{"id":171126731,"date":"2010-06-04T15:12:11","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T15:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=171126731"},"modified":"2010-06-04T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T15:12:11","slug":"4k-for-cancer-makes-pit-stop-in-valley-on-cross-country-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=171126731","title":{"rendered":"4K for Cancer makes pit stop in Valley on cross-country trek"},"content":{"rendered":"

By DENISE DICK
\nTwenty-eight college students bike 4,000 miles over 63 days to raise funds, foster hope and spread awareness about cancer.
\nThe cyclists in the 4K for Cancer, mostly students at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, started their journey Sunday from Baltimore.
\nThey stopped Thursday afternoon at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Boardman to eat snacks and dinner provided by church members and to spend the night.
\nThey\u2019ll wrap up their trek July 31 at San Francisco\u2019s Golden Gate Bridge.
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\nJose Medina, 21, of Miami, and Kristine Casey, 22, of Bernardsville, N.J., serve as co-directors for this year\u2019s event. This marks Medina\u2019s first 4K and Casey\u2019s second.
\n\u201cMy mom is a Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma survivor,\u201d Casey said of her
\ninvolvement.
\nTwo of Medina\u2019s close friends made the trip in 2008 and last year. Medina\u2019s grandmother died of a brain tumor, and a close relative died from breast cancer, he said.
\nFrank Riddle, a church member, said the church opened its doors to feed and house the cyclists four years ago and has continued it since.
\n\u201cWe enjoy having them here,\u201d he said. \u201cAll of our people in the church prepare different kinds of food.\u201d
\nWake-up time for cyclists is between 4:30 and 6 a.m., followed by packing up, breakfast and a gathering where cyclists announce whom they are dedicating that day\u2019s ride to.
\n\u201cMy adviser, Claire King, lost her son to leukemia when he was very young,\u201d Medina said. \u201cI dedicated today\u2019s ride to her son.\u201d
\nCyclists begin each day\u2019s ride with groups of between three and six members hitting the road in roughly five-minute intervals, he said.
\nEach day\u2019s ride stretches between 80 miles and 120 miles and lasts between five and six hours. From the Boardman church, the group was to leave today, headed to Cleveland.
\nThey spend each night at a church, school or YMCA-like facility.
\nThis year, Medina and Casey instituted a training regimen, trying to prepare for the arduous ride.
\n\u201cThe first week is the hardest,\u201d Casey said.
\nRiders get a little sore. Some even talk of how their clothes fit looser, Medina said.
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By DENISE DICK Twenty-eight college students bike 4,000 miles over 63 days to raise funds, foster hope and spread awareness about cancer. The cyclists in the 4K for Cancer, mostly students at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, started their journey Sunday from Baltimore. They stopped Thursday afternoon at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Boardman to eat snacks … <\/p>\n

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