Chloe Forsting wins Bike Month Challenge as Team UofL pedaled 5351 miles!

Chloe Forsting - Grand Prize Winner 2023 Bike Month Challenge After four months of friendly competition, at the Bike Month Challenge finish line, it was Ekstrom Library Assistant, Chloe Forsting, who wore the yellow jersey for Team UofL! Throughout May 2023, Chloe not only racked up the highest number of bike trips (49), but finished second in the Bike Commuter challenge by pedaling for transportation 117 miles over 21 days, and they finished 14th out of 32 riders for total miles pedaled (132). To recognize their commitment to two wheeled transportation, Chloe won the Grand Prize, a $200 voucher to a local bike shop!

The UofL Sustainability Council and Get Healthy Now also wish to recognize some other Team UofL members who achieved great things in the saddle during Bike Month:

Taylor Smith pedaling the Big 4 Bridge

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Rachel Butler loves to ride!

IT Systems Manager for the Speed School of Engineering, Taylor Smith, finished, just like he started, by logging the most miles of any Team UofL rider, an astounding 650 miles over 21 trips!
Bolstered by her win in Cycle September 2022, Anthropology post-doc Rachel Butler posed a strong challenge throughout Bike Month and finished with both the second most number of trips (45) and the second most number of miles (509) pedaled by a current UofL rider! Rachel finished 7th among Bike Commuters, with 14 miles over 6 rides.
The top Bike Commuter for May was UofL's Assistant. to the Provost for Sustainability Initiatives, Justin Mog, who pedaled 333 miles for transportation over 28 days.

And everyone can be proud of Team UofL's collective impact during the Bike Month Challenge 2023:

Total miles pedaled: 5351 miles
Total miles of bike commuting: 753 miles
Total trips on bike: 445 trips
Total number of bike commute trips: 137 trips
Total carbon pollution kept out of the atmosphere: 484 pounds

Keep rolling all summer long and make plans to join us on two wheels again at the start of the fall for Cycle September 2023, your next chance to win a $200 bike shop voucher for riding with Team UofL in addition to national prizes!

Final Team UofL Standings:

Top Riders (Most trips)

Rank	Name	Miles	Trips
1^st	Chloe Forsting	132	49
2^nd	Rachel Butler	509	45
3^rd	Kamila Bujko	572	36
4^th	Whitney Theis	276	35
5^th	Justin Mog	352	29
6^th	Clinton Coulter	250	29
7^th	Jason Naylor	262	28
8^th	Jamie Lee Pennesi	321	23
9^th	Taylor Smith	650	21
10^th	DJ Biddle	469	17
11^th	Dan Delaney	85	16
12^th	Benne Holwerda	43	16
13^th	Tessa Withorn	32	15
14^th	Melissa Miller	140	13
15^th	Michael Taylor	267	11
16^th	Juan David Tabares	235	8
17^th	Tom Fougerousse	103	7
18^th	Dave Stirling	146	6
19^th	Katlyn McGraw	81	5
20^th	Mikus Abolins-Abols	76	5
21^st	John Vonhandorf	40	5
22^nd	Jason White	101	4
23^rd	Terry Schwartz	45	4
24^th	Siqi Wang	40	4
25^th	Nathan Dalton	31	4
26^th	Kenny Conrow	21	2
27^th	Emily Edwards	5.1	2
28^th	Paul Himes	4.9	2
29^th	Kendall Soule	29	1
30^th	Sonja Faul	16	1

Top Riders (Most Miles)

Rank	Name	Miles	Trips
1^st	Taylor Smith	650	21
2^nd	Kamila Bujko	572	36
3^rd	Rachel Butler	509	45
4^th	DJ Biddle	469	17
5^th	Justin Mog	352	29
6^th	Jamie Lee Pennesi	321	23
7^th	Whitney Theis	276	35
8^th	Michael Taylor	267	11
9^th	Jason Naylor	262	28
10^th	Clinton Coulter	250	29
11^th	Juan David Tabares	235	8
12^th	Dave Stirling	146	6
13^th	Melissa Miller	140	13
14^th	Chloe Forsting	132	49
15^th	Tom Fougerousse	103	7
16^th	Jason White	101	4
17^th	Dan Delaney	85	16
18^th	Katlyn McGraw	81	5
19^th	Mikus Abolins-Abols	76	5
20^th	Terry Schwartz	45	4
21^st	Benne Holwerda	43	16
22^nd	John Vonhandorf	40	5
23^rd	Siqi Wang	40	4
24^th	Tessa Withorn	32	15
25^th	Nathan Dalton	31	4
26^th	Kendall Soule	29	1
27^th	Kenny Conrow	21	2
28^th	Sonja Faul	16	1
29^th	Johnny Wise	12	1
30^th	Emily Edwards	5.1	2

Top Male Rider (Most Miles)

Rank	Name	Miles	Trips
1^st	Taylor Smith	650	21
2^nd	DJ Biddle	469	17
3^rd	Justin Mog	352	29
4^th	Michael Taylor	267	11
5^th	Jason Naylor	262	28
6^th	Clinton Coulter	250	29
7^th	Juan David Tabares	235	8
8^th	Dave Stirling	146	6
9^th	Tom Fougerousse	103	7
10^th	Jason White	101	4
11^th	Dan Delaney	85	16
12^th	Mikus Abolins-Abols	76	5
13^th	Terry Schwartz	45	4
14^th	Benne Holwerda	43	16
15^th	John Vonhandorf	40	5
16^th	Nathan Dalton	31	4
17^th	Johnny Wise	12	1
18^th	Paul Himes	4.9	2
19^th	Aaron Vowels	4.5	1

Top Female Rider (Most Miles)

Rank	Name	Miles	Trips
1^st	Kamila Bujko	572	36
2^nd	Rachel Butler	509	45
3^rd	Jamie Lee Pennesi	321	23
4^th	Whitney Theis	276	35
5^th	Melissa Miller	140	13
6^th	Katlyn McGraw	81	5
7^th	Siqi Wang	40	4
8^th	Tessa Withorn	32	15
9^th	Kendall Soule	29	1
10^th	Sonja Faul	16	1
11^th	Emily Edwards	5.1	2

Top Non-Binary Riders

Rank	Name	Miles	Trips
1^st	Chloe Forsting	132	49

Top Commuters (Most days riding to work)

Rank	Name	Miles	Days
1^st	Justin Mog	333	28
2^nd	Chloe Forsting	117	21
3^rd	Tessa Withorn	28	14
4^th	Kamila Bujko	57	12
5^th	Clinton Coulter	48	8
6^th	Dan Delaney	56	7
7^th	Rachel Butler	14	6
8^th	Tom Fougerousse	69	5
9^th	Jamie Lee Pennesi	18	5
10^th	Terry Schwartz	8.6	2
11^th	Benne Holwerda	3.0	1
12^th	Melissa Miller	0.9	1