{"id":39676,"date":"2011-05-24T14:03:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T18:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=39676"},"modified":"2011-08-04T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T17:48:08","slug":"back-to-bike-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/05\/back-to-bike-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Bike to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rich Allen stops for refreshment after pedaling to work from Glastonbury. Connie Cantor (right) and Joyce Fritz (not pictured) set up a table near the bike racks at the public safety entrance to the main building to greet bike commuters with a cup of coffee, bottled water, fruit and other snacks, and offer information about cycling. (Chris DeFrancesco\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The weather is getting nicer and for some that means the conditions are right for taking the bicycle to work instead of the car.<\/p>\n

At least that\u2019s what normally is supposed to happen in May. This year the weather has been less than cooperative, postponing the Health Center\u2019s first bike-to-work breakfast of the season and keeping many cyclists away for the rescheduled event May 23.<\/p>\n

Still, Joyce Fritz of Facilities Development and Operations and Connie Cantor of the Center for Public Health and Health Policies are prepared to promote bike commuting with monthly bike-to-work breakfasts through the fall.<\/p>\n

Cyclists can shower in the locker rooms in the basement of the main building (down the hall from Reprographics). On bike-to-work event days, several lockers are designated for bike commuters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important for health reasons, which include staying in shape plus having less stress in your life\u2014after working a long day at work and biking home, it de-stresses you,\u201d Fritz says. \u201cYou\u2019re commuting to work anyway, why not bike it to work instead of drive?\u201d<\/p>\n

On May 20, the Human Resources workplace culture program\u00a0Know Better Place<\/a> presented \u201cCycle Sense: Reasons to Ride,\u201d a free talk by certified cycling instructor Beth Emery.<\/p>\n

A bike-to-work breakfast and information table is scheduled for the third Friday of the month through September, with a rain date the following Monday.<\/p>\n