2026 WBR Marathon Team

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Power of Bicycles

Your donation will provide bicycles that change lives

Introducing.... the 2026 WBR Marathon Team! 

This group of passionate change-makers has accepted the challenge to make an impact with World Bicycle Relief in the lives of people around the globe through the Power of Bicycles; all before taking on the 2026 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 11th! 

Please help us support World Bicycle Relief by making a donation. It’s fast, easy, and secure - and your support will deliver The Power of Bicycles to individuals and communities in need. Not to mention, you'll be supporting these awesome athletes reach their goals! 

Spread the word by sharing this page with others who may want to donate to help individuals challenged by distance. 

Thank you for your support!

Thank you to our donors

$3k

Anonymous

$2.53k

Anonymous

$1.28k

John And Hilary Morland

$1.01k

Anonymous

$1,000

Anonymous

$1,000

Peloton Matching

$776

Patrick Walter

$712

Anonymous

$626

Jennil Salazar

$586

Joanne Westerhausen

$581

Mark And Sarah Williamson

Good luck!!

$530

David Young

$526

Anonymous

You got this Deep!!!

$526

Susi & Randy Rowe

$520

Donald And Joanne Westerhausen

$500

Al And Leslie Boris

$500

Randy & Susi Rowe

$430

Anonymous

$398

Robert Keohane

$355

Mom & Dad Strause

Go Bryant

$355

Kent & Jeanine

$330

Quinn Finley Thomas

$330

Peter Chung

$330

Clare Chung

$323

Jean And Sheila Lastra

God Bless you and thank you for raising money for a good cause!

$323

Fuzzy

Ella…you. ♥️

$323

Bob And Jane Martin

$300

Casey Osborne

$280

Aletta And Rob Martin

$270

Casey Osborne

$270

Casey Osborne - Matching Donation

$265

Don Simons

Will helping to make the world a better place

$263

Isaac Remboldt

Run (and bike!) fast!

$259

Alejandro Perez

Good Job!!

$250

Heather Cameron

$250

Michael Greenawald

$235

Trace Smith

$215

Richard Mandile

The mobility improvements for young girls due just to bicycles is profound.

$215

Omi Goldsmith

So proud of you John

$213

Terri Baranski

You go girl!!

$212

Fred Emich

$212

Anonymous

$212

Jan Lowrey

Good luck!

$210

Anonymous

$200

Ashley Johnson

Can’t wait to watch you crush it!!!!

$200

Brooke Storm

$200

Anne And Andrew Allen

Bravo for doing that Andy! If you are in California , please come and visit. We always have a glass of wine ready.

$200

Carol Sheehan

$200

Anonymous

Run!!!

$199

Rich Kylberg

Happy Birthday!

$199

Tyler Sadonis

$5 on diesel! Go crush it!

$199

Joe Silvernale

Have a great race!

$199

Jonathan And Laura Keohane

Dear Catherine, we hope you have a happy birthday on October 10th and have fun with the marathon. Love, Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Laura

$190

Bruce Matherly

$178

Anonymous

$177

Nancy And Alan Stein

Go, Aletta, go!

$177

Carolyn Cochran

Thanks Bryant for what you are doing and for who you are in this world!

$177

Cassidy Sheehan

$177

Tony Barrett

$177

Thomas Mulroy

$177

Tucker Piner

you’re the man.

$177

John Bonhard

I want to ride my bicycle

$177

Dan And Jill Sheehan

Wow 🤩 We are so proud of you! 26.2 miles- you’ve got this!!

$177

Hiroko Kunitake

Good luck, Andrew!!

$177

Fight For Children

$177

Ana Williams

$177

Anonymous

$177

Hunter Black

$177

Marisa Silverman

$177

Grandma Dianne

$177

Kevin Kelley

God speed!

$175

Bruce Matherly

$175

Anonymous

$175

Diana Cuervo

VAMOS DUMBITO!!!

$175

Jad Abou Rjeily

$175

Hunter Black

$175

Doug Payne & Allie Blair

$173

Veo Martin

$165

Michael Chung

$165

Clare Chung

I am so proud of you!!

$165

Peter Chung

Go for it!!

$165

Julie And Thad Stappenbeck

Amazing, Aletta! So proud of you!! Will be thinking of you on marathon day, hope it goes great! Happy to support you and World Bicycle Relief.

$165

Anonymous

$165

Annie Black

'Great idea! 'Hope this small donation for 1 complete Buffalo bike makes a BIG difference to 1 rider, as promised on the website and in the videos.

