Elgin High School graduate, Willa Altman-Kaough is taking a memorable bicycle ride as she travels more than 4,000 miles to Alaska to raise money for cancer research. The 70-day Texas 4000 summer ride begins in Austin and ends in Anchorage, Alaska. It is the longest annual charity ride in the world – more than twice the distance […]

They’ve been on the road for 52 days, and on Monday a group of students from the University of Texas will arrive in Prince George on bicycles. The Texas 4000 participants have each raised $4,500 for cancer research, while giving awareness presentations at each stop. Program coordinator Kathryn Flowers says the riders draw inspiration from […]

Cancer is a distressing disease that people meet with courage and fortitude. The Texas 4000 team served as an analogy for people with cancer as they battled suffocating heat, hail, rain, snow, sleet, wind and many other weather conditions as they cycled 4,500 miles on a 70-day ride to fight against cancer and raise funds […]

Prince George, B.C. – Two dozen cyclists wheeled into Prince George this week hoping to raise funds for cancer research. The Sierra Route of the Texas 4000 (the Rockies Route was here last week) biked up from Quesnel Monday and will wrap up their trip in Anchorage, Alaska August 8th. Assistant Ride Director Ben Keeler […]

University of Texas students, called Texas 4000, are taking part in a 70-day ride from Austin Texas to Anchorage, Alaska. The students arrived in Aitkin July 2 after cycling from St. Cloud. The biker’s main objective is to fight cancer by raising funds and to increase awareness of the disease. After one night in Aitkin, […]

There are three routes which make up the annual ride and Fort St. John is part of the Ozarks route which travels through places such as Illinois, Wisconsin, Manitoba, Alberta, and B.C. before travelling through the Yukon and reaching Alaska. The Ozarks route itself is relatively new as this is only the second year it’s […]

The Texas 4000 cycling group passed through Whistler on Wednesday (July 16) with a local family hosting 24 team members before they continued north towards Yukon and eventually Alaska. Last week’s heat wave was not what the team was expecting after riding through deserts in west Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. “We didn’t know Canada […]

Working to raise funds and awareness for cancer research, 79 students from the UNIVERSITY of Texas at Austin have embarked on a more than 4,500 mile bike ride. 27 of them made their way to Grande Prairie last night for a pit stop at Revolution Place. The group had hoped to have Mayor Bill Given […]

A couple dozen students from the University of Texas have brought a charity bicycle ride to the Peace. Texas 4000 is collecting money for cancer research. Ashley Wallace says she joined because her Mom passed away from breast cancer when Ashley was seven. “Really, just celebrate the time we had together and to show that […]

Some of the most difficult parts about riding a bike for 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometres) are also the most rewarding for participants in this year’s Texas 4000 fundraiser for cancer research. “We meet a lot of people fighting along the way and it’s always really hard when you hear their stories. You empathize with these […]