Thank you to our participants and sponsors for making the 2009 Ride in the Rain Challenge the best one yet.

2009 Ride in the Rain Sponsors

Additional supporters: Experience Music Project Space Needle

And the winners are …

1st Place Team with the Most New Bicycle Commuters: Evans New Commute Review with 9 members who were new to bicycle commuting.
2nd Place: Team Gear-Brrr-DING! with 4 new bicycle commuters
3rd Place: Tender Pedals with 3 new bicycle commuters

1st Place Team with Highest Average Number of Commute Trips is the Speed Pipetters, Team Captain Stefan Pellenz, Average trips: 47.8
2nd Place Team Average: Thing 1 with 43 commute trips.
3rd Place Team Average: Evans Policy Pedalers with 38.7 commute trips

Highest Number of Trips for an Individual Rider is a tie!
1st place with 56 trips: Jack Hildebrant and Monika Fischer
2nd place with 54 trips: Douglas Jacobson
3rd place with 46 trips: Julie Medero

1st Place Team with the Highest Average Commute Miles: Seattle Wet Socks. Team Captain Brent Curtis. Average commute miles: 456 miles.
2nd Place Team Average: Team Shamrock with 267.1 miles
3rd Place Team Average: Rough & Ready with 210 miles.

1st Place Highest Number of Miles for an Individual Rider: Paul Nortrom with 928 miles.
2nd Place Individual: Randy Fabro with 500 miles
3rd Place Individual: Nigel Heinsius with 456 miles

The team with the most trips in the rain: 1st Place: Evans Policy Pedalers, Captained by Kole Kantner. Average rides in the rain: 14
2nd Place Team Average: Soggy Bottom Feeders with 13.8 rides
3rd Place Team Average: Speed Pipetters with 11.8 rides

1st Place Most Trips in the Rain for an Individual Rider is a tie!
Both Connie Daruthayan and Shai Garty made 17 rides in the rain.
2nd Place Individual is also a tie: Mike Noon, Randy Fabro, Barbara Petite, and Patti Keiper all made 14 rides
3rd Place Individual is a tie too: Nigel Heinsius and Mark Haught both made 13 rides

The numbers are in!

1,131 riders entered 103,305.6 miles (around the world 4.15 times!) totaling 3,615,697.6 calories burned!