7 Days, 10 Hours, 36 Minutes

Congratulations to Richard Waugh and Charlie Combs of Team Reaching Heights, who smashed their age group record in the world’s toughest bike race, the Race Across America, by 14 hours!

A blog entry titled “Rock Stars” details the celebration that followed the team’s triumphant arrival in Annapolis, Md., after a ride of 3,000 miles from Oceanside, California. Richard and Charlied completed the ride in 7 days, 10 hours, and 36 minutes.

As detailed in recent story in the Sun-Press, Waugh decided that the race provided an opportunity to raise awareness of and money for the music programs of Reaching Heights. These include the Patti Family Music Lesson Scholarship program, Heights Summer Music Camp, a Middle Schools Honor Concert, and the James Bane Jazz Scholarship.

Read more about the race on Team Reaching Heights’s blog and more about Reaching Heights music programs here.