Rob and RAAM: Racing Bikes and Saving Lives
On June 12th at 2 pm PDT, Race Across America (RAAM) began its 3,000-mile journey east from Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland. And among the participants is our own Rob Coburn, Group Strategy Director/Public Relations Strategist at Perry & Banks, pedaling for Team Type 2 in this epic cross-country race.
The following is an update from Rob on the VSP Vision Care blog (sponsor of the team).
Over a quarter of the race down, and I’m somewhere in Colorado. The Milky Way is an incredible sight at night, and the Monument Valley just after sun up is truly breathtaking.
It’s 4 p.m. mountain time and I’m off to “bed”. We’re on the road for the next 3-plus hours in an RV to meet the squad that’s riding now. Sleep is hard to come by in shifts of approximately three hours in the RV. I’ll be back on the bike around 1:00 am, and there will be more climbing tonight.
We’ve logged 321 miles from Flagstaff, Arizona to Durango, Colorado in the past 24 hours at an average speed of 17.5 miles per hour. This puts a total of 857 miles behind Team Type 2, and we have 2,147 miles still to complete. Fortunately, the climbs and elevation of the Rocky Mountains will be complete soon, which will bring us to the rolling hills of Kansas and Missouri.
The team is really making good use of our Nike sunglasses which have replaceable lenses. I looked up as I was swapping out the dark lenses to the clear lenses for night riding and saw that two of my teammates were doing the same thing.
If you’re anywhere near our route, come out and cheer us on. We’d love to see you!
We’re all wishing Rob the best of luck in this amazing endeavor, and are looking forward to more updates in the coming days!
For more infomation:
Team Type 2 website
Team Type 2 on Twitter