Local Veteran Cycling in UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery California Challenge

Menlo Park Navy veteran, Leila Raffiee-Shirazi, meets Oceano Elementary School student Crystal Medina (11) as more than 200 other injured veterans rode through Oceano on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. These injured veterans and their supporters are riding along California Highway 1 from Pismo Beach to Solvang on Day 5 of the UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery California Challenge, which runs through Saturday, Oct. 24. For the sixth year, UnitedHealthcare is providing full financial backing for each veteran participating in the California Challenge, allowing the veteran cyclists the ability to focus 100 percent on their healing and rehabilitation process. (Photo Credit: Espe Greenwood)