Team Tracker Week 8

The Cobra Kai remain in 1st for the 6th straight week.  However, the Easy Striders paced them in week 8 to remain 8 miles behind.  The BGSC turned in a strong week for the second consecutive wek to pull a little further away from We've Got Sole!.

The Insain Bolts turned in this weeks high with 323 miles while the other teams remained

 strong.

Team Tracker Week 7

My apologies for posting this so late, at least it is in before the week 8 numbers.  

After a great effort in week 7, the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company has moved up in the standings and is now in 5th place.  The Easy striders also posted a strong week with the 3rd highest total all time (336.967) and closed that gap on the Cobra Kai.  There are now only 8.2 miles between 1st and secon place.

Week 8 standings coming soon.

Team Tracker Week 6

In week six, the standings remained the same, however, each team continues to improve efforts as 5 out of the 6 teams in the competition turned in more miles this week than in week 5.   The Bubba Gump Shrimp Company and the We've Got Sole teams each turned in team records as they try to make up ground on the lead pack.

After the Easy Striders held on the first two weeks, the Cobra Kai stayed in first for the 4th consecutive week.

Lansing, Michigan

State bird: Robin State flower: Apple Blossom Population: 9,938,444 people Nickname: Wolverine State / Great Lakes State Economy: Dairy products, apples, blueberries, cattle,
vegetables, hogs, corn, nursery stock, soybeans, motor vehicles and parts, fabricated metal products, mining, tourism Fun facts: Detroit is known as the car capital of the world. Elsie is the home of the world’s largest registered Holstein dairy herd. Michigan’s state stone, the Petoskey, is found along the shores of Lake Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. It took 3 years to complete. The painted turtle is the state reptile. Michigan has 116 lighthouses and navigational lights. The state has more shoreline than any other state expect Alaska. Standing anywhere in the state a person is within 85 miles
of one of the Great Lakes. Michigan was the first state to guarantee every child the right to tax-paid high school education. Four flags have flown over MI – French, English, Spanish and
United States. In 1879 Detroit telephone customers were first in the nation to be assigned phone numbers to facilitate handling calls. In 1929, the MI State Police established the first state police radio system in the world. The famous Kellogg's company started in Battle Creek, Michigan with only 44 employees.

Columbus, Ohio

State bird: Cardinal State flower: Scarlet Carnation Population: 11,353,140 people Nickname: Buckeye State Economy: Cattle, poultry and eggs, hogs, dairy products, corn, tomatoes, soybeans, transportation equipment, fabricated metal products, machinery, food processing,
electric equipment Fun facts: The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati in
1865. "Hang On Sloopy" is the official state rock song. Cincinnati Reds were the first professional baseball team. Cleveland boasts the first traffic light on Aug 5, 1914. Akron was the first city to use police cars. Cincinnati had the first professional city fire department Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Canton is home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was from Wapakoneta. Presidents born in Ohio: Ulysses S Grant, Rutherford B Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Taft, and Warren Harding. Harry M Stevens created the hot dog in 1900.
Thomas A Edison, from Milan, developed the first light bulb, phonograph and early motion picture camera. John Lambert of Ohio City made America’s first auto in 1891.

Team Tracker Week 5

The bar continues to rise.  For the third consecutive week, the single week record was broken.  This week, the Easy Striders broker the record set in week for by the Insain Bolts.  

The new single week record is 353.5.

While the overall standing remained the same, the top three teams all turned in over 300 miles for the week.  Also, the Easy Striders did gain about 30 miles on the Cobra Kai while the We've got Sole team  gained 14 miles on The Road Runners.

Everyone is doing great, keep up the good work.

Charleston, West Virginia

State bird: Cardinal State flower: Rhododendron Population: 1,808,344 people Nickname: Mountain State Economy: Cattle, poultry, dairy products, apples, chemical products, mining, primary metals, stone, clay and glass products, tourism Fun facts: West Virginia has the oldest population of any state. The median age is 40. Jackson’s Mill is the site of the first 4-H camp in the US. The first rural free mail delivery started in Charles Town Oct 6, 1896 and then spread throughout the US. Nearly 75% of West Virginia is covered by forests. West Virginia was the first state to have a sales tax. It became effective July 1, 1921. Coal House, the only residence in the world built entirely of coal, is located in White Sulphur Springs. Daniel Boone made his last survey of Charleston on Sep 8, 1798. He left the state in 1799. Stone that was quarried near Hinton was contributed by WV for the Washington Monument and arrived in Washington
in February 1885. The first spa open to the public was at Berkeley Springs, WV in 1756 (then Bath, VA). The first brick street in the world was laid in Charleston, WV on Oct 23, 1870 on Summers Street between Kanawha and Virginia Streets.