--- title: Pippa Middleton Begins 3,000-Mile Charity Bike Ride Across U.S. description: The sister of the Duchess of Cambridge embarks on a journey across America canonical: https://time.com/2881319/pippa-middleton-charity-bike-ride/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-16T14:03:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:25:52.581Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Pippa Middleton Begins 3,000-Mile Charity Bike Ride Across U.S. og:description: The sister of the Duchess of Cambridge embarks on a journey across America og:url: https://time.com/2881319/pippa-middleton-charity-bike-ride/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc73313d22d15940f/698697b7e53aba48114d32cc/pippa_middleton_bike.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings In San Diego - June 14, 2014 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pippa Middleton Begins 3,000-Mile Charity Bike Ride Across U.S. twitter:description: The sister of the Duchess of Cambridge embarks on a journey across America twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc73313d22d15940f/698697b7e53aba48114d32cc/pippa_middleton_bike.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pippa Middleton Begins 3,000-Mile Charity Bike Ride Across U.S. by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 16, 2014 2:03 PM UTC  Pippa Middleton and James Middelton are seen at the Race Across America event in Oceanside, Calif. on June 14, 2014. Pippa Middleton and James Middelton are seen at the Race Across America event in Oceanside, Calif. on June 14, 2014.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—GC Images/Getty Images by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 16, 2014 2:03 PM UTC Pippa Middleton is in for a long bike ride—one that will last eight days and span 12 states. Along with her brother James, Middleton kicked off a 3,000 mile Race Across America on Saturday in San Diego to raise money for the Michael Matthews Foundation and the British Heart Association. “Once we get going it’s non-stop, with very little sleep,” Middleton told [_The Daily Mail_](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2658133/Pippa-Middleton-epic-bike-race-12-American-states-eight-days.html). “It’s nerve-racking but exciting and all for a great cause.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2881319/pippa-middleton-charity-bike-ride/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2881319/pippa-middleton-charity-bike-ride/"},"headline":"Pippa Middleton Begins 3,000-Mile Charity Bike Ride Across U.S.","datePublished":"2014-06-16T14:03:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:25:52.581Z","description":"The sister of the Duchess of Cambridge embarks on a journey across America","url":"https://time.com/2881319/pippa-middleton-charity-bike-ride/","keywords":["celebrities","California","Charity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc73313d22d15940f/698697b7e53aba48114d32cc/pippa_middleton_bike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc73313d22d15940f/698697b7e53aba48114d32cc/pippa_middleton_bike.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings In San Diego - June 14, 2014","caption":"Celebrity Sightings In San Diego - June 14, 2014","creditText":"Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—GC Images/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2881319/pippa-middleton-charity-bike-ride/","name":"Pippa Middleton Begins 3,000-Mile Charity Bike Ride Across U.S."}}]}] ```