$165

Lisa And Greg

The power of bikes! 🩵

$165

Bryant Strause

$165

John Nguyen

LET’S GOOOO

$165

Tim Rosengarten

Good Luck!

$165

Steve & Estelle Putrich

$165

Christie Westerhausen

$165

Amy And Burt Garland

Go Aletta!!! You have got this!

$165

Natalie Simons

Go Will!

$161

Nolan Hart

$161

Debbie Tedsen

$161

Kash Morgan

So inspiring!!

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Jimmy Martin

$158

Anonymous

you rock!

$155

Casey Osborne

$155

Casey Osborne - Matching Donation

$150

Anonymous

$150

Kat And Liz

!!!

$150

Scott Williams

Good luck!

$150

Will Morland

$150

Fti Consulting Match

$119

Robin Overing

Have fun out there!

$113

Anonymous

$108

Rosa And Frank Riccardi

Go John Go

$108

Peter Nickles

$108

Susan Kincaid

Way to go Bryant!

$108

Anonymous

$108

Jo Ann Cameron

Go, Ella, go!

$108

Timothy Sylvain

Good Luck! We will be cheering you on dk and Coco

$108

Prime Ability Youth Cycling

Stay primed

$108

Aaron Kirschner

$108

Stewart

This is awesome!! Good luck 🍀

$108

Bradley Cameron

$108

Tom & Tina

We are cheering you on, Bryant! Way to go!!

$108

Tsr Murugan

Good initiative. Good luck!

$108

Uncle Rich & Aunt Jonetta

What a neat way to provide bikes to people in another country! We are on board❤️

$108

Amy And Jason Hart

👏

$108

Amy Johnson

$108

Jim Haney

$108

Patrick Allen

Go girl

$108

Anonymous

All the best!!!

$108

Liam Mulhern

Please share all success or bonk related metrics!

$108

Vicky

Can’t wait to train with you, Love! Cheers to crushing your first marathon and having a lot of fun along the way!

$108

Annie Emich Black

Go Hunter and Katie! 'Hope you reach your golas in the race and that you get to enjoy Chicago-style pizza and beer afterwards; before you jump back on a plane home!

$108

Kinzer Jennings

$108

Trevor Larsen

$108

Dennis Thompson

Crush it Bryant!

$108

Irene Cherry

Congrats Madi, you are awesome!!

$108

Tita Isa

Good luck, Jerome!

$108

Peter & Alissa Sylvain

Go Johnny Go

$108

Lindsay Zarwell

$108

Anonymous

$108

Sara Parella

Have a fantastic marathon, Aletta! I'm so proud of you!!!

$108

John Nickles

Good luck! You’re an inspiration.

$108

Christina Martin

$108

Steve Wasserman

$108

Meg Mikolajczyk

How exciting!!!! Can’t wait to hear how it goes!!

$108

Lina Stover

Puedes lo que te propones! Animo con el training.

$108

David Brewster

Go Bryant!

$108

Jeffrey Yates

Good luck!

$108

Jared Tagen

Go get ‘em, my man!

$108

Anonymous

$108

Nick Joung

$108

Clint Sesow

$108

Mirian Rebelo

$108

Rich Sigona

Money must be used for custom steel bike

$108

Benjamin Blue

The key to running is to know who you're doing it for. I suggest wearing a locket necklace with a picture of your bike in it so you can peek at it when things get hard <3

$106

Ryan Kenyon - Matching Donation

$106

Michael Magliocchetti

Great cause! Good luck with the run Hunter

$106

Belinda Binford

Happy Birthday!

$106

Chris D

$106

Ryan Kenyon

Catch you out there on race day!

$105

Leah

slaaayyy speedy

$105

Andrew Chung

$105

Jake Black

$105

Cristina & Jerry

Happy birthday Catherine!

$105

Brad Bernthal

Good luck + go get 'em, Meli!

$101

Ian Macomber

LFG! Go get it daddy.

$101

Ian Macomber

$100

Amelia & Robin

Happy birthday Catherine!! Glad to be a part of supporting your cause 💝

$100

Maddie Martin

$100

Ej Miller

Run faster than I can!!

$100

Anonymous

Good luck on Race Day!

$100

Jenny Mendoza

$100

Joe & Julie Black

Go Hunter!

$100

Matt Demos

Good luck Ivan! Love the cause.

$100

Pj Hernandez

Sub 250 incoming

$100

Gwen

Good Luck!

$100

Ben

Bicycles for all

$100

Pranitha Giridhar

Great cause Ivan!! Happy to help.

$100

Jax Porter

$100

Jill& Nick Joung

GOO HUNTER GO!!!!!!

