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Local cycling duo races for a purpose
Team Eland traveling across the West to support shelter
Karin Weller racing in the 508 - Photo contributed by Karin Weller
Turlock resident Karin Weller found she has a talent for endurance cycling after she and her racing partner Jim Pyatt took first place for their age group in the Furnace Creek 508 - a 508-mile race in Southern California. Next up for the team is the Race Across the West event. - photo by Photo Contributed
Turlock resident Karin Weller has endured and understands the hardships of domestic abuse, but it wasn’t until discovering her passion of cycling that she was truly able to give back to those who have suffered as well. Weller, along with her racing partner Jim Pyatt of Modesto, make up Team Eland and will be participating in the Race Across the West, an 850-mile, 60-hour race that starts in Oceanside, California and concludes in Durango, Colorado. Team Eland, named after the quick and sturdy African antelope, hopes to win RAW while also raising at least $20,000 for the Freedom Woman’s Home serving Stanislaus County.