Minnesota couple biking across America to raise awareness of lobular breast cancer
Kim and John Motschenbacher have been riding their bikes across America with a goal of raising $100,000 to advance invasive lobular carcinoma research. Author: Heidi Wigdahl Updated: 5:53 PM CDT July 6, 2021
RAWLINS, Wyoming Ten years ago, Kim Motschenbacher went in for her annual mammogram. It came back negative. Even though it did not feel like a lump, pain in her left breast caused her to go back to her doctor. Two months after her original mammogram, Kim was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer, also called invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC). The diagnosis was Stage 3C.
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Diane Threlkeld, center, with fellow cyclists Darren Iozia and Christine Grojean.For The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
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Diane Threlkeld, right, with fellow cyclists, left to right, Dave Threlkeld, Mike McGarry, Dave Threlkeld Jr. and Charlie Threlkeld.For The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
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Diane Threlkeld, of Glen Carbon, competes in a full ironman race in Idaho.For The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
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Diane Threlkeld, middle, with fellow cyclists Scott Marshall, left, and Darren Iozia.For The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
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Published on: 12-22-2020
Persistent pedaling through towns, down canyons, up mountain passes, along rivers, and across vast deserts and farmlands this is what it takes to cross the beautiful and diverse United States by bicycle.
For several years, Tom Bischoff, a member of Oregon’s Brookings Seventh-day Adventist Church, dreamed of this challenging adventure. As he listened to and read touring cyclists’ stories and pored over maps, his plan took shape. COVID-19 broke out, but Bischoff and his wife, Misti, agreed it was the “now or never” moment.
A camper on their Dodge pickup would serve as the rolling bed and breakfast, affording self-containment and plenty of social distancing. An average of 50 miles (80 kilometers) per day would bring Bischoff to his 50th high-school class reunion at Fletcher Academy in North Carolina on the first weekend in October. Retiring from his 42-year anesthesia career, he celebrated his 69th birthday and embar