Photo gallery: TX TOUGH Tour Grand Prix at American Airlines Center

by PegNews wire

The TX TOUGH Tour, a three-stage pledge fund-raiser created to raise money for Children’s Medical Center Dallas, hosted the first ever TX TOUGH Grand Prix in Victory Park on Sept. 11.

The TX TOUGH Grand Prix is a high-speed, circuit style bike race known as a criterium. Professional cyclists raced around a 1500-meter loop through Victory Park and the American Airlines Center. The event featured more than 100 professional riders competed for the $25,000 cash.

The criterium is the official kick-off to the bike stage of the TX TOUGH Tour. The tour consists of a run in March, a swim in June, and a bike in September. This year's bike stage takes place Sept. 14, at American Airlines Center in Victory Park. Bike stage participants will have the option of biking 10 kilometers, 40 kilometers, 56 miles, or 112 miles.

Joel Williams, founder of TX TOUGH, created this event in an effort to raise money for Children's Medical Center and to honor the toughness patients exude every day.

“We are passionate about Children’s,” said Joel Williams, founder of TX TOUGH. “Our love for the hospital led to the development of this unique series of events that will engage North Texas citizens. Young or old, athletic or not, everyone has the opportunity to make life better for the thousands of kids treated at Children’s every year.”

Text source: TX TOUGH Tour