Photograph of event manager, Janie Bush, directing riders at the opening ceremony. Opening ceremonies took place on Frog Alley near Texas Christin University (TCU) stadium.

A picture of the route marking crew manager Andrews Fortenberry and crew member Ivan Watson both wearing orange reflective vests.

Photograph of lunch pit medical team member Shilpa Gandi and Monroe Howard surrounded by a box of Gatorade at the Decatur lunch pit stop. The red granite building appearing in the top left corner of the photo is the Decatur courthouse.

Photograph of cyclist Edmund Metzold from New York. This photo was taken as he rides to Decatur square in the mid-afternoon of day one of the race.

Photograph of the massage team manager, Vail Fassett, working on David Pucek in Decatur. This photo was taken on the covered entrance to the Decatur courthouse.

Photograph from a car's passenger window of Ivan Watson marking the route out of Decatur. A RadioShack location appears in the storefront behind him with a truck parked down the street.

Photograph of the rider rep chair, Casey Lambert, giving a thumbs-up as she rides on the edge of an asphalt road lined with scrub grass and trees.

Photograph of Tom Brownlee, Jr. as his band performed, courtesy of Crossroads Community Church. Tom stands in side profile as he plays a tenor saxophone on a stage that overlooks a large white tent. This photo was taken from the position of a drummer during later afternoon.

Photograph of Randi Charleston, a pit 1 crew member, on Rainbow Day. Randi appears in a yellow LSR t-shirt accessorized with two rainbow leis, a bucket hat, and colorful eyelashes.

Photograph of a cyclist Chuck Taylor walking with his bike going to the lunch pit on day 2 of the ride in McKinney. This photo was taken in Finch Park.

Photograph of Charlie Allen, part of the lunch pit crew, as a scarecrow in McKinney. Allen appears in a burlap shirt with various patches with bundles of straw coming out of the sleeves. This photo was taken in Finch Park which was the lunch stop on day 2 of the race.

Photograph of riders Chris Davis and Melanie Kaihani posing under a rainbow balloon arch with their bikes in McKinneys Finch Park on the second day of the race.

Photograph of the recruiting chair, David Minehart, taking a handout from Betsy Parker, as Chance Spiker gets food in the background. This photo was taken in Finch Park in Mckinney which served as the lunch pit stop for the second day of the marathon.

Photograph of riders Tim Weinheimer (left) and David Pucek. Both cyclists are seen wearing brightly colored short sleeve cycling shirts, biking shorts, and sunglasses.

Photograph of rider Leonard Fiorenza carrying his bike over the grass. Leonard appears in a red cycling zip-up cycling shirt with various logos and branding, a black helmet, and athletic shorts. This photo was taken in Finch Park in Mckinney which served at the lunch pit stop for the second day of the marathon. There is a yellow sticky note attached to the back of this photo that reads Ray... with the second word being unidentified.

Photograph of the pit 3/4 manager, Sally Hubbard, getting her pit set up at Southfork Animal Clinic in Murphy, TX. Sally appears wearing a green LSR t-shirt under a rainbow apron while she holds up a small bottle of ornage Gatorade. She is surrounded by other pit crew members also dressed in rainbow aprons.

Photograph of drinks in a bike helmet resting in the grass. The helmet contains a water bottle reading "Bigger, Better, Stronger" and a small orange Gatorade bottle.

Photograph of riders Shari Taylor, Kevin Stuteville, and Travis Staton at the opening ceremonies at the Northwest Campus of Tarrant County College in Fort Worth. The man on the right appears pealing a banana while wearing a cycling shirt that reads "Tanqueray's AIDSRides USA".

Photograph of rider Tim Hyman and his friend at the opening ceremonies. Both men appear wearing white, while the man on the right holds three empty Gatorade bottles tucked to his chest.

Photograph of various colored duffel bags sitting around at the opening ceremonies before it gets loaded to be taken to Lake Ray Roberts campground.

Photograph of a camp and food services crew member, Rose Counts, serving rider Tim Zack Norman, and a medical team manager, Ken Locker at the opening ceremonies. Tables of bagels and cream cheese are being served to the morning crew and riders before the start of the race. One cyclist can be seen using a flashlight to see what is being served.

Photograph of Karen Estes (center), the co-executive director of the Resource Center of Dallas at the opening ceremonies. Other volunteers in red, yellow, and green LSR t-shirts stand around in a loose group in the parking lot of the Tarrant County Community College NW campus parking lot waiting for opening ceremonies.

Photograph of everyone getting ready to ride all on various kinds of bikes.

Photograph of a breakfast crew member, Monty Anderson, speaking at the opening ceremonies. He is joined by (left to right): Jim Frederick, Ken Locker, Rebecca Mohr, Reid Ainsworth, Janie Bush, Sonia McClarron-Singleton, and Janet Park. The volunteers appear standing on a stage with a large LSR banner hung along the back and speakers flanking the sides.