Tour de La Porte

Set for its annual running this year, Indiana’s Tour de La Porte races now is a two-day running, walking and cycling event, starting with the road races on Saturday and finishing with the biking event on Sunday, in which cyclists can choose among routes ranging from five to 100 miles.

The race’s tagline is “Going the Distance for Cancer Care,” and it is sponsored and organized by the locally based La Porte Hospital Foundation as a fundraiser for patients dealing with cancer.

Proceeds from the race go to benefit the foundation’s Cancer Fund, which provides financial assistance to patients both for medical care and for the costs related to receiving care, including transportation to and from cancer treatments as well as many other incidental costs.