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The Green Beret Foundation provides financial resources, immediate need supplies, caregiver assistance, and educational scholarships to wounded or ill Army Special Forces warriors and their families.
About the Race
Race Across the West (RAW) is a shorter version of RAAM. RAW travels the first 930 miles of the RAAM route and is a RAAM qualifying event. RAW was started in 2008 to offer a race longer than 500 miles and to help bridge the mileage gap to RAAM.
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Latest Blog Posts
Jun
Why Should You Donate?
posted under: RAW
With the race just 4 days away, it is time to rally the troops and get fired up to race 930 miles across the Sierra Nevadas, the Mojave Desert, and the Rockies. Thank you for following along with my training on Facebook and our blog! The Race Across the West is…
May
Three Weeks Left!
posted under: RAW
In less than 3 weeks I will cross the starting line in Oceanside, CA and ride 930 miles nearly nonstop to Durango, CO in the Race Across the West. As June 13 closes in, the training continues and the race is becoming more of a reality. This weekend I did a 400-mile training…
May
Race Across the West
posted under: RAW
We are back!! Our last blog post in 2014 briefly covered some of the events that Team Green Beret Foundation participated in. Over the last three years, our team has taken on many challenges to include the Wilderness 101 Mountain Bike race in Pennsylvania and the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike race in…
Jan
Moving Forward into 2014
posted under: RAAM
Since the completion of the Race Across America (RAAM), Team Green Beret Foundation continues to support the cause. Moreover, three of the team members have competed in both bike and running events throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Andrew Schaaf and Dave Viens competed in the Wilderness 101 (that’s miles) mountain bike…
Jul
Wrapping it all up…
posted under: RAAM
Team Green Beret Foundation (Team GBF) finished this year’s Race Across America (RAAM) in 6 days, 22 hours, and 48 minutes. Team GBF won the 50+ 4-Person Team Category by over 8 hours and placed 6th out of 17 teams overall. Whether it was Andrew Schaaf and Dave Viens crushing the…