Death Race For Life Project Sponsored By Long Trail Brewing: My most recent donor skiing in Dubai (largest indoor ski area in the world!)

Project Summary

I am dedicating February through July 2010 to my passion for endurance sports and an effort to help the Lance Armstrong Foundation fight cancer. Between March and June I will undertake a bicycle racing tour of multi-day stage races in the western United States. I’ll be racing in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and California. I’ll spend the winter training in Colorado and New Mexico. My tour will serve as conditioning for a final test – the Death Race. On June 24 I will join 99 other selected athletes in Pittsfield, Vermont for the 2010 Death Race.

The Death Race, loosely defined as an “adventure race” is a 24-hour slog that blurs the line between challenge and absurdity. The race consists of an unknown number of tasks spread out over a mountainous course with an unspecified finish line. The route and sampling of mental and physical challenges are also unknown. Previous races have included wood chopping, swimming, running, cycling, mud crawls, memorization tasks, fire building, weight caries, waterfall climbing, and more. The race boasts a 10% finishing rate. The international field of contestants includes ex-special forces, ultra-marathoners, Iron Men, and athletes from other disciplines. You can see the New York Times video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rtMFKpOYqo

My tour will benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation by raising money through direct donations and pledged donations per mile that I ride during the tour. In this blog you can find more information about the tour, my training, my connection to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, donations, and my motivation for starting this project.

Thanks for visiting the blog and supporting my project!

Cully Cavness

Thursday, December 31, 2009

My most recent donor skiing in Dubai (largest indoor ski area in the world!)

Brett Perlmutter, one of my closest friends and one of the most inspiring people I know, has just donated to my cause and launched a personal campaign to promote my mission. Brett tells everyone we meet that I am "Death Racing," and goes on to promote the project in a way that only Bretty P can. Thanks so much Brett! Your effort is making a big difference - I have raised over $2,500 (1/4 of my goal) between direct donations and mileage pledges.