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While West Point grad Pete Phipps was replica Longines watches serving in Afghanistan, he mapped an entire U.S. cross country bike route on scraps of , marking each right and left turn along the way. Now, he and his friends Dan Marques and Joel Glover -- all West Point grads who completed a total of five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan -- are en route from Portland, Maine to Los Angeles, California. Their motivation? Raising money for wounded solders, seeing the country, and reuniting after five years apart. And, of course, enjoying their reintroducing into civilian life. After nine years of playing by the rules, we wanted to do something fun, says Phipps.

We caught up with Phipps during his last week replica Vacheron Constantin watches stationed in Okinawa, Japan, to ask him about cycling, military service, the tours goals, and their future plans.-- Jennifer L. SchwartzOUTSIDE: What is Pedalin With a Purpose, and where did the idea come from?PHIPPS: After multiple tours, its our way to reunite with America and reintroduce ourselves to the country weve been representing for years. Were raising thousands of dollars to give back to the people who gave more than us, and were partnered with the Wounder Warrior Project. Several of our classmates have been killed or injured. We knew that during summer 2010 our five year military commitment would be up and wed have the time to do something adventurous and creative, and we wanted to see as much of the States as possible.O: Why a bike tour?P: Its 60-plus days of bonding and seeing the country.

We built in five rest days.O: Thats not a lot of rest.P: Its a mindset weve gotten into since being in the military -- doing things harder than is necessary. Well see how big of meatheads we really are.O: How else did your military training influence this replica Patek Philippe watches project?P: We split up responsibilities and delegated tasks. I was in charge of the route, Joel was in charge of PR and Dan was in charge of gear. Were brainwashed and treating this like a military op. Hopefully our engineering degrees can help us figure out how to fix a tire.O: How are you training for this?P: None of us are pro cyclists and the physical challenge is important to us. I was doing a 100-mile ride to the northern tip of Okinawa every week. O: Were you guys always into sports?P: Were extremely active people. Joel was captain of the West Point football team and I played on the golf team. Ive run 11 marathons since being out in Japan.O: How did you decide on the route?P: