Nevermind the saddle sores, scorching heat and mountains the 43 University of Texas students who strike out on their bicycles from Austin in two weeks are determined to make it all the way to Alaska. That’s nearly 4,700 miles, for the record. And it’s not all downhill. This year’s scrappy cyclists, known collectively as the […]

Greens. Banknotes. Moolah. No matter what you call it, dollars lie at the heart of every nonprofit organization. And if “money” were the noun in this old school SAT analogy, then “fundraising” would most certainly be the verb. While the big, national nonprofit organizations have the resources and the luxury to create fancy, media-driven fundraising […]

The longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 team, will be rolling through Redway on Friday, July 15, just 41 days after departing from Austin, Texas on to their final destination of Anchorage, Alaska. While in Redway, the 2011 LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 Team will celebrate and share Hope, Knowledge and […]

Their trek started deep in the heart of Texas — and will end in Anchorage, Alaska, 4,771 miles and 70 days later. The Austin 4000, a group of about 20 cyclists from the University of Texas, were scheduled to arrive in Davis on Friday after blazing down the Sierra from South Lake Tahoe. Their touchdown […]

For the past six years, Bozeman’s Vickie Wilkson has spent this time of year planning how to feed almost two-dozen very hungry people. On Sunday, Wilkson and her husband Jon will again host a barbeque that is becoming an annual event. Although feeding the 22 cyclists riding in the Livestrong Texas 4000 is becoming a […]

Many groups are working to raise money for cancer research, but none of them go to the lengths that the Livestrong Texas 4000 Cycling Trek goes. For 70 days, spanning four-thousand miles, bike riders will pedal from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska. This is the sixth year for the ride, and in that time the […]

A group of college students fighting cancer will be stopping in Guymon during their 7th annual, 4000 mile journey across the country. The Texas 4000, Rocky Mountain group consists of 23 bicyclists, making their way from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska to help fight cancer and will be in Guymon on Wednesday, June 15. The […]

From Lindsay, Texas, to Ardmore it’s approximately 44.5 miles, but a group of cyclists took the long way Thursday — 70 miles in the summer sun. But if you’re a part of the Texas 4000, that’s only a little more than one percent of the ultimate goal. The longest charity ride in the world stopped […]

Bijal Mehta of Carrollton launched her version of an endurance epic on Saturday. The 23-year-old University of Texas graduate is biking 4,500 miles in the Eighth Annual Texas4000, billed as the world’s longest charity bike ride. All proceeds in the Austin-to-Anchorage ride go to cancer research. Mehta and other bikers passed through Cedar Hill on […]

With more than 4,600 miles under their bike tires, they’ve almost made it. Fifty-three University of Texas students cycling from Texas to Alaska — that’s twice the distance of the Tour de France — are expected to roll into Anchorage today. The Sense Corp Texas 4000 for Cancer, a fund-raiser to raise awareness about and […]