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Bike to Work Day!
The NIH is once again taking part in the annual Bike to Work Day. This year, the event will take place on Friday, May 17. As is tradition, there will be a pit stop for bikers participating in the event on the Bethesda Campus in front of Building 1 between 8AM and 11AM. There will be snacks and water available, as well as free T-shirts for those that have registered.
Ready to register? Click here for the DC Metro area registration form! The Building 1 pit stop is called “MD Montgomery Co National Institutes of Health Bldg 1.”
Check out the Bike to Work website to find information on convoys if you’d like to bike in a group. You can also find some tips on how to get started if you’ve never biked to work before, or rain biking tips if the forecast calls for it. By participating, you will be engaging in healthy exercise, taking a load off of the environment and completing a tile on your New Year’s GREEN Bingo Board all at once!
A helpful trail to use while biking to work is the Bethesda Trolley Trail, a route that stretches all the way from the North Bethesda Metro Station to the southside of the NIH Bethesda Campus, complete with several branches and connecting paths. Employees outside of Bethesda still have a host of resources to find routes, from GPS services to local municipality websites.
Good luck and happy biking!
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