[Rec_bike] The FCCC starts Monday
Arne Freyberger
freyberg at jlab.org
Thu Sep 18 10:44:58 EDT 2014
The informal Fall Cycling Commute Challenge starts on Monday, a day
before the Fall equinox. So far nine people have expressed interest, see
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Ah5uEZzUBf-udEVBOEtPYW9WM2tNVndHRFltMTBucUE&output=html
for the list. Some rule changes for 2014, see below. Biggest change
is including JLAB Users off-site into the challenge. Please let me know
if you are interested, forward this email to non-rec_bikers bikers if
you know any. Those of you residing in North York County above the
Rt. 17 construction area, you might want to talk to Chris or Dan about
your route options.
If you are interested, please send me your gmail account info and a
google map link to your route.
Cheers and good luck!
Arne
1 FCCC Description
The Fall Cycling Commute Challenge (FCCC) started in the Fall of 2012
<https://userweb.jlab.org/%7Efreyberg/BicycleCommuting/FCCC/2012/> as an
informal competition between three Jlab staff. The challenge was to
commute to work via bicycle the most days between Labor day and the
lab's Winter break. Since CEBAF was not operating during this period,
tracking was done via the MCC whiteboard and it provided a source of
amusement during the long shutdown. Prize for the first year consisted
of a six-pack of homebrew.
The following year, 2013
<https://userweb.jlab.org/%7Efreyberg/BicycleCommuting/FCCC/2013/>,
seven lab staff expressed interest in participating in the FCCC. An
additional category was added to the challenge, most miles commuted. Due
to the increased participation, FCCC progress tracking was moved to a
spreadsheet. Since the organizer did not brew in the Fall of 2013, there
were no prizes awarded.
The goal of the FCCC is to raise the Jlab staff awareness to alternative
means of commuting to work. There are many benefits to commuting to work
by bicycle; mental and physical health, financial, environmental. The
FCCC provides an additional benefit, bragging rights to the victors and
a bit of fun.
This years rules and links to the tracking spreadsheet are linked here
<https://userweb.jlab.org/%7Efreyberg/BicycleCommuting/FCCC/2014/>.
2 FCCC Winners Table
2.1 Highest Consistency Winners
Year Victor Consistency
(%)
2014
2013 Mat Wright 93.2
2012 Mat Wright 95.2
Darrell Spraggins 95.2
2.2 Most Mileage Winners
Year Victor Miles
2014
2013 Dave Douglas 1680
2.3 Cumulative Summary
Year Distance Gas Calories CO2 Body Weight Participants Spreadsheet
Equiv. Burned Equiv. URL
(miles) (gallons) (kcal) (metric ton) (lb)
2014 2014
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah5uEZzUBf-udEVBOEtPYW9WM2tNVndHRFltMTBucUE&usp=drive_web#gid=8>
2013 4922 197 236232 1.76 67.5 7 2013
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Ah5uEZzUBf-udFJGaVl5WGNyNm9yNWE1SnMzZ21Xenc&output=html>
2012 2210 88 111000 0.8 32 3 N/A
Total 7132 285 347232 2.56 99.5
3 FCCC 2014
3.1 Rules and Notes
3.1.1 Changes for 2014
* Jlab users may participate from their home institution.
* Minimum round trip commute set at 6 miles.
* Medical Excuse non-penalty added, including blood drive days
* SunWorshiper period removed. Only one period, Fall Equinox to Winter
Solstice.
* FCCC period changed from Labor day to Winter Solstice to Fall
Equinox to Winter Solstice.
3.1.2 Tracking progress
Progress is tracked in a shared google doc
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah5uEZzUBf-udEVBOEtPYW9WM2tNVndHRFltMTBucUE&usp=drive_web#gid=8>
spreadsheet. The tally sheet can be viewed by all. If you wish to
participate, send your gmail address to freyberg at jlab.org.
3.1.3 Rules of Engagement
* The 2014 FCCC will start on [2014-09-22 Mon] and terminate on
[2014-12-19 Fri]
* Two categories are part of this challenge:
Consistency
Highest percentage of commuting via bicycle for scheduled work
days.
Miles
Most miles accumulated commuting to work via bicycle
* Miscellaneous
Scheduled Work day
Any day where your presence at 12000 Jefferson Ave *or your
nominal place of work* is greater than 4 hours. Vacation, Sick
and travel will not be included in the Percent Bike Days
calculation. It's ok to get sick!
Medical Excuse
If you are healthy enough to work but not healthy enough to
commute by bicycle, you may declare the day a sick day. This
includes driving to work on days you donate blood but does not
include non-doctor required illnesses like the common cold. For
example, if you break your leg, you can declare the days you
drive to work with a cast on your leg to as sick or medically
excused.
