Feb
21

Show your panda pride with new biking, running and athletic gear!

To honor the return of the Giant Pandas (Nature’s Olympians) to the National Zoo, the SI Wellness Team, in conjunction with the SI Bike Team and SI Run Team, is selling Smithsonian cycling jerseys, bib shorts and caps as well as technical workout tees and running tops.

Giant Panda lolling against a rock eating bamboo shot (this is not a National Zoo panda)

Employees, friends, and family can place an order between now and Friday, March 7. When the online order closes, the items will go into production for delivery in 6 to 8 weeks.

The design invites everyone to Meet the Pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao to the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Please click on this link to order your Smithsonian cycling and running apparel: https://www.cutawayusa.com/collections/Smithsonian.

Graphic image of biking shirt showing stylized panda on teal backgtround

The SI-Bike-Wellness-Team with over 110 members, provides a forum and a seminar series with topics covering a wide variety of cycling topics including; winter riding, backpacking, e-bikes, mountain/gravel biking, commuting with kids and indoor trainers. All recordings of meetings will be posted to the Teams page for future viewing. All levels of cyclists are encouraged to join! When you join the team be sure to introduce yourself under the Introduce yourself tab!

The SI-Run-Wellness-Team with over 180 members, provides a forum for all levels of runners. The group has regular virtual challenges, so they can support and encourage the efforts of our co-workers. These include posting about individual challenges to participating in joint challenges, such as using an app to record the mileage of all participants for a week and seeing how far we can go together.


Posted: 21 February 2025
About the Author:

Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.

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