3 Days Until Re-Imagined Becomes Reality

How is it late July already?! Oh yeah, because Covid screwed up the time-space continuum. Somehow, I've been able to log over 1,000 miles on my bike since April - the most I have trained for the Pan-Mass Challenge since 2010! I've really taken advantage of my flexible work schedule (now that I don't have a commute) to be able to go out on rides on weekday mornings. My legs are feeling strong!

One of my recent training rides was my team's annual ride to visit our former pedal partner, Maya. In order to be safe and socially distant, we had a small group of teammates on this ride. Maya is now 8 and remains cancer-free! In this picture, my teammates and I are sporting our new team jerseys - we got one for Maya, too! She'll be out there kicking cancer to the curb on her bike with us someday soon, for sure!

And it's good that they are, because I have an epic re-imagined PMC later this week! On Thursday, I will ride from my house in Milton to my teammate Stephen's house in Medfield, then ride down to pick up the standard Sturbridge-Provincetown route in Wrentham. After that, we will follow the PMC route all the way to Bourne. We will continue riding by crossing the Bourne Bridge (a typical PMC Day 2 element), then turn south to ride to my team captain's house in Falmouth. My re-imagined Day 1 will be 106.3 miles.

On our re-imagined Day 2 (on Friday), we will ride from Falmouth to Provincetown, largely following the standard PMC Day 2 route, but making some deviations for safety (we won't have the luxury of police slowing down traffic or managing traffic at intersections like the PMC typically has). We also have another deviation to our route – we are visiting our new pedal partner, Abel, at his house in Mashpee! He is 3 and is fighting a rare form of cancer. We can’t wait to see him (from a safe distance, of course!). We will finish in traditional PMC fashion - with a ride through the dunes in Provincetown and my team's "champagne" toast at Herring Cove Beach! Our re-imagined Day 2 will be another century - 102.3 miles.

In all, I will ride 208.6 miles over two days. That is about 18 miles longer than the traditional PMC route! I tacked on the extra miles, in part, to demonstrate my continued commitment to this ride and this cause. Cancer isn't staying socially distant during the pandemic. And the work to discover new cancer treatments and provide world-class care for cancer patients at Dana-Farber hasn't stopped. They need us more than ever to allow them to continue the life-saving work that they do every day. 

I hope that my commitment to this ride and to raise $10,000 inspires you to commit to making a donation for a cancer-free world. 100% of your donation will go straight to the Jimmy Fund in support of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's life-saving research and cancer treatment. Now more than ever, this amazing institution needs our contributions to continue to make cancer HISTORY. Thank you for your support!

LAST DAY of the $4,000 in 7 Days Challenge!

Today is the LAST DAY of my annual PMC fundraising challenge! In the first six days, we raised $2,250 - thanks to those of you who donated! As a reminder, here are the fabulous raffle prizes that you could win:

• A one-night stay at the 8 Dyer Hotel in Provincetown;
• A 60-minute massage at Boston Massage Associates in Boston;
• A $100 Amazon gift card
• Brunch for two at Yolqueria in Provincetown.

As an added incentive to give TODAY, if we reach the $4,000 in 7 Days goal by raising $1,750 today, I will add FOUR new prizes to the pot: four $25 gift certificates to the restaurant of your choice! You can help your community and fight cancer at the same time! If we reach this goal, your chances of winning a prize will have DOUBLED!

Raffle tickets are $25 each, or five for $100. You can purchase raffle tickets through the end of the day today by making a donation online. I will pull four winning tickets; the first winner will have their choice of prize, then the second, and so on, until all prizes are awarded. If we have reached the $4,000 goal by the end of the day today, I will pull four more tickets for the restaurant gift certificates!

Have you already made a donation and feel left out of the raffle? Fear not! If you make an ADDITIONAL donation, I will DOUBLE the number of raffle tickets you get. For example, donate an additional $25, and get TWO raffle tickets; donate an additional $100, and get TEN raffle tickets!

As always, 100% of your donation will go directly to the Jimmy Fund, which supports innovative and life-saving cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. This is one of the BEST ways to make an impact in the fight against cancer. Together, we can make cancer HISTORY (and you can win some fabulous prizes, too!).

$4,000 in 7 Days Challenge!

Maya is happy and healthy because of your support!

It is time, once again, for my annual PMC fundraising challenge! As you know, this year my goal is to raise $10,000 for the fight against cancer. My re-imagined PMC - 207 miles over two days on July 30-31 - is approaching quickly!

In the next seven days, I hope to raise $4,000 in support of my goal. In order to help make that happen, I have some awesome and generous friends who have donated items for me to raffle off! The raffle prizes are:

• A one-night stay at the 8 Dyer Hotel in Provincetown;
• A 60-minute massage at Boston Massage Associates in Boston;
• A $100 Amazon gift card
• Brunch for two at Yolqueria in Provincetown.

Raffle tickets are $25 each, or five for $100. The raffle runs from now through the end of the day on Tuesday, July 14. You can purchase raffle tickets by making a donation online. I will pull four winning tickets; the first winner will have their choice of prize, then the second, and so on, until all prizes are awarded.

Have you already made a donation and feel left out of the raffle? Fear not! If you make an ADDITIONAL donation, I will DOUBLE the number of raffle tickets you get. For example, donate an additional $25, and get TWO raffle tickets; donate an additional $100, and get TEN raffle tickets!

As always, 100% of your donation will go directly to the Jimmy Fund, which supports innovative and life-saving cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. This is one of the BEST ways to make an impact in the fight against cancer. Together, we can make cancer HISTORY (and you can win some fabulous prizes, too!).