Miles
Miles ridden by bicycle during your commute and miles ridden to
and from meetings during your work day. Again your workday at
the lab must be greater than 4 hours. In other words you cannot
ride for 100miles, touch JLAB campus during the ride and call it
a 100mile commute. *The minimum round trip commute distance is 6
miles*.
What if I bike to work in the morning, drive home, drive back towork
the next day and bike home that night?
Just mark it has one bike commute day (with the round trip
mileage) and one 0 non-Bike day. The spread sheet is not set up
for this, but for those with long commutes I'd like to leave it
as an option.
Prizes
Not known at this time. Suggestions, contributions are welcomed.
There will be two winners, hopefully some will get prizes.
3.1.4 Working with the Spreadsheet
A shared google doc spreadsheet will be used to keep track of everyone's
progress. Each participant will be responsible for entering commute
miles and non-bike days. Google doc spreadsheet is similar to other
spread sheet applications, with the coolest feature being that the
spreadsheet can be shared with collaborators(you!).
Each participant has a sheet on the spreadsheet that only they (and
Arne) can edit. Typically it is set up with your expected commute
pattern over the time period. To get your commute mileage either use
google maps, smart phone tracking app (I use Endomondo) or your bike
computer.
There are two approaches to working with the spreadsheet:
1. Arne's approach
Since I hope to commute to work everyday, I've pre-entered my round
trip mileage in everyday from start to end. The spreadsheet will
automatically march along and add in each day as it goes by. If I
(you) stick with my (your) plan, I (you) will not have to interact
with the spreadsheet again.
2. Everyone else
Very few 2013 participants used the enter all at once approach. They
would update the spreadsheet with their mileage every day or week.
This is OK, and for some with an erratic bike commute schedule, this
seems to be a good choice.
4 FCCC 2013
4.1 Winners
4.1.1 Vampires
Consistency
Mat Wright 93.2%
Miles
Dave Douglas 1680 miles
4.2 SunWorshipers
Consistency
Arne 100%
Miles
Dave Douglas 1020 Miles
4.3 Rules and notes
4.3.1 Tracking progress
Progress is tracked in a shared google doc spreadsheet
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Ah5uEZzUBf-udFJGaVl5WGNyNm9yNWE1SnMzZ21Xenc&output=html>.
The tally sheet can be viewed by all. If you wish to participate, send
your gmail address to freyberg at jlab.org.
4.3.2 Rules of Engagement
* Two time periods are in play in 2013:
Sun worshipers
Labor day → Day Light Saving time
Vampires
Labor day → Winter's Solstice
* Two categories in each time period
Consistency
Highest percentage of commuting via bicycle for scheduled work
days.
Miles
Most miles accumulated commuting to work via bicycle
* Miscellaneous
Scheduled Work day
Any day where your presence at 12000 Jefferson Ave is greater
than 4 hours. Vacation, Sick and travel will not be included in
the Percent Bike Days calculation. It's ok to get sick!
Miles
Miles ridden by bicycle during your commute and miles ridden to
and from meetings during your work day. Again your workday at
the lab must be greater than 4 hours. In other words you cannot
ride for 100miles, touch JLAB campus during the ride and call it
a 100mile commute.
What if I bike to work in the morning, drive home, drive back towork
the next day and bike home that night?
Just mark it has one bike commute day and one 0 non-Bike day.
The spread sheet is not set up for this, but for those with long
commutes I'd like to leave it as an option.
Prizes
Not known at this time. Suggestions, contributions are welcomed.
There will be four winners, hopefully some will get prizes.
4.3.3 Working with the Spreadsheet
A shared google doc spreadsheet will be used to keep track of everyone's
progress. Each participant will be responsible for entering commute
miles and non-bike days. Google doc spreadsheet is similar to other
spread sheet applications, with the coolest feature being that the
spreadsheet can be shared with collaborators(you!).
Each participant has a sheet on the spreadsheet that only they (and
Arne) can edit. Typically it is set up with your expected commute
pattern over the time period. To get your commute mileage either use
google maps, smart phone tracking app (I use Endomondo) or your bike
computer.
The results in columns J-M and the FCCC Main sheet only count days in
the past, so it is ok to fill out your sheet with your best guess for
the entire period. That way you only need to edit your sheet if you miss
a day or change your plan.
The results web page gets pushed out every five minutes or so. You
should not (I should not) have to do anything to push the updates to the
web page. This feature is not tested, yet.
I'll be adding more features (charts!) as I get up the learning curve
with google docs.
5 FCCC 2012 ATTACH
This is the first year of the FCCC. All the rules were informal. Only
three participants. Progress was tracked on the MCC whiteboard. See
attached images.
--
Arne Freyberger
Director of Accelerator Operations
Jefferson Lab
12000 Jefferson Avenue Cell: (757) 876-6289
Postal Suite 19 Email: freyberg at jlab.org
Newport News, VA 23606
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