Bob McEnaney has logged many miles on the seat of his bike. He did his first triathlon after graduating from college in 1981, and hasn’t looked back. But this month, McEnaney will tackle the toughest endurance event of his career. Starting June 10, he’ll embark on a 12-day, 3,000-mile bike ride for Race Across America (RAAM), one of the toughest competitions in the world. RAAM begins in Oceanside, Calif. and ends in Annapolis, Maryland. “More people have climbed Mt. Everest than solo riders have completed [Race Across America],” McEnaney says.
But McEnaney isn’t just riding for the fun of it (if you call biking 250 miles per day for 12 days “fun”). He’s riding on behalf of Ride for a Reason, a charity he founded in 2012 to raise money for charities such as the Minnesota Military Family Foundation (MMFF) by participating in endurance events. “The military is the backbone of our country,” McEnaney says. “I have more respect than can possibly be expressed for the military members who are off fighting and for their families who bear the struggles at home while their loved ones are gone for long stints of time.”
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