{"id":78472,"date":"2013-05-20T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T19:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=78472"},"modified":"2013-05-21T15:38:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T19:38:21","slug":"bike-to-work-season-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/05\/bike-to-work-season-resumes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike-to-Work Season Resumes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joyce Fritz has been organizing bike-to-work events at the UConn Health Center for more than five years, and biking to work for nearly 10. (Mark Dombrofski\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A statewide push to get daily commuters out of single-occupancy vehicles last week culminated with Bike to Work Day Friday, May 17. In that spirit, 18 employees and students took part in the UConn Health Center\u2019s first Bike to Work Breakfast of 2013, substituting bike pedals for gas pedals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a turnout,\u201d says organizer Joyce Fritz. \u201cMore people are realizing the benefits of leaving the car at home and biking to work, especially considering that when you bike, you get a premium parking space. More importantly though, it\u2019s great exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fritz, who works in Facilities Development and Operations, has been organizing bike-to-work events on the Health Center campus since 2007, mostly at her own expense and on her own time. She plans to offer a Bike to Work Breakfast monthly through September, from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m.:<\/p>\n