Mark Schultz Completes Punishing First Day of His Across America Bike Tour

On Monday, platinum selling, Dove Award winning recording artist, Mark Schultz, began an ACROSS AMERICA bike ride to raise support for orphans and widows. With his back tire sitting in the cool waves of the Pacific Ocean at Newport Beach, Schultz began his first day logging 84 miles thus far on the trip from California to New Hampshire.

Although the day started rather sublime, the ride become progressively difficult at Schultz found himself riding through 40 mile-per-hour winds, up steep inclines and in 90-degree heat.

“That was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life,” says Schultz. “Coming up on those last eight miles I think I pulled over about every two miles and I just yelled at myself, ‘You can do this! You CAN do this!”

Mark will be posting daily video blogs documenting his journey. Day one’s video blog outlines his day from sun-up to sundown and gives fans and supporters of the cause a first hand look at Mark on the road. He will also be stopping along the way to perform concerts featuring music from his acclaimed best-selling album, Broken & Beautiful (Word Records). More information about the Across America ride, including tour dates, video blog updates, and Mark’s progress can be found at www.markacrossamerica.org.

Local media covering the start of the journey came out Monday morning to speak with Schultz before he embarked on his trek. An interview with Schultz by the Orange County Register about his motivation for the journey and how he prepared for this two-month trip can be found at www.ocregister.com.

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