Bike Month Challenge Final Week: U of A Lead Slowed by Rain, Regaining Speed

May is Bike Month in Northwest Arkansas.

It’s the fourth and final week of the Bike Month challenge, and the U of A is barely holding on to first place!

Due to the rain, the U of A lost more than 1,200 points this past week, but now that the weather has cleared up a bit, challenge participants are back in the saddle and jostling for first.

Go Hogs!

The university needs your help to win this thing! With one more week left in the challenge, you can help the university reclaim the lead by participating the in the challenge, riding your bicycle and encouraging your friends and colleagues to do the same.  

About Bike Month

May is National Bike Month! A month-long, fun and free, community and workplace challenge designed to get people to ride their bikes!

Throughout May, there are weekly and overall challenges for participants to compete, win prizes and top the leaderboards.

U of A College Competition Heating Up: Engineering and Business Neck and Neck

As of the end of the third week of the Bike Month Challenge, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences is still leading the college competition with 38 participants, up 14 from last week. Battling for second place, the College of Engineering picked up 11 new participants, moved ahead of the Sam M. Walton College of Business late in the week and now leads by almost 100 miles!  All combined, the U of A community has logged almost 10,000 mile since the challenge started on May 1.

Jason Wright

THE BIG WINNERS LAST WEEK

• Jean Henry, professor of health, human performance and recreation in the College of Education and Health Professions
• Jason Wright, administrative analyst in the College of Engineering
• Julie Stenken, 21st Century Chair in Proteomics and professor of analytical chemistry in Fulbright College

The challenges are for all ages, abilities and styles of riding. Prizes include gift cards, gear, clothing, a bike computer, a kid trailer, a new bike and more! 

IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO ENTER OR WIN

To join the challenge, just register here, ride your bike and log your miles. Follow these simple steps: 

1. Register here.
2. Tell your friends and co-workers about Bike Month and invite them to participate.
3. Ride a bike anywhere, anytime during Bike Month, May 1-31. 
4. Log your miles.
5. Win some prizes (hopefully).
6. Stand by to see how the U of A compares to other organizations in the region and across the nation.

It's not all about who can ride the most miles, but about encouraging as many people as possible to ride for health, happiness and fun. Give it a go!

Want to know the best way to bike to campus, but don't know where to start? The Office for Sustainability can help! Follow this link, fill out the "Commuter Survey" at the bottom and the OFS will provide you a free, custom, door-to-door analysis from your home to campus. Additional resources and commuting tips are available on that page as well, and always feel free to reach out to us at sustain@uark.edu!