and happy birthday to you, too!

    June 6, 2014 at 5:20 pm #1003525
    cyclingfool
    Participant

    @dasgeh 87734 wrote:

    Happy birthday you two! I hope the roads are smooth and the drivers are off on vacation.

    Thanks! I’m writing this reply from Leesburg where I just downed a calzone and a bunch of Coca Cola. All refueled and ready to head back to Alexandria. 38.5 miles down, roughly the same to get home. It’s a great day so far!

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