July 14, 2018 — On July 10, about 3:30 p.m., the Texas 4000 Bicyclists arrived in Florence. No — not 4000 bicyclists, but 24 bicyclists representing the University of Texas — Austin, Texas 4000 Ride For The Cure organization. This is the 13th year that Florence has been able to host this wonderful group of […]
STEWARTVILLE, Minn.- There is always a reminder of why they are on this journey. “I have about 70 days worth of cards with names on them and I keep those in this little lunchbox that I keep on the front of my bike. When I’m having a tough day, I’ll look down and I see […]
More than 60 students from The University of Texas at Austin are pedaling from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, as part of the 15th Anniversary of Texas 4000 for Cancer. The event is the longest annual charity bike ride in the world. The team will ride more than 4,000 miles over the course of 70 […]
A group of student cyclists riding from Texas to Alaska while raising money for cancer have made a stop in the Border City. Texas 4000 is a non-profit group run by students at the University of Texas. The group came into Lloydminster Monday evening with a police escort and stayed the night. The riders left […]
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – A group of students from Texas are biking through our area as they head to Alaska! 60 University of Texas students are taking part in the fifteenth annual Texas 4,000 for Cancer. The group is biking from their home state to Anchorage, Alaska, while raising money for cancer research. As […]
LOCAL STUDENTS RIDE TO ALASKA TO RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS MORE THAN 60 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS students have embarked on a summer-long bike ride to Anchorage, Alaska, all in the name of cancer research. Texas 4000 is the longest annual charity bike ride in the world. Participants bike over 4,500 miles in 70 days on one […]
Student cyclists participating in a summer program with Texas 4000, an organization that engages communities to fight cancer, raise their hands during a presentation with Cindy Malray of the American Cancer Society at Lourdes hospital Saturday. Paducah served as a host town for the group of about 24 students, who are completing the cycling event’s […]
From Austin to Alaska, organizers of the Texas 4000 for Cancer bike ride spent 18 months preparing for its 70-day trek across North America. They’ve raised money, put in countless community service hours and brought attention to their cause of cancer awareness One of the three routes to Alaska stopped at Gainesville High School over […]
A group of University of Texas students will be riding through Denton County on Wednesday during the world’s longest charity bike ride. Nearly 70 cyclists left Austin on Friday to begin the Texas 4000, the world’s longest charity bike ride. The 70-day ride covers more than 4,000 miles as the riders head toward Anchorage, Alaska. […]
WACO, Texas (KWTX) Two-dozen college students who plan to bike 4,000 miles in 70 days to raise money for cancer research made a stop this week in Central Texas, where they were welcomed by complete strangers. “Waco was incredible,” University of Texas senior from Kate Bomar of Houston said. “Just walking into Midway, they had […]