$100

Alli Davanzo

$100

Pj Hernandez

$100

Eric Miller

Run Hunter run!

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Colleen Peterson

$100

Will Morland

$100

Casey Osborne

$100

Danelle And Darren Parks

We Love You!!❤️❤️

$81

Gabriela Pedroza

You got this!! We will be cheering you on!!

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Google Matching

$75

Alexandra Fields

$75

Kayla Simons

Stoked for you!

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Trudy Liu

Dear Catherine! Happy birthday to you! Welcome to 30’s world. Funner!

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Blake Parks

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Nikola Loncarevic

$60

Yoko Yamanaka

Happy Birthday! You’re amazing and I hope you have the best of the birthdays!! Go Catherine!!

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Brad Hirsh

$59

Ac&up Morgan

A great way to celebrate your birthday, have fun!

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Mike Magee

Go Will

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Aditya Agarwal

$54

Krishna Menon

Go Catherine! You got this.

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Katy Jones

You’re amazing and will do amazing on this journey!!

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Ian Hammond

$54

Maddie Fresco

You got this!!!

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Halle Baerenstecher

Let’s go Catherine!! You’re amazing

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Anonymous

Go go Deep!!

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Judi Houpert

So very proud of you and all the good you are doing in this world! Have a great race!!

$54

Kylie Langhoff

Good luck!!! The best feeling is crossing that line!!

$54

Andre Davoli

🤐🤐🤐 😛😛😛

$54

Anonymous

Proud of u ❤️

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Julie K.

You are going to do great in Chicago!

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Kathy Morgan

$54

Jinal Patel

$54

Meredith Horner Blasingame

Good luck Ella!! 🩵, Meredith Horner Blasingame (KKG class of ‘05)

$54

Maddie Martin

$54

Corrie Day

So proud of you!!! Good luck!!!

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Madeline

$54

John Jasa

Run like the wind!

$54

Amaris Garza

go madi!

$54

Rangarao Ragavendran

Best wishes for you Deep Nana!!

$54

Anonymous

Going fast! You got this!

$54

Raj Surya

Goodluck Deep

$54

Jodi Lepaopao

$54

Asha Patel

Best wishes for you. Good luck.

$54

Tommy Sheehan

$54

Lindsay & Kevin Kolter

Go Auntie Cass!! ❤️

$54

Vogds Family

$54

Ruby Mendez Lopez

see you in chicagoooooo

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Kelly And Scott Halvorsen

💪🏻♥️

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Ben Strause

$54

Colter Sparks

Proud of you buddy!

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Terri And Walter Hawkins

So proud of you girl!!💪

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Christianne Westerhausen

$54

Fred Emich

$54

Ben Alderfer

Nice

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Julia

$54

Dustin

$54

John Kofmehl

Let it rip!!

$54

Nick L

Run, Catherine, run!!!

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Belinda

$54

Guadalupe Esquivel

$54

Samantha Allen

Hell yeah

$54

Judi Houpert

Have a great run!! So proud of you and the way you change lives!

$54

Hal Bagley

$54

Md

$54

Heather And Mark Skosich

so proud of you for training and running!

$54

Dempsey

Great cause Bryant! Thank you!

$54

David Lyskawa

Kent told me about your fundraiser. Thank you and Good luck!

$54

Leslie And Patrick Rowe

Kent told us about this. God Bless you! Leslie got a bike from WBR when she went to Tanzania in 2012 and gave it to a young woman before she returned to the US. Great organization!

$54

Cassandra Griffin

$54

Jordan Cone

$54

Trent Marion

$54

Anonymous

Go Cass!!

$54

Mikay Martens

GO CASSIDY!!! YOU ARE A ROCK STAR!! 🤩🎉 SO PROUD OF YOU!!

$54

Hiatt, Lily

$54

Jessica De Peralta

Good Luck 💪🏼

$54

Madeline Westover

Go Catherine!!

$54

Laura Wilson

Woot woot go team go!

$53

Jared Tagen

Go get it bud!

$53

Jimmy Martin

$53

Ted Henderson

Let him cook!!!

$53

Jacquelyn Lobdell

Run Ivan Run!!!

$53

Robin Overing

$53

Derek Hammond

Goodluck Chipper Cuervo!

$53

Blake Darcy

Sub 3???????

$53

John Mann

$53

Jim Black

$53

Dan Pham

Let’s go Hunter!

$53

Sheue Torng Lee

$53

Jeffrey Yates

Good luck!

