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Race Across America participants ride through Bonsall

OCEANSIDE — Forty bicycle teams, each consisting of two, four or eight people, left Oceanside on June 11 for the rides of their lives as they started the Race Across America (RAAM), the world’s premiere ultra-endurance cycling event.

This 3,000-mile bicycle race stretches through 15 states, across the Rockies, through the heartland of America and the Appalachians and finishes in Annapolis, MD. RAAM pits competitors against each other, the ever-challenging and changing American landscape and themselves.

RAAM is a continuous one-stage event, meaning that the clock starts on the west coast and doesn’t stop until the racers reach the east coast.

In addition to the teams on the coast-to-coast course, 35 solo men and women riders began racing over the weekend. RAAM solo competitors average 250 to 350 miles daily. RAAM teams typically cross the country in six to nine days, averaging 350 to more than 500 miles daily.

Many racers strive for the benefit of various charities, raising more than $3 million in the past two races. This year, more than 35 organizations will benefit from these efforts.

Visit the RAAM Web site at http://www.raceacrossamerica.org for more race information.

 

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