Cop beats mayor

Officer Travis Benson on his bicycle beat Mayor Mike Brown in his car today.

The two kicked off National Bike to Work Week with a successful demonstration that you can get to work faster on a bike -- and burn some calories to boot.

Brown said Benson beat him by a good minute during the race from City Hall to Altru Health System during the afternoon rush hour. He said his fellow racer "wasn't even breathing hard."

The race rules require that Brown a) not speed and b) find a parking spot and walk to the doors. I'm guessing he lost at least a minute on "b" because it usually takes me a little longer than that.

Not to knock biking to work but I think the bicyclist should have to take a shower and count that in his time, too.