SYRACUSE, N.Y. – At 7:45 a.m. last Wednesday, there were only a handful of Syracuse players in the weight room at the Iocolano-Petty Football Complex. Wednesday is the team's day off, so the facility was unusually empty. A couple of players used rollers to loosen up. A few more chatted with strength coaches. But upstairs on the second level, the wheels of a stationary bike spun furiously. Junior long snapper Aaron Bolinsky was pedaling his 10 miles.
Bolinsky's 10-mile workout was dedicated to a much greater purpose than fitness, though. He biked the miles as part of a fundraising effort called the "7,000 Mile Challenge" started by Uplifting Athletes earlier this month.