On Saturday, September 14 more than 200 injured veterans and
their supporters rode into Philadelphia, completing the final leg of their 425
mile cycling journey that began in Boston.
The long-distance bike ride is known as the Minuteman
Challenge, organized by Ride 2 Recovery and sponsored by UnitedHealthcare. Ride 2 Recovery is a nonprofit organization
that aims to help injured veterans heal and recover from their wounds by
getting them involved in the physical and mental challenge of long distance
bike riding. With a variety of training
programs ranging from indoor spinning training at military installations to
multiday, long-distance rides, Ride 2 Recovery adapts bikes to fit the needs of
each veteran, including using hand cycles, recumbents, tandems and traditional
road bikes.
Ride 2 Recovery long-distance journeys are not races. Instead, the focus is on riding together,
supporting one another along the ride and fostering camaraderie among the riders.
For the fourth year in a row UnitedHealthcare has been the
title sponsor of the Ride 2 Recovery’s Minuteman Challenge, providing
financial, in-kind and volunteer support to help America’s injured
veterans.
Programs like Ride 2 Recovery and others that aid veterans
after their service has concluded are essential to helping our nation’s finest
live the healthy, active lives they so richly deserve. Thank you to all the men and women who have
served our country!
Bucks County Courier Times also stopped by to cheer on the riders. Check out the article they ran here.
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