Bicyclists’ coast-to-coast journey
Fight against cancer inspires young bicyclists’ coast-to-coast journey
Hopkins 4K for Cancer has its roots in Hickory
Ride 4,000 miles? On a bike? All the way across the United States?
If your dream is fighting cancer, a bike ride from Baltimore to San Francisco is not just the right thing to do with your summer, it’s a full-time passion. That’s how Clare Blubaugh feels about it, and she’s not alone.
Blubaugh, 22, from Hickory and a senior at Johns Hopkins University, is director of this year’s Hopkins 4K for Cancer, a 4,000-mile, two-month bicycle trek from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco from May 22 to July 30.
On the ride, Blubaugh joins a team of 25 students, including 16 men and nine women, ages 18 to 26, from seven colleges and universities. Blubaugh and another teammate will make the trek for a second time.