Team Believe and Achieve finishes Race Across America in six days
Photo Courtesy of Benton Photography
Adam Sevy focuses on the road in front of him as he bikes through Missouri during the Race Across America.
For a group of local teens, the choice was simple; Disneyland or clear 10 acres of weeds.
Connor Ellison and his buddies on the all-junior Believe and Achieve cycling team initially wanted to finish the Race Across America in 6 days and 15 hours.
A bet made right before the start of the race with Jason Weckworth, the founder of Team Donate Life, from which team Believe and Achieve sprung from, and another rider, Max Fregoso, changed the goal.
Weckworth, an El Dorado Hills resident who competed on a four-man team in last year’s race from Oceanside to Annapolis, MD, said if the junior team beat his team’s time of 6 days, 8 hours, he would take the team to Disneyland. If the team failed, they’d have to weed-eat Weckworth’s 10-acre property.
That was all the motivation the team needed, as Connor and his seven teammates completed the 3,000-mile race across 12 states in 6 days, 6 hours and 31 minutes, easily topping Weckworth’s time and earning the trip to Disneyland.
“For me, not wanting to weed-eat motivated me more than Disneyland,” Connor said with a laugh. “It was a nice bet.”
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