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Time for planting potatoes, not resembling one . . .

Tuesday, March 25, 2003

Mike Hendricks, the "Bike Guy" at the Kansas City Star, recently wrote:

Have you, too, been resting on your russets lately?

Well, it's spring, boyo. Time for planting potatoes, not resembling one.

You and I need to get with it, pronto, and something's coming up that just might coax us off the couch.

Kansas City's first-ever Bicycle and Pedestrian Commuter Challenge. . . .

[T]he folks at the Mid-America Regional Council deserve praise for coming up with the idea, which is this:

For one week in May, Kansas Citians are asked to walk or ride their bikes to work.

The reason I'm telling you now is so you can get in shape. The week is May 19-23, and it will be here before you know it.

You can walk and bike to work in teams of three or more or do it on your own. You can even ride the bus for part of the trek.

Read the rest of Mike's entertaining column or visit the Bike/Ped Commuter Challenge Web Site for more information.