What time is it? It’s time to race. On June 14th, four racers from Team Suicide Prevention - Bill Taitano, Joel Kantor, Tim Whiteside, and Craig Jackson will be on starting line for the 2022 Race Across The West , a 930 miles endurance bike race. We will ride day and night. We race to raise awareness for Suicide Prevention and to fundraise for local organizations in our Tulsa community on the front lines to help save lives. The race starts in Oceanside, California and finishes in Durango, Colorado. Yep, you guessed right, as there’s nothing flat on this route. There’s about 50,000 feet of climbing and we have 68 hours to get to the finish. If you haven’t already, I ask you to please support us in our efforts to spread hope and help save lives. Check out our website at https://www.teamsuicideprevention.com and make a tax deductible donation to support our mission.

The 930 mile Race Across The West route travels west to east from the sandy beaches of Oceanside, over the Sierra Mountains and into the scorching Mojave and Sonoran deserts and eventually ending up on the Animas River nestled in the Rocky Mountain town of Durango.

We invite you to come with us and share the excitement of our trek across the hot wind blown desert, monster mountain climbs and exhilarating descents with live GPS tracking available at this link: https://www.raceacrossthewest.org/live-tracking. Our two support vehicles will be on the road during the entire 930 miles day and night with our amazing crew members Marvin Lee, Ashley Robinson, Carol Hughes, Cynthia Whiteside, Duvane Ashe-Kenny, and Charlotte Lindley,who make this possible.

Thanks for your support.

cj