Arvid Loewen

In 2005 Arvid brought three teenagers over from Kenya, Africa and transported them on the back of a modified tandem bicycle 7,000 km across Canada. This gave them an opportunity to tell their story of what life was like for them abandoned on the streets, before they had been rescued by Charles Mulli, founder of Mully Childrens Family, a home for over 2000 rescued kids. See Spoke 2005.

In 2007, he made a 15,000km symbolic bike trip to Kenya, Africa, to raise money for food. Click here for details. In 2008 Arvid participated in Race Across America. RAAM is known as the world’s toughest bike race. He finished 10th overall and first in his category (age 50-59). From July 4 to July 26, 2009, during the 23 days of the Tour de France, he rode 8,090km (2.3 times the distance of the Tour de France), finishing with a personal best of 711km in 24 hours on day 23. Click here for details.

Arvid is also a director on the board of Mully Children’s Family Charitable Foundation (MCFCF) .

Using ultra-marathon cycling us a platform to share his passion to help orphaned and abandoned children, Arvid has raised over $1,000,000 for Mully Children’s Family.