Hopkins 4K for Cancer

photos 2007 : week 1

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H4K 2007 visits the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. We've pledged $10,000 to their cancer prevention programs.

Cooking TONS of sauce for our Send-off pasta dinner!

Send-off Ceremony on the steps of Shriver Hall

Leaving the gates of Homewood Campus

The 4K caravan passes Baltimore's Penn Station on our way to the Inner Harbor.

Tire-dipping Ceremony at the Inner Harbor!

The back tires go in... it will be 68 days before our front tires hit the waters of San Francisco bay!

Greg pulls into a water stop, conquering the first stretch towards Waynesboro, PA.

A break for Snowballs!

4K riders are HOT

Sarah, Nicole, and Michelle cross the first state line into PA!

This immortal bagel made it all the way from the Hopkins Homewood Campus to Waynesboro in Alice's pocket.

4K's first delicious dinner on the road, with our gracious hosts at Waynesboro Baptist Church.

Our first morning meeting and preparations outside Waynesboro Baptist Church.

Shantha and Olympia at Day 2's first waterstop. Cold fried chicken at 9:30am never tasted so good!

Wweeeeee!!! A much-deserved downhill after a 7-mile climb in the morning!

Sarah and Michelle enjoying the view from the top.

Min Ku (standing), Michelle, Arun, Sarah and Shantha take a breather.

Sheer exhaustion at the lunch stop.

We shared the road with many motorcyclists on Memorial Day.

Sarah on the open road.

Our 5th annual dinner with our hosts at the Bedford Presbyterian Church!

4K riders travel to distant lands...

and encounter interesting creatures...

Kara, Sarah, Min Ku, and Christine.

Tom rides back up a massive hill to rejoin his group... trooper.

Min Ku, Olympia, Sarah, Shantha, Alice, Kara, and Katherine (aka KitKat).

Team Estrogen shares a cinnamon bun!(Jen, Becca, Allie, and Sandy)

Olympia makes PB & J on a hot dog bun.

Shantha and Michelle rip into a chocolate cake as Nicole looks on.

Don't worry, 4K'ers need ~5000 calories to go the distances we ride everyday!

Arun stays hydrated.

It's hard work getting to the top!

Sandy and Becca, still going strong.

Dinner at the YMCA of Greensburg, PA.

A tour of the cancer treatment facilities at the Arnold Palmer Pavillion.

Devan, Drew, Christine and Alice meet a dosimetrist/physicist at the Arnold Palmer Pavillion who introduces us to the science of calculating precise chemotherapy regimens for each patient.

Nicole and Becca, our fearless Directors!

Dewey (our leg leader for this 1st third of the trip) eats his lunch, 4K style.

Lots to do, even on our day off!

Helping out to spruce up the backyard of our hosts, the Greensburg YMCA.

Jarred mows the lawn.

Michelle clears the way for new seeds.

Thanks to the D'Amico family for helping us refuel with an absolutely amazing dinner and swim party!

Breakfast with the kids at the Greensburg YMCA.

Tom, being nice.

Thanks to the guys at Prime Time Pizza for the delicious pizzas at the first water stop of our first century!

Arun and Shantha rockin' matching sunglasses from Eckerds!

Thanks to Gail at Gail's Ladylocks (www.gailsladylocks.com) for their delicious pastries! Order some today, especially the signature Ladylocks -- they mail anywhere in the country!

Alice, back on the road.

Kara lends Michelle a helping hand.

Sarah and Kara find a different kind of vehicle to ride during a break.

Eric goes for deep stretches.

Thanks to Mr. Ed Turner for inviting us to cool off in his waterfall!

We receive some icy popsicles from a friendly family as we borrow their driveway to change a flat tire.

Enjoying pints of ice cream, generously donated by Sheetz, in the van during the shuttle into Youngstown, OH.

Rob... That O is for OhiO, as in "Welcome to Ohio"!

Dinner with our gracious hosts at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Youngstown, Ohio!

Can you recognize 4K riders when they're showered and clean?

Napping lakeside at the lunch stop on our way into Cleveland, OH.

4K Caravan into Cleveland!

We love to cause a scene :)

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