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This rider must get the award for traveling the farthest to ride in the Hotter’n Hell Hundred later this month in Wichita Falls. According to the story in the Wichita Falls Times Record News, “Jay Hightower, an American geologist living in Egypt, will test how the training he does with the Cairo Cycling Club amid the pyramids stands up to the Hotter’N Hell Hundred this year.”

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from The Wichita Falls Times Record News

by Jenara Kocks Burgess

Bruce Williamson, a former Wichita Falls resident and now the Hotter’N Hell Hundred’s graphic designer, is collaborating with famous sports artist Bart Forbes to honor the cyclists who survive the ride year after year and the organizers who make it all possible with their artwork.

“I always thought if I rode 100 miles in 100-degree heat, I would want more to show for that effort than a T-shirt and lapel pin,” Williamson said.

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from marshallnewsmessenger.com

By Robin Y. Richardson, News Messenger

Charles Fletcher has always been spontaneous.

He and his wife Gloria have been hiking mountains around the world — from the French Alps to the Smokys — since their 30s. He climbed his last one, a major ice wall in Europe, at age 57.

Now, at 84, Fletcher revels in riding his bicycle as a member of the Marshall Chain Gang, initially called The Marshall Bicycle Club.

“He’s an adventurous person,” said Ben Bates, president of the club.

Not even illness can slow him down.

“He’s had cancer, can barely walk, but he gets on that bicycle,” Bates said.

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