Way to go Houghton and Keweenaw Counties! The National Bike Challenge has announced the NATIONWIDE winners for the entire challenge period (May 1 to September 30, 2015) and our local challenge BIKE! was the top local challenge in the nation! We logged 119,181 miles and surpassed our goal of 200 riders. In the nationwide “Workplace” category, the winners are: Small=DC Cargo; Medium= CROSS COUNTRY SPORTS; Large =Wheel and Sprocket; X- Large = Trek Bicycle Corp. Our CCS employees logged 12,937 miles and 26,497 points!
There were also Individual, Team, Community, and State “competitions”. The Cross Country Sports TEAM of 37 riders was 1st in Michigan, led by Chris Codere and Lorri Oikarinen who placed 2nd and 3rd locally. Way to go TEAM, and everyone who participated.
If you didn’t do it this year, Google the “National Bike Challenge” and think about getting into it next year– it’s fun and a great motivator!