Ashley Day and Diego Farias stopped for a break on the lawn near the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon. They are among the 69 University of Texas students who are participating in the Texas 4000, riding their bikes from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, to raise funds for cancer research and raise awareness of cancer prevention efforts. They were on day 33 of the planned 70-day trip.
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