Death Race For Life Project Sponsored By Long Trail Brewing: Welcome to the New Blog

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

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Welcome to the New Blog

I am dedicating the next six months to my passion for endurance sports and an effort to help the Lance Armstrong Foundation fight cancer. Between March and July I will undertake a bicycle racing tour of the major multi-day stage races in the western United States. I’ll be hitting the Redlands Cycling Classic (California), Sea Otter Classic (California), Napa Valley Grand Prix (Cali), Tour De Gila (New Mexico), and Mt. Hood Classic (Oregon). I’ll also be mountain biking in Moab, Utah and Fruita, Colorado. 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 when I join 99 other selected athletes in Pittsfield, Vermont for the 2010 Death Race.

The Death Race, loosely defined as an “adventure race” is a grueling 24-hour slog. The race consists of an unknown number of tasks spread out over a 10-mile 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.

After I completed my solo ride from Canada to Los Angeles in 2005, people always asked me what I was raising money for. I wasn’t. I just did it for fun. I quickly realized that I’d missed a major opportunity to do good while pursuing my passions. I’m using the time between graduation and my job’s start date in July as a second chance.

This blog will chronicle my training, traveling, racing, and adventures in the same style as my travel blog, www.clc3tales.blogspot.com. I hope you will check in often, write me with support, and donate to my LAF grassroots fund athttp://www.livestrong.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=325373&lis=1&kntae325373=697A4C789B5F4E6AAD01DC47352CA56A&supId=279099976.