Are You Ready to Ride? Join Us at The 2015 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo

Alpine Gran Fondo The Prostate Cancer Awareness Project is honored to be one of the non-profits that the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo closely works with to carry out its charitable mission. We invite you to join us at the 2015 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo in Harrisonburg, VA. This challenging and adventurous cycling event takes place on September 20, 2015. The route begins in Harrisonburg and covers 107 miles featuring over 11,000 feet of climbing and two dirt road mountain climbs – the toughest Gran Fondo in the United States! Registration is open at BikeReg.com and will continue until September 7th or until field limits are reached. The Alpine Loop Gran Fondo has a route for everyone including two new ones this year. Now there are five routes to enjoy. Check out the details below: Valley View Challenge – 36 miles, 2200 ft elevation Mt Solon Metric Century – 100 kilometers (62 miles), 3700 ft elevation Shenandoah Mountain Adventure – 78 miles, 6400 ft elevation Shenandoah Mountain Century – 100(+) miles, 7800 ft elevation Alpine Loop – 108 miles, 11000 ft elevation If you are ready to ride and up to the challenge; we encourage you to join us at the 2015 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo. […] read more

4th Annual Alpine Loop Gran Fondo Prostate Cancer Ride

Alpine Loop Gran Fondo riders begin their 2014 rider 657 bicyclists cover 50,734 miles and 3,920,014 vertical feet for Prostate Cancer Awareness by Robert Warren Hess Harrisonburg, Virginia – September 28th, 2014 More than 650 bicyclists joined Jeremiah Bishop, Ben King, and Joe Dombrowski in the 2014 edition of the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo for prostate cancer awareness. The Alpine Loop Gran Fondo is the toughest gran fondo in the United States. But it also includes the 36 mile Valley Challenge for riders who aren’t for for 107 miles and 11,000 feet of vertical climb. The Valley Challenge is a beautiful ride over rolling hills in the Shendandoah Valley. This year we had almost 100 Valley Challenge riders, including children, mothers, and fathers. And PCAP’s Founder, Robert Hess. Me! Together, our 657 riders covered 50,734 miles and 3,920,000 vertical feet of climb. What an accomplishment. Congratulations everyone! Prostate Cancer Early Detection Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer and kills 30,000 men each year, striking one man in every six. The key to surviving prostate cancer is early detection and we have developed  a simple 5-step survival system that we call the MAN System . . . M – Measure.  Take a PSA blood test. A – Annually.  […] read more