MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES
RESULTS OF CITY-WIDE GET BIKING CHALLENGE
Competition Encouraged K-8 Students to
Bike More During National Bike Month
BOSTON - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 -
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the successful results of the Boston
Bikes Get Biking Challenge, the first city-wide biking competition for youth.
Eleven schools accepted the challenge and over 3,500 students were invited
to participate by tracking the amount of minutes they rode throughout the month
of May.
"Encouraging exercise and healthy choices
should start with our youngest residents," said Mayor Walsh. "Boston Bikes Get Biking
Challenge was a fun way to do just that, and I'm excited to see such great
participation throughout the City."
The friendly competition ranked schools based on
the percent
of students who participated and the number of days ridden. The Josiah Quincy
Elementary School in Chinatown took first place, earning the Golden Pedal Award
and a bike raffle, and Perkins Elementary in South Boston and Nathan Hale
Elementary in Roxbury came in second and third place, respectively.
Through the Get Biking Challenge, 1,389 students
reported biking a total of 597,760 minutes. Converted into distance, these
students biked 79,700 miles, the equivalent of biking around the Earth’s
equator three times. In terms of calories, the students burned about
859,810 calories, the equivalent of 6,230 cans of soda.
The Get Biking Challenge was a unique
opportunity for students to get active and develop healthy habits. Some
students biked to school, others biked during physical education classes or
recess, and some students biked with their families on weekends. Students
earned participation prizes of stickers, reflectors, bike lights or bike bells.
For more information, visit: http://www.bostonbikes.org/programs/get-biking-school-challenge/overview// or call (617)-918-4253.
About Boston Bikes:
Boston Bikes is part of Mayor Walsh's vision
for a vibrant and healthy city that benefits all its citizens. It seeks to make
Boston a world-class bicycling city by creating safe and inviting conditions
for all residents and visitors. Boston Bikes focuses on improvements
in all six universal bike planning areas: Engineering, Enforcement, Education,
Encouragement, Equity and Evaluation.
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