Project Hero Texas Challenge cyclists ride through Austin

Cyclists participating in the Project Hero Texas Challenge rode through Austin on May 5, 2026, during the second day of a six-day ride from San Antonio to Dallas. The group, which includes injured veterans and first responders, stopped at the Texas Capitol and the LBJ Presidential Library before continuing north. Cyclists travel 50 to 80 miles per day as part of the therapeutic ride. Project Hero is a nonprofit that provides recovery and rehabilitation programs for injured veterans through cycling.

Cyclists participating in the Project Hero Texas Challenge ride past the Texas Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the second day of a six-day ride from San Antonio to Dallas. The nonprofit Project Hero event brings together injured veterans, first responders and supporters for a rehabilitation-focused cycling program, with 39 participants riding 50 to 80 miles per day as a group.
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Marine Corps veteran Patrick Kelly fist-bumps a fellow rider in the Project Hero Texas Challenge as they get ready to depart from the LBJ Presidential Library on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the second day of a six-day ride from San Antonio to Dallas. The nonprofit Project Hero event brings together injured veterans, first responders and supporters for a rehabilitation-focused cycling program, with 39 participants riding 50 to 80 miles per day as a group.
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Army veteran Natasha Faison-Williams gathers with other cyclists participating in the Project Hero Texas Challenge at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the second day of a six-day ride from San Antonio to Dallas. The nonprofit Project Hero event brings together injured veterans, first responders and supporters for a rehabilitation-focused cycling program, with 39 participants riding 50 to 80 miles per day as a group.
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Military veterans Bruce Wayne, left, and Donald Kramer II, cyclists who are participating in the Project Hero Texas Challenge, take a break at the LBJ Presidential Library on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the second day of a six-day ride from San Antonio to Dallas. The nonprofit Project Hero event brings together injured veterans, first responders and supporters for a rehabilitation-focused cycling program, with 39 participants riding 50 to 80 miles per day as a group.
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Military veterans Melvin Lane, left to right, Eduardo Falu and Mikey Arroyo, cyclists who are participating in the Project Hero Texas Challenge, get ready to depart from the LBJ Presidential Library on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the second day of a six-day ride from San Antonio to Dallas. The nonprofit Project Hero event brings together injured veterans, first responders and supporters for a rehabilitation-focused cycling program, with 39 participants riding 50 to 80 miles per day as a group.
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Marine Corps veteran Patrick Kelly, a participant in the Project Hero Texas Challenge, gets into his recumbent trike before departing from the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the second day of a six-day ride from San Antonio to Dallas. The nonprofit Project Hero event brings together injured veterans, first responders and supporters for a rehabilitation-focused cycling program, with 39 participants riding 50 to 80 miles per day as a group.
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Cyclists participating in the Project Hero Texas Challenge get ready to depart from the LBJ Presidential Library on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the second day of a six-day ride from San Antonio to Dallas. The nonprofit Project Hero event brings together injured veterans, first responders and supporters for a rehabilitation-focused cycling program, with 39 participants riding 50 to 80 miles per day as a group.
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Cyclists participating in the Project Hero Texas Challenge ride past the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the second day of a six-day ride from San Antonio to Dallas. The nonprofit Project Hero event brings together injured veterans, first responders and supporters for a rehabilitation-focused cycling program, with 39 participants riding 50 to 80 miles per day as a group.
Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman

Marine Corps veteran Patrick Kelly shares a laugh with fellow riders in the Project Hero Texas Challenge as they get ready to depart from the LBJ Presidential Library on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, during the second day of a six-day ride from San Antonio to Dallas. The nonprofit Project Hero event brings together injured veterans, first responders and supporters for a rehabilitation-focused cycling program, with 39 participants riding 50 to 80 miles per day as a group.
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