{"id":2318,"date":"2010-09-01T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T00:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2014-03-01T23:09:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T04:09:25","slug":"30-day-of-biking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/30-day-of-biking\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Day of Biking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/30daysofbiking.com\/bike\/\">30 Days of Biking<\/a> is an idea started here in the Twin Cities to get people out on their bikes. \u00a0September marks round 2 of this attempt. \u00a0The initial 30 Days of Biking was in April of this year and had high turnout both locally and around the world. \u00a0Part of the success was using social media tools like <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/crossn81\">Twitter <\/a>and the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#search?q=%2330daysofbiking\">#30daysofbiking<\/a> hashtag, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymile.com\/search?q=%2330daysofbiking\">Dailymile <\/a>and of course <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/pages\/30-Days-of-Biking\/113810631976867?ref=ts\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one rule to 30 Days of Biking:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230; you bike every day for 30 days\u2014around the block, 20 miles to work, whatever suits you\u2014then share your adventures online. We believe biking enriches life, builds community, and preserves the Earth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pretty simple eh? It should be fairly simple to get on your bike and pedal somewhere each day &#8211; work, grocery, friends house, down the street and back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to participate in April&#8217;s event, but I wasn&#8217;t able to bike thanks to Lyme Disease! I&#8217;m excited to do it this time around. \u00a0Even though I already bike pretty much everywhere I think it will be a good challenge to actually make myself ride somewhere each day.<\/p>\n<p>While you don&#8217;t need to, the organizers are encouraging everyone to <a href=\"http:\/\/30daysofbiking.com\/bike\/register\/\">register<\/a>. \u00a0It is painless to register and you still have time to ride today!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Bike Night @ MIA by crossn81, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/crossn81\/4797735899\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Bike Night @ MIA\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4082\/4797735899_42ca95ed1e.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=625\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 Days of Biking is an idea started here in the Twin Cities to get people out on their bikes. \u00a0September marks round 2 of this attempt. \u00a0The initial 30 Days of Biking was in April of this year and had high turnout both locally and around the world. \u00a0Part of the success was using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[624,34,30],"tags":[582,580,245,581,230],"class_list":["post-2318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike","category-cross-training","category-health","tag-30daysofbiking","tag-bicycle","tag-cycling","tag-facebook","tag-twin-cities"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-Bo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5410,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2014\/sign-up-for-30-days-of-biking-30daysofbiking\/","url_meta":{"origin":2318,"position":0},"title":"Sign Up for 30 Days of Biking #30daysofbiking","author":"crossn81","date":"March 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"For the past few years I've signed up for the 30 Days of Biking Challenge. \u00a0It is a great way to kick-off spring and there have been some really cool stories through the years of people being inspired to ride and having their lives changed. \u00a0I missed the inaugural event\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;30Days&quot;","block_context":{"text":"30Days","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/30days\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"201430daysofbikingsignup","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/201430daysofbikingsignup-300x192.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2979,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2012\/april-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":2318,"position":1},"title":"April 2012","author":"crossn81","date":"May 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I've really been struggling to get all my workouts in each week. \u00a0It seems like I can get up one morning, but then struggle the next. \u00a0The 5:15 alarm makes it tough and knowing that some days I have to be home by 6am it is easy to psyche myself\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Highlights&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/highlights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5814,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2015\/april-arrived\/","url_meta":{"origin":2318,"position":2},"title":"April Arrived","author":"crossn81","date":"April 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow, April came in with a blast here in Minnesota. 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