{"id":867820,"date":"2026-08-25T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/867820\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:56:11","slug":"pa-cyclist-completes-10th-cross-state-ride-in-memory-of-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/867820\/","title":{"rendered":"Pa. cyclist completes 10th cross-state ride in memory of mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matteo Iadonisi Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14306478_wpvi_bio_matteoiadonisi_160x200.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, August 25, 2026 11:42AM<\/p>\n<p>John Matthews founded &#8216;Ride Hard Breathe Easy,&#8217; roaring his bicycle around the country to help lung cancer patients like his late mother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHELTENHAM, Pennsylvania (WPVI) &#8212; John Matthews of Cheltenham created <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rhbe.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Ride Hard Breathe Easy&#8217; <\/a>in memory of his mother, who passed away after a brief battle with lung cancer in 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The nonprofit that raises funds for lung cancer patients and does annual long bike rides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In 2026, their 10th ride took Matthews and a group of friends from New Hampshire to New Jersey across 5 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They have raised roughly $30,000 this year and report $1.3 million in lifetime fundraising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Watch the video above and visit the website to learn more about <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rhbe.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Ride Hard Breathe Easy.&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/blacksmith-designs-donates-trophies-philadelphia-cycling-classic\/19646613\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RELATED: Blacksmith designs &amp; donates trophies to Philadelphia Cycling Classic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peer into the flames that forged the trophies for the upcoming Philadelphia Cycling Classic, created by blacksmith and metal artist, John Rais.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, August 25, 2026 11:42AM John Matthews founded &#8216;Ride Hard Breathe Easy,&#8217; roaring his bicycle around the country&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[436711,64,63,436709,784,18933,436710,23530,43160,436708,85],"class_list":["post-867820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-436711","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bicyclist","tag-cycling","tag-fundraiser","tag-john-matthews","tag-lung-cancer","tag-ride","tag-ride-hard-breathe-easy","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}