09/03/2020
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Shout out to Lance Weir and Team Chase/Holland. They have cycled 305 miles so far - including 30 miles this past Sunday - as we head into the middle of Week 4 of the . As Bill Walton says, "Until you've ridden your bike with Lance Weir, you have not been on a bike!"
Lance Weir, a Marine Corps Reservist, was dislodging a canoe in a river when afterwards he leaned headfirst into the water to retrieve his baseball cap. His head hit a submerged rock, shattering his C5 vertebrae, and he became a quadriplegic. 17 years after his injury, Nico Marcolongo from the Operation Rebound: CAF program encouraged Lance to enrich his life through sport.
Lance discovered that he was not only good at shooting an air rifle, he was one of the best in his category and was identified as a Paralympic hopeful. Over the years, he has earned 8 gold medals at both the Marine Corps Trials and the Warrior Games. Lance also cycles on an adaptive tandem hand cycle and has completed CAF’s Million Dollar Challenge, a 620-mile ride from San Francisco to San Diego, and other endurance rides including the grueling Silver State 508.
Want to get more familiar with Lance's story? Check out this amazing video narrated by a good friend of CAF, the late Dick Enberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55OxZItTIa8
