Fruit to Work Day?

June 24th is Denver's annual Bike to Work Day so next Wednesday you'll see more bikes on the road than normal. Employee wellness is a big part of Pinnacol's culture and every year we have a healthy contingent of participants pounding the pedals to work from every part of Denver. I'm fortunate that most of my route uses off road bike paths but this year will be a little more challenging. Between construction tearing up significant parts of the trails and some locations still underwater from recent floods many cyclists will be forced onto roads where motorists are perhaps not quite so used to seeing bicyclists so it will be important for everyone to be watching out for each other.

Pinnacol will be participating in the 2nd annual Colorado's Healthiest Places to Work event on August 20th. Health Links, which sponsors the event, stopped by yesterday to video some of our facilities. The video included some of our employees being very good sports dressed as fruits and vegetables and I caught up with two who I'll refer to as Ms. Grape and Ms. Lemon (aka Megan and Nicole) to tie them in to Bike, or perhaps more appropriately given the way they were dressed, Fruit to Work Day. Nicole regularly bikes or walks to work but I'm still working on Megan to take the plunge.

According to the Denver Business Journal more than 14,500 people have committed to riding in to work next week. Cyclists tend to be a pretty colorful group (they wear those bright colors in an effort to be highly visible) but I doubt any will be so uniquely attired as our very own Ms. Grape and Ms. Lemon. Be safe and we hope to see you out there!
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As an addendum, Pinnacol had 39 employees participate in this year's Bike to Work festivities. Here's most of them after having safely arrived in the morning. The afternoon was a completely different story with some very nasty weather (torrential rains, thunderstorms, and tornado warnings) prompting many of our riders to prudently seek alternative ways home.