$53

Ambrey Gerlikovski

This man is testing me, uh-huh, uh-huh

$53

Yvette Anguiano

You got this Deep!!! Go go go!

$53

Braulio

Servir es nuestro único propósito…te felicito por buscar siempre esto de tu vida…

$50

Samuel Capozza

Go get ‘em Catherine!!!!!

$50

Brannan Sheely

Byke 4 Lyfe!

$50

Allison Blessie

$50

Jackie Scebold

$50

Kim Arnold

$50

Riley Wilson

🚲🚲🚲

$50

Hannah Sabres

$50

Erica And Austin Biefnes

26 miles has nothing on you!!! Stay hydrated and smiling

$50

Abbey & Kaden

Good luck, Meli <3 keep changing the world!

$50

The Belfords

First place here you come!

$50

Katherine Becerra

Te adoro chipi ❤️

$50

Noah Parks

$50

Anonymous

Proud of you Alex! Continue to do amazing things!

$50

Corby Sidebottom

Make sure they get them bikes with nice pegs so they can ride with their homies!

$50

Jesse Tipton

$50

Emma Sklarin

Go PJ!!!

$50

Katerina Dedeilia

$50

Stephanie Ogara

Good luck, you got it, very proud of you!!

$50

Rhiannon Parker

Happy Birthday and congrats on the marathon! You’re a beast!

$50

Eileen Grady

$50

Johanna Derogatis

Good luck, Nathan!!

$50

Matt Mahoney

$50

Monica Jones

Thank you for all that you do 👑

$50

Luisa Castro

What an amazing cause! You got this mijo 🎉🇨🇴

$50

Melisa Becerra

$50

Katie Rowe

Happy birthday Catherine! Getting you across the donation finish line, since you already crushed the real one!

$50

Brian Hankes

$50

Renae

So proud of you!! love you❤️

$50

Greg Koerper

Knock yourself out- in a pleasant way

$50

Joe Persekian

I am so excited and proud of you for your drive to conquer awesome new things! Can’t wait to see you through this journey my man!

$50

Brian Roper

$50

Gavin Uhran

$50

Prime Ability

$50

Lance Armstrong

good luck, i am lance armstrong

$50

Taylor Baranski

$50

John Brown

$50

Tom Clancy

Run John Run!

$50

Ben Moose Morse

We need more of this in the world today and thank you for the training and dedication Hunter!

$43

Tina Horkey

Run! Maddie Run!!!

$43

Emma And Chan!

Go Ella!!

$43

Kajsa

$43

Patt Elff

Good Luck & Have Fun!!!!

$43

Enrique Becerra

Congratulations!! A nice effort to support a noble cause.

$40

Kylie Lorenzen

Proud of you! Kick ass babe! <3 Kylie

$39

Scott Shafer

Kill it!

$39

Anna Burbach

Go Melisa!!

$38

Radhika Patil

$38

Al

Make sure your shoes are tied tight before you start! Good Luck!!!!

$38

Jahlen Brown

$38

Marina Fernandez-campa

HAVE FUN ON YOUR BDAY 🍾🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

$38

Neela Trivedi

Good luck 🍀

$38

Sripathi Kethu

Great cause! Best wishes!!

$38

Molly And Hunter

let’s go ella!!!

$38

Bill Hart

Proud of you.

$38

Boris Mihailovic

Let’s go Colombian stallion!

$38

Trent

Good luck!!!!!

$38

Gabby Behr

$38

Kate Packard

$38

Bailey Tregoning

Happy birthday!

$38

Dawne Hicks

Good luck. Proud of you.

$38

John Baker

$38

Alycia Deihs

$38

Shannon Crow

$37

Kyle Banquer

For Ivan! For bikes! kick some butt tomorrow.

$35

Emma Shannon

YAY ELLA!! So proud of you!!!

$35

Kk

$32

Max Wolff

Better be fast!!!

$32

Michelle Grijalva

So proud of you girl!! You got this! 🫶

$32

Gina Naas

Yay Ella!!

$32

Anonymous

Happy Birthday, Catherine ❣️

$32

Hana Waisserova

$32

Naing

Good Luck!

$32

Anonymous

Nunca olvides que todo viene de Él y todo va a Él. Un abrazo y una bendición!!!

$30

Caroline Baccus

SHARE THE ROAD- Bobby

$30

Anonymous

$30

Juan Flores

$27

Shani N.

$27

Alliei Hoffner

Let's go pj!!!!! Represent M&G 💚

$27

Gentry Colvin

One heart, one love.

$27

Kana Cummings

Yayyy go Catherine, you are a star!!

