The Walkers ‘Team in Training’ are currently gearing up for ‘America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride’, which goes around Lake Tahoe in Nevada on 7
June. All money raised will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and their battle to defeat leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma. The team will also be riding in the memory of former Walkers partner Frank Banks who sadly died earlier this year after a long battle with brain cancer. The Walkers ‘Team in Training’ consists of Grant Stein – global managing partner, Mark Lewis – clients managing partner, Nancy Lewis – Walkers Global Holdings chief executive officer and associates Tim Buckley and Matt Taber. “We are excited to be participating in this event in Frank’s memory and are very much looking forward to the ride which takes place against such a spectacular backdrop in the Sierra Nevada mountains,” said Mr Stein. “While Frank did not suffer specifically from blood cancer, we feel that he would have appreciated this effort, particularly as he was such an avid tri-athlete. Furthermore, we believe that the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in the US is a worthy cause to support because should anyone in Cayman be unfortunate enough to require such treatment, in most cases the care they receive will be in the US.” While enjoying the stunning scenery around Lake Tahoe and clean mountain air, the Walkers riders can expect to face a series of demanding peaks. The altitude ranges between 6,300 feet and 7,100 feet above sea level, with numerous rolling ascents and descents totaling over 2,600 vertical feet of elevation gain. “Negotiating this course will be a great contrast to the flat training runs we have completed in Cayman,” Mr. Stein said. “It is great to be able to do something enjoyable and raise money for an important cause at the same time.”
All of these conditions make the course an immense challenge even for the more experienced cyclists on the team. For Nancy Lewis, who admits that she has hardly ridden a bike in the past twenty years, simply signing up for this event deserves great recognition and the support of the community. “I have just found out that we will have to change our own tyres if we get a puncture so I will be trying to avoid getting a flat at all costs,” she said.