Greg Wells Completes 700+ Mile Charity Bike Ride for Open Door Sports

Greg Wells completed a Charity Bike Ride from his Royal Bank of Canada office in Washington DC to RBC headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, raising nearly $70,000 to benefit Open Door Sports and their work on behalf of children with disabilities. Greg, nicknamed Diesel, biked 740 miles from August 10^th through the 17th, averaging over 90 miles each day. His route involved stops in New Freedom, PA; Conshohocken, PA; Shroudsburg, PA; Poughkeepsie, NY; Mechanicville, NY; Port Henry, NY; Plattsburgh, NY and, finally, Montreal, Quebec. He was supported by Amedeo Rosenfield and Jack Lasota, both sophomores at the University of Maryland, College Park. Amedeo is a former peer buddy and assistant coach for ODS.

Specifically, the ride involved:

• 740 miles biked
• 33,600 feet climbed
• Downpours
• Swarms of bees
• Daily ice baths
• And more than a few mechanical challenges

Greg’s battled through all of these challenges so kids with special needs, like his daughter, Emory, could have a chance to be on a team, meet new friends and have pride in their abilities. He fought through fatigue so teens like his daughter, Marlie, could be part of the solution – developing understanding, respecting difference and finding out that we are all more alike than we are different.