Padres Pedal the Cause registration open for virtual event
Amy and Bill Koman
April 27, 2021 2:29 PM PT
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Padres Pedal the Cause returns May 8 with a new virtual format to raise money for cancer research by several San Diego-based organizations.
Registration is underway for the event, which is called “Padres Pedal the Cause. Bound for Cures.” Participants will run, walk, bike or come up with another type of activity to do in honor of friends, family or others who have battled cancer. They will also be able to take part in three virtual sessions, including a 100-minute spin class, a 45-minute yoga class and a 45-minute strength class.
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Thomas Brock in 1992 at a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. It was there, 26 years earlier, that he found Thermus aquaticus, a species of bacteria that would be used to develop the chemical process behind PCR testing for the coronavirus.Credit.Peter Menzel/Menzelphoto
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