Can you Reach the Beach?
March 24, 2006
In May, all roads lead to the Pacific City beach. Hop on your bike from one of four different start locations on Reach the Beach, a fundraiser for the American Lung Association of Oregon, and join us for a sink-your-toes-in-the-sand party on the beach. This is my third year helping organize Reach the Beach and I can tell you it's an amazing ride.
Registration is only $25. You are also required to raise a minimum of $50 in donations for the American Lung Association of Oregon, and the website offers easy to use fundraising tools that make it fun and simple to send out messages and exceed your goal. Motivated fundraisers may qualify for great prizes such as a free pass to Cycle Oregon, a Trek bike, a ride on STP and more. Every dollar you raise helps the ALAO promote lung health and keep our Oregon air clean. They're working hard and they're saving lives and they need your help.
How does this sound: a beautiful route, breakfast, two lunch stops, 10 rest stops, dinner at the finish line, a brew pub on site, music, prizes and the backdrop of the ocean. Yes, I think it just doesn't get much better than this.
Reach the Beach also features a mt. bike course for those who want a little off road challenge.
Each of the five routes is a different distance, the most challenging being a century ride out of Portland. If you want to challenge yourself and you've never done a century, training rides led by the Portland Wheelmen will help you build up to that century.
Posted by orbike at March 24, 2006 9:57 AM
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Thanks for your question about Reach the Beach. I think it's great you want to ride and I think you'd love it. The route is gorgeous, the ride is very well supported and the day is a lot of fun.
It is up to individual riders if they want to have special t-shirts to designate the cause for which they are riding, but we do have large oversize stickers riders can wear to say if they have a lung disease.
Though the American Lung Association has a lot of programs for youth, they also work with adults who have asthma. Their programs are broad and cover all lung-related diseases.
Please let us know if you have any further questions.
Posted by: Team Reach the Beach at February 8, 2007 3:01 AM