Released on: August 22, 2008, 5:57 am

Press Release Author: Sara Gyllstrom/ Polar Design

Industry: Marketing

Press Release Summary: oday marks the final chapter in the Pentacycle odyssey, a
7,000 mile (12,000 km) trek from Olympia, Greece to Beijing, China by fourteen
cyclists of various nationalities.

Press Release Body: Woburn, MA (Friday, 22, 2008) - Today marks the final chapter in
the Pentacycle odyssey, a 7,000 mile (12,000 km) trek from Olympia, Greece to
Beijing, China by fourteen cyclists of various nationalities. Inspired by the
Olympic ideals of mind and body cultivation, as well as peaceful competition through
sport, the team cycled the ancient silk road between Europe and China in celebration
of the 2008 Olympics. Two of the participants, Vasilios Mesitides and Danae
Tezapsidis, actively maintained the blog (www.pentacycle.com) with the assistance of
Polar design staff during this epic five money journey. They posted their final
entry today.

Reflecting its interest in promoting cross-cultural communication and understanding,
Polar Design donated Pentacycle's blog. The free blog site allows visitors to stay
up-to-date with the cyclists' progress. Its user-friendly options include blog
links, easy to upload pictures, comment section, and a gallery page to document the
unique journey of the cyclists. The blog site also serves as a platform for the
cyclists to document their experiences, memories, and challenges they faced during
their expedition across Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The cyclists trekked through nine different countries (Greece, Turkey, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China) arriving on
August 8th for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing,
China.

About Polar Design
Polar Design (www.polardesign.com) is a mid-sized interactive agency with offices in
the United States and Europe, founded in 1999 with the mission of elevating
corporations\' and non-profits\' Internet communications. Our 30 employees serve the
web marketing and e-commerce needs of Fortune 1000 and small businesses alike
through their diverse specialties, from identity and concept development, to graphic
and multimedia flash design, to programming and database development. In addition
to custom design and development, Polar Design provides a range of marketing
solutions, an affordable "hosted" content management and e-commerce platform, as
well as application hosting with twenty-four hour support.


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