Champion Commuter

Keith Sogge - URM Stores Inc

Keith is an Associate IT Support Specialist for URM Stores, Inc. To say that Keith is an avid cyclist, is quite the understatement. Keith has been riding his bike to work for the last 25 years. He currently has a 10-mile round trip commute from his home in northwest Spokane to URM, however, over the years, he’s had as much as a 19-mile one way commute when he worked in Liberty Lake!

25 years ago, working at a company near Felts Field, his coworker encouraged him to start riding his bike to work. Keith had a young family and only 1 car, so he thought he’d give it a try.

Although riding his bike takes him twice as long as it would to drive to and from work, Keith prefers it because of the exercise and the money he saves.

Since logging his trips in 2010, Keith has bicycled nearly 2,400 days, removed over 40,000 miles off our roads and has saved nearly $19,000 in commuting costs. In addition, according to his calendar stats, Keith has burned nearly 1.2 million calories!!!!

URM provides their employees each year with a turkey, but that doesn’t stop Keith from riding his bike that day. He’s hauled both a turkey and a pumpkin pie in his saddle bags. There’s no stopping him!

ETC, Dorothy Espinosa states, “Keith sets a great example for his coworkers by bicycling and gets in his daily exercise.