Bike Wise Month
February saw a fierce rivalry pedalled out across the streets of Nelson.
The race for bragging rights.
To help promote February as Bike Wise month, 60 members from the NMDHB registered for the online cycle challenge and clocked up a massive total of 5279km.
Well done everyone! That’s more than 100,000 calories of effort proving the NMDHB is living up to it’s motto of walking the talk.
But beneath the friendly façade of health promotion, there was also a semi-serious inter-deparmental competition.
The NPA (Primary and Communiyt) v Corporate – only one could win.
With star performer Brandon Kay amassing 830km on his own, Corporate looked in the box seat. Some questioned Kay’s rides of 137km ‘for recreation’ – honestly, who rides that far for fun? But none the less, he helped Corporate to a very respectable total of 1337km.
But proving you can’t have the NPA (Primary and Community), with out Physical Activity, our anti-obesity squad moved the bar even higher. Led by primary and community general manger Peter Burton with 762km, the NPA recorded 1366km. So good was their effort that rumours have begun circulation that Corporate are planning to buy him a bus ticket next year so he doesn’t have to ride so far.
Special mentions also go to the Support Works team with 891km, CDS with 515km, ENT Secretaries with 420km and Golden Bay Hospital with 288km.
Well done to everyone who joined in – especially those who hadn’t cycled before. After all, that’s what it was about: changing the way we as a community see cycling, to accept it as viable form of transport.
Thanks to NMDHB funding, over 800 people in Nelson enjoyed a free breakfast as part of Go By Bike day.
