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Local diabetics join Race Across America

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 06/25/09

Combined, the cyclists in the Race Across America will pedal a distance equivalent to circling the Earth at the equator seven times.

Courtesy photo Team Type 2 poses in their racing uniforms for the Race Across America. The squad, consisting of men who live with Type 2 diabetes, began cycling across the United States on Saturday. The cyclists will begin crossing the finish line Friday at the City Dock.
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They'll also each climb more than 100,000 feet - more than three times the altitude flown by commercial jetliners - on a course that is about 50 percent longer than the Tour De France.

And it all ends this weekend at City Dock in Annapolis.

The race started in Oceanside, Calif., on Saturday for teams, and racers will cycle through 14 states in hopes of making it to the finish line.

This is the first time the Team Type 2, whose members are all living with diabetes, is competing....

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