My name is Connor Herrick O'Brien, and this summer I will be biking from Virginia to Oregon with 32 other young people on a program called bike and build. Right now I'm on an airplane in DC, about to fly to Virginia beach and met the rest of my group for the first time. I am very excited and a little nervous. My great friend Rachael told me about this program, as she did it last year, and so I'm going to do it too! I've fundraised over 5,000$ thanks to so many generous people, which will go towards both food for my ride, and towards affordable housing, which is what this ride is all about. We stop quite a few times on our ride to help build homes for people who really need them. We are going from Virginia to West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and finally to Oregon. I've been training these last few months to bulk up for the ride, but I'm still a little worries about the sheer distance we are going (about 3,800 miles!). My family made me breakfast this morning and than drove me to the airport, I'm going to miss them a lot! I will try to update this blog as often as I can, and keep you all up to date with all of my travels, as well as post pics! Oh, the plane is firing up, got to go!
Good Luck Connor!!! woop!
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