about bike walk run

bike walk run's goal is to promote awareness and safety for biking, walking, and running as forms of alternative transportation and fitness in Lebanon County, PA and surrounding areas.

Some of bike walk run's goals include:

-Promote and educate safe biking, walking, and running habits

-Promote and educate motorists on bike and pedestrian safety and awareness

-Encourage local businesses to support biking and walking by adding bike racks and making parking lots safer for pedestrians

-Lobby local and state government for safer roadways through the addition of wider shoulders, bike lanes, and bike and pedestrian paths

-Lobby for the creation of a Route 22 "greenway" through northern Lebanon County

This blog will be a gathering place for resources and information about biking, walking, and running.

about me

My name is Megan and I have lived in Jonestown, PA for most of my life. This blog has grown out of my love of running and my desire to abandon my car in favor of walking and biking.  Unfortunately, I feel that many of the roads in Lebanon County are not safe enough to fully enjoy these activities.  I would like to see that change.  This blog will help serve as a resource as I (and hopefully others) promote bike and pedestrian awareness and safety in Lebanon County.

I've been a runner since junior high, when I joined the cross country team.  I ran cross country and track my entire high school career.  I ran only sporadically while in college, but fell back in love with the sport during graduate school.  This past fall, I helped coach the Northern Lebanon cross country team, and will be helping again this fall.  I'm totally addicted to running and can't imagine my life without it.

I started walking a lot as a method of transportation in graduate school.  My apartment was near campus, and so I walked to the studio, to class, and around town.  I always enjoyed seeing how many days I could go without getting in my car.  Now that I'm back in PA, I've settled into bad habits - driving places that are easily walkable.  I'm trying to get back into the hang of walking places whenever I can.

Biking is certainly the area where I feel least comfortable, but that only increases my desire to make the roads around here safer.  My limited bike exposure (until recently) included a semester in undergrad where I attempted to bike to class, but got frustrated when Public Safety put notes on my bike saying I wasn't using the "approved lock".  This winter, however, I started training for the Mt. Gretna Triathlon, and have since started to see the potential in biking.