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The corona pandemic has also mixed up the schedule for the long-term health campaign “By bike to work”. On June 1, a month later than planned, the AOK and the General German Bicycle Club (ADFC) joined in. You can of course still register and participate.
“Many former participants, but also local companies asked us if and when the campaign will take place this year,” said Alexander Pröbstle, director of the AOK in Würzburg. Restrictions are relaxed, many companies will return to normal in the next few weeks. AOK and ADFC have therefore decided together to launch the bike auction again this year due to the strong demand. “We will adapt the rules of the game and also enable employees in the home office to participate,” said the AOK boss. If you do not cover a distance to your work place, you can also enter cycled kilometers around your home office in the online cycling calendar.
Cycling for health
Cycling is one of the healthiest sports and can be easily integrated into everyday life. The aim of the cycling auction is to cycle to the company or from your home office for at least 20 working days between June and the end of September. “Commuters can also take part in the campaign, since biking to the train station or commuter parking lot is already evaluated,” says Pröbstle. Around 70,000 people joined the health initiative in Bavaria last year, and 2,540 professionals took part from the district of the AOK directorate in Würzburg, which includes the districts of Main-Spessart, Würzburg, Kitzingen and the city of Würzburg.
Register online now
Registration is possible at www.mit-dem-rad-zur-arbeit.de. Until October 16, participants can enter their cycling days online in the so-called action calendar. The personal services for each participant can be called up at any time via the online portal in a data-protected manner: how many kilometers have I cycled on how many days so far and how many calories have I burned as a result. Last year the Bavarian participants cycled over 15 million kilometers to work and burned 300,000,000 kcal. The online portal also offers a daily overview of the most important forecasts for cycling weather on site. Cyclists can read the expected temperatures for morning, noon and evening. The expected wind conditions and the degree of cloudiness complete the weather information.
Don’t just gain health
If you maintain your campaign calendar with the bike days at www.mit-dem-rad-zur-arbeit.de, you have the chance of one of the many sponsored prizes from well-known campaign partners, which are raffled off every year among the successful participants. The prices include e-bikes and practical accessories for bicycles. The profits are donated by companies and are not financed from contributions. Bavaria’s Minister of Health Melanie Huml again takes over the patronage. The DGB Bayern and the vbw – Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft e.V. support the joint initiative of ADFC and AOK in the Free State. Both partners have been involved from the start. The vbw supports the initiative financially.
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