Hoo-ah! We won!

Results were delayed until this morning, as the number crunchers carefully examined the really close entries. In the end, we won!!! It was a really fun week-long competition, and I'm really glad I did it. I'm taking my bike in this week to have new brake pads put on, and then I plan to be back on the bike.

The photo above is our bike team (resolution degraded, to protect the innocent). I'm the one on the far right, with all the hair. One of the things I think it's really great about this bike team is that we're all ages, all fitness levels. For the week, we had 36% of the staff ride their bikes. Pretty damn good!


And finally, here's another reason why riding your bike is good: (Warning to Heidi, I don't think you'll like this!)

I left my car parked in the driveway long enough for a cicada to crawl up on a tire and molt. It's difficult to take cicada pictures on a tire, plus I didn't think of doing so before I plucked him off. So here he is, on a branch on Max's train table.

Comments

[Anamaria]

Congratulations to all of you (and especially you)! Love the cicada "shell" -- the 17-year cicadas in Brood X emerged the year Milly was born; I'll never forget that noisy spring. They'll be back in time for her junior prom.

[Papa Sydney/Grandma Judy]

Congrats to the winning team!! Keep up the good riding---for exercise and fun!

[elise]

wowsy!

I've taken a little internet break and have missed wishing you a happy birthday and encouraging you on you bike to work week! I ran track and played basketball in high school, and I remember all too well the excruciating all over body pain of the first week of the season. gah! I don't think I could handle that now! I admire your determination!

I used to collect cicada shells when I was in kindergarten, but they kind of freak me out now.

[Bettsi]

Congratulations, Friend! Sorry to have been so long out of touch- now you're getting an avalanche of comments from me!