{"id":5702,"date":"2013-03-16T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/03\/16\/50-yo-cruz-bike-maria-to-do-2013-raam-for-sister\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:07:20","slug":"50-yo-cruz-bike-maria-to-do-2013-raam-for-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/03\/16\/50-yo-cruz-bike-maria-to-do-2013-raam-for-sister\/","title":{"rendered":"50 yo Cruz Bike Maria to do 2013 RAAM for Sister"},"content":{"rendered":"

We often hear about people biking great distances and doing so for a charity. And almost always, with but rare exception, the cause was picked *after* they made their decision to do their ride of choice. One unsung hero in this regard is Paul Guttenberg, a pilot, who rode across America in 33 days for the 33 airline industry victims of the 911 tragedy. 100- 150 miles a day, with no rest days, Paul was motivated.<\/p>\n

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\nA 50-year old mother of four in Lumberton, NC, feels the same passion to speak to the helplessness she feels. \u00a0Her sister, a near twin, only ten months older, was diagnosed last year with terminal brain cancer. As such, she is doing the biggest thing she can to help.\u00a0Maria Parker<\/b>, of\u00a0Cruz Bike<\/a>, \u00a0is riding one of her company’s front wheel drive recumbents across the USA in what\u00a0Outside Magazine calls \u201cthe toughest test of endurance in the world\u201d, the Race Across America.<\/div>\n
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\nThe fear Maria feels for the challenge of \u00a0pedaling \u00a0at speed for 3000 miles to raise a million dollars to research a possible cures for her sister’s near certain death blow, is humbling. She leaves Oceanside, CA, for Anapolis, MD \u00a0June 15. \u00a0Details as they emerge. In the interim.\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0is the Facebook page for \u00a0how you can help Maria \u00a0fund brain cancer research.<\/div>\n

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From the above Facebook web:<\/b><\/div>\n
Compared to the Tour de France, RAAM is 1000 miles longer, has 50% more climbing, and *drafting off\u00a0other racers and vehicles is prohibited*. Moreover, the top finishers cover the distance in less than half the time as the Tour de France.<\/div>\n
\nOnly one woman has ever completed RAAM on a recumbent bicycle: Barbara Buatois, the French holder of the world speed record (75.5 mph on a streamlined recumbent in 2009), finished RAAM in 11 days 19 hours and 48 minutes in 2010 at the age of 34.<\/div>\n
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We often hear about people biking great distances and doing so for a charity. 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