(I missed a few days, I know. Didn't ride at all yesterday or Saturday; Sunday's ride was actually kinda lame. Freezing cold, blown almost sideways.)

So I'm writing this series as part of my Bike Commute Contest experience, but I don't tend to take the "Contest" part of the thing very seriously. I just don't ride anywhere near enough to be in the running for any sort of prize. The first year I rode, the guy who won was biking from Olympia to DUPONT. Yeah. Not ever ever ever going to beat that, or even get in the general neighborhood of it.

And there's always one crappy day where I just say "eh" and skip the ride, so there goes consistency. (Plus consistency award ties get broken by distance IIRC, so we're back to that.)

But...I can count all of this for two other contests! At work, we're doing this 10K steps a day challenge, which even includes a "friendly" competition with a few other credit unions in town. Bike time counts, too. So with that and some very serious gardening on the weekends, I'm averaging the equivalent of 18,800+ steps per day. I'm sure someone who hiked 10 miles is probably going to kick my ass, but I'm feeling pretty good about it anyway.

Then, I'm in this online bike challenge group as part of another website community, and this summer the founder has announced a "streak" challenge, so whoever rides the most consecutive days wins a super-cool GPS bike computer. (Drool drool drool) Again, I can't win for distance (although last month & so far this month I'm right around #10), but I can definitely be consistent, assuming I can tough out the "eh" days.

The Kitsap Blue Jackets of the West Coast Collegiate League will play the Olympia Athletics (an affiliate team of the BlueJackets) at St. Martins baseball field.

More information here.

Kitsap BlueJackets

Olympia Athletics

The Kitsap Blue Jackets of the West Coast Collegiate League will play the Olympia Athletics (an affiliate team of the BlueJackets) at Tumwater High School baseball field.

More information here.

Kitsap BlueJackets

Olympia Athletics

The Kitsap BlueJackets and the Olympia Athletics will play a two game series down here in early June.

This will be the first "home game" ever for the Olympia Athletics, which despite their name, are a travelling farm team for the BlueJackets.

This series will also be a preview for South Sounders of the level of baseball when the real-deal WCCBL franchise is expected to start playing at the Lacey Athletic Center in 2009. The baseball field that the new team will occupy is currently under construction.

I couldn't find the actual story that talks about the new team on the Olympian's website, but here's a place that points to it.

Saturday 07 Jun
Saint Martin College (Lacey, Wash.)
5:00 p.m.

Sunday 08 Jun
Tumwater High School (Tumwater, Wash.)
5:00 p.m.

South Sound Ultimate Players (SSUP) is proud to announce the 6th Annual Olympia Mixed Gender (Co-ed) Ultimate Frisbee Spring League. With help from the City of Olympia, our spring league is happening again. This year, we're hoping for 8 teams. We'll play Sundays, at 3:30 or 5:30 in the afternoon @ LBA Park from April 13 - June 8, 2008

Ages: 16 & Older
Fee: $25 per person
Sign up deadline: Friday, April 4th, 2008

For more information and to sign up, see: http://www.happen.net/ultimate/league.html