The Gazette had a human interest story on a few local men, Jim McMullen of Silver Spring, Art McMurdie of Takoma Park and Lloyd Fienburg of Great Falls, who biked from the Atlantic Coast of Florida to the Pacific Coast in California.
The trip was about 3,100 miles with each cyclist pedaling about 2,500 miles. The group completed the trip April 27 with a dip in the Pacific Ocean.
McMurdie and McMullen, friends of more than 30 years, trained all winter, cycling about 120 miles a week, often along Beach Drive in Silver Spring.
"I thought he was nuts," said McMurdie's wife, Ellen, of Art's decision to go on the trip.
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