$27

Nili Dutton

$27

Nick Novoa

I love Ivan Cuervo

$27

Uncle Jim And Aunt Debbie

Good Luck John! Have a great Run!!

$27

Taylor Thornton

🤐🤐🤐

$27

Heidi Bechler

YES QUEEN!! RUN SO FAST!!

$27

Hannah

You go girl!

$27

Ben Blue

Remember, it's only cheating if you get caught. Now go win us the race son.

$27

Meg Jackson

$27

Avery Secola

Go Ella!!!! U got this!!!!

$27

Nancy And Steve Low

Go, Madi! You’re awesome and I can’t wait to hear about your run from your mom! 😊

$27

Bri Dembski

$27

Kelly Cordes

Woo go Cass! Excited to train with you

$27

Christopher Sheehan

🦁

$27

Kalaria Family

Happy to support your wonderful cause!

$27

Gaby Q.

Crush it! Together we go far 🤸‍♂️

$27

Katie Nanasi

Go CeeWee!!!!

$27

Denise Craig

$27

Aly Hirschhorn

Go PJ!!

$27

Teter

Wheely

$27

Jori Fortson

Love this! Good luck 👏🏾

$27

Diane Walz

$27

Hilary Beck

Go PJ!!! M&G strong 🏃🚲

$27

Katy Kuhn

GO NOAH GO!!

$27

Kathy Albers

Good luck in the race

$27

Anonymous

$27

Lisa Ward

Go get em!!

$27

Kylee Egendoerfer

$27

Michael Ankeny

The only marathon I’ve participated in is in the basement of Psi U but I guess this counts. Have fun!

$27

Bre Walker

💕

$27

Armis Sunday

I heard this guy doesn’t even know how to ride a bike, but he definitely deserves to run this marathon for a great cause!

$27

Anonymous

Thanks for all you do for DC youth!

$27

Mitch Conzemius

Rooting for you!!! 🏃‍♂️💨 #266

$27

Matthew Mcilhinney

They call him Ivan "Man of the People" Cuervo

$27

Sean Eulitz

$27

Steven Noto

$27

Modesta Vela

$27

Camille Max

$27

Heather Murphy

Good luck and thanks for all you do for our DC community!

$26

Kasey Curry

Get it girl!!!

$26

Aya & Thais

We are so proud of you for changing the world one bike at a time!

$25

William Aviles

$25

Mb

‘sup playboy?!

$25

Lori Lightfoot

good luck from me lori lightfoot

$25

Mich B

$25

Anonymous

$25

Aiden Greenberg

Happy to support the cause!

$25

Antoni B

$25

Mike Beirne

good luck brother!

$25

Scott Behmer

Godspeed

$25

Patrick Farrar

$25

Kate

Slayyyyyyyyyyy

$25

Joe W

The bricks have been stacked, time to execute 🧱

$25

Patty And Harry Bishop

$25

Hales

Proud of you! Keep believing and striving for greatness! The world needs more women like you🩷

$22

Anonymous

Amazing cause! Good luck on the marathon Deep! you’re going to crush it!

$22

Lissa

$22

Carly Silvernale

Better finish this marathon fast so we can get the party started

$22

Denise C

$22

Benjamin Johnston

$22

Lucas Piconi

$22

Anonymous

Go Deep! Maybe after this you'll be ready to finish the katy trail.

$22

Jh

Run forest run

$22

Autumn A

Good luck queen!!

$22

Kelli Coffman

Crush it!!!

$21

Mercedes Cook

So proud of you!! Xoxo

$21

Jin

$21

Travis Avery

Good luck Will!

$20

Alexis Bernthal

You’ve always been an inspiration and leader. Fortunate to be on your team.

$20

Madison Morneau

$20

Katie Johnson

$20

Lauren Schleiter

IM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!

$20

Andrew Rosario

Did you hear about the environmentalist who went down the same bicycle route twice?.. He re-cycled 🤣

$20

Anonymous

Happy birthday!!

$20

Lauren Gilmore

Happy to support you and donate to such a meaningful cause!

$20

Hee Jin Park

Happy Birthday Christie! :)

$16

Noah Haley

$16

Kizzle

Im so proud of you! You’re an incredible human <3

$15

Corinne Clammer

$11

Emily Merksick

$11

Juliana Merrihew

You are an inspiration!!! Women are Problematic will be cheering for you!!!!

$11

Alex Svoboda

My friend, you are powerful

$11

Brent Lucke

$11

Vera Giraudo

$10

Nick Mrak

$10

Dan Brown

i wrote the da vinci code