Commuting Heroes: Rachel Singel (National Bike Challenge), Steffany Gayton & Jolisha Hines (Cards Commuter Challenge)

As we enter the homestretch of the five-month 2021 National Bike Challenge, and the mid-point of the five-week Cards Commuter Challenge 2021Cards Commuter Challenge 2021, UofL staff, faculty, and students continue to pedal their bicycles for fun, fitness, and sustainable, healthy, non-polluting transportation.

Team UofL continues to make its mark on this year's National Bike Challenge and it is not too late for you to join the Team, win prizes, and show your support for a healthy lifestyle and sustainable transportation! Register for the National Bike Challenge and Join Team UofL as an individual to compete against your peers. Simply log your trips by bicycle for fun, fitness, or transportation. Your miles and days cycled will qualify you for great prizes through Get Healthy Now, including the grand prize of a $400 voucher to a local bike shop, co-sponsored by UofL's Sustainability Council! The National Bike Challenge is open to everyone, however the Get Healthy Now competition is restricted to UofL employees, retirees, and their spouses/qualifying adults.

And while you are logging your bike commutes, you can "double-dip" on the chances to win by also participating in the Cards Commuter Challenge 2021, which is designed to encourage everyone at UofL to explore alternatives to driving alone to campus, whether it is by bike, bus, walking, carpool, skating, or telecommuting. Record your trips on Cardinal Directions throughout the Cards Commuter Challenge (August 30 - September 30) and each week you'll have the chance to win one of the $50 weekly prizes or the $250 Grand Prize! One student and one faculty/staff member will win each week! Any trip by means other than driving alone increases your chances of winning!

In just over two weeks, participants logged 4,020 miles over 355 trips on foot, bike, skates, bus, carpool, or telecommuting, mitigating 2,997 lbs of carbon pollution. Congrats to our second $50 weekly winners: IRB Analyst Steffany Gayton who avoided 160 miles of driving to/from campus by teleworking over four days last week, and Arts & Sciences undergrad, Jolisha Hines, who avoided 94 miles of driving to/from campus by teleworking over all seven days last week. Join them in the Cards Commuter Challenge and you could be the next winner to tap into $750 in prizes through the end of the month. Log your trips at Cardinal Directions to win.

The National Bike Challenge results for August are in and UofL riders racked up 30,756 miles over 1,941 rides since the Challenge began on May 1st. That includes 2,076 miles of biking for transportation, which equates to 1,334 pounds of heat-trapping gases kept out of the atmosphere to keep us all a little cooler.

Individual Team UofL riders posted some impressive stats in August 2021. For the fourth month in a row, our 2020 Grand Champ, Kamila Bujko, continued to dominate, racking up the most miles (1,052) and trips by bicycle (33), followed by our July winner, Associate Athletic Trainer for UofL's women's basketball team, Yoshi Saito (25 trips for 674 miles). UofL's car-free Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability Initiatives, Justin Mog, continued to dominate the bike commuter category, pedaling 320 miles for transportation over 27 days in August.

But this month's prize goes to our most improved bike commuter, Fine Arts professor, Rachel SingelPhoto, who commuted by bike for 130 miles over 24 days in August! This impressive feat moved Rachel up to 2nd place in the Top Commuter category, 3rd place in the Most Trips category, 4th place among Top Female Riders, and 13th place in the Most Miles category for August!

AUGUST 2021 RESULTS:

Top Commuters (Most days riding to work)Justin Mog

Name

Miles

Days

1st

Justin Mog

320

27

2nd

Rachel Singel

130

24

3rd

Shirley Wu

32

17

4th

Jason Naylor

23

5

5th

Benne Holwerda

4.0

3

6th

Allison Smith

20

2

7th

Joseph Turner

9.9

2

8th

Melissa Miller

5.6

2

9th

Kamila Bujko

4.9

2

10th

Yoshi Saito

3.9

1

11th

Elijah Humble

3.7

1

12th

al futrell

3.7

1

13th

Katlyn McGraw

1.4

1

 

Top Riders (Most Miles)Kamila Bujko - Team UofL's 2020 NBC Champion

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Kamila Bujko

1,052

33

2nd

Yoshi Saito

674

25

3rd

Juan David Tabares

661

20

4th

DJ Biddle

592

20

5th

Taylor Smith

366

13

6th

Justin Mog

320

27

7th

Jason White

284

9

8th

Michael Taylor

258

12

9th

Joseph Turner

240

21

10th

Jason Naylor

190

20

11th

Katlyn McGraw

165

8

12th

Kendall Soule

165

4

13th

Rachel Singel

130

26

14th

Johnny Wise

130

6

15th

Mikus Abolins-Abols

103

8

16th

Allison Smith

57

5

17th

Benne Holwerda

43

23

18th

Mike Marquette

40

3

19th

Melissa Miller

38

12

20th

Shirley Wu

32

21

Top Riders (Most trips)

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Kamila Bujko

1,052

33

2nd

Justin Mog

320

27

3rd

Rachel Singel

130

26

4th

Yoshi Saito

674

25

5th

Benne Holwerda

43

23

6th

Joseph Turner

240

21

7th

Shirley Wu

32

21

8th

Juan David Tabares

661

20

9th

DJ Biddle

592

20

10th

Jason Naylor

190

20

11th

Taylor Smith

366

13

12th

Michael Taylor

258

12

13th

Melissa Miller

38

12

14th

Jason White

284

9

15th

Katlyn McGraw

165

8

16th

Mikus Abolins-Abols

103

8

17th

Johnny Wise

130

6

18th

Allison Smith

57

5

19th

Kendall Soule

165

4

20th

Elijah Humble

29

4

21st

Mike Marquette

40

3

22nd

al futrell

10

3

23rd

Jared Koopman

27

2

24th

Natalie Harper

20

2

25th

John Vonhandorf

17

2

26th

Amanda James

4.5

1

Top Male Rider (Most Miles)Yoshi Saito

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Yoshi Saito

674

25

2nd

Juan David Tabares

661

20

3rd

DJ Biddle

592

20

4th

Taylor Smith

366

13

5th

Justin Mog

320

27

6th

Jason White

284

9

7th

Michael Taylor

258

12

8th

Joseph Turner

240

21

9th

Jason Naylor

190

20

10th

Johnny Wise

130

6

11th

Mikus Abolins-Abols

103

8

12th

Benne Holwerda

43

23

13th

Mike Marquette

40

3

14th

Elijah Humble

29

4

15th

Jared Koopman

27

2

16th

John Vonhandorf

17

2

17th

al futrell

10

3

Top Female Rider (Most Miles)

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Kamila Bujko

1,052

33

2nd

Katlyn McGraw

165

8

3rd

Kendall Soule

165

4

4th

Rachel Singel

130

26

5th

Allison Smith

57

5

6th

Melissa Miller

38

12

7th

Shirley Wu

32

21

8th

Natalie Harper

20

2

9th

Amanda James

4.5

1

Top Male New Rider

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Benne Holwerda

43

23

Top Female New Rider

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Shirley Wu

32

21

2nd

Amanda James

4.5

1

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