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The Race Across America, or RAAM, is an ultra-distance road cycling race held across the United States that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race. RAAM 2015 team start RAAM is one of the longest annual endurance events in the world.
By far the best-known of these races is the Race Across America (RAAM), a non-stop race across the United States that generally covers over 4,800 kilometres (3,000 mi). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In this format of racing, the cyclists race individually ( drafting and group riding are not allowed) but each cyclist has at least one support vehicle and a team of ...
Race Across America. March 21 Iowa State ends Iowa's nine-year run as team champion at the NCAA Wrestling Championships, while John Smith wins his first NCAA title. March 22 Mountain Man Winter Triathlon from Avon and Beaver Creak, Colo. March 29 The first broadcast on Wide World of Sports of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. April 11
Race Across America Powered By Trane Speeds by Washington, D.C. TYLER, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, the Race Across America Powered by Trane (RAAM) - the world's toughest and longest-running ...
Race Across America Powered By Trane Speeds to the Finish in Maryland TYLER, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On June 22 - 24, the Race Across America Powered by Trane (RAAM) - the world's toughest and ...
On May 20, 2012, ultrarunner John Pyle completed a run from San Francisco to Key West. His run began on February 29, 2012. [3] On August 18, 2012, ultrarunner Jennifer Bradley [4] became the second British woman to cross America on foot but the first to run across and make it in 80 days during the Run Across America on Trail 2012. [5]
Rails Across America, a railroad simulation game released in late 2001; Read Across America, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association; Spoons Across America, a national non-profit organization; Voices Across America: A National Town Hall, a live infomercial for Hillary Clinton in 2008
Haldeman won the race from Santa Monica to New York covering 2,976 miles in a time of 9 days, 20 hours and 2 minutes. He was the first cyclist to eclipse the 10-day barrier across America. ABC documented the race with a two-hour prime time program and won an Emmy Award for the best Sports Documentary. The 1982 Great American Bike Race can still ...