First Place - Bike & Walk to Work Week

Check it out - Allison and I made it into the Kohler Capsule.

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They prevented 1,478 pounds of harmful carbon emissions from entering the atmosphere.  There burned even more calories.  And while doing so, the New Product Development associates took the "Bike & Walk to Work Week" challenge to the next level. 

Anne Kitzmiller organized a friendly competition to help associates see both the environmental and physical benefits of biking and walking to work.  Five teams of seven associates each tracked their miles for the week.  The team with the most combined miles would win.

The competition spurred unfazed dedication, like that of associate Kevin Gannon.  He biked 20 miles from Belgium and even faced a rain shower to help the team bank those extra miles. 

In the end, "One Mile at a Time" - a thoughtful team name - finished first with more than 350 miles.  The team consisted of Steve Aykens, Ben Marotz, Joe Blake, Allison Blake, Jeremy Hinz, Mike King, and Jarrett Wiesolek. 

"The total results were pretty insane," said Kitzmiller.  Participants biked and walked a total of 1,586 miles, which is like traveling from Wisconsin to just 30 miles shy of the Pacific Ocean. 

And that was only for one week.  Many of the participants have decided to continue biking to work throughout the summer, improving their health, keeping carbon dioxide-emitting vehicles off the road and saving money on gas.

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Well, Allison and I haven't biked to work since the competition ended 3 weeks ago.  But we plan on doing it some more this summer.  During the competition, we were able to leave our car parked from Sunday to Sunday with little impact to our lives.