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| PMC 2010 Photos |
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| PMC 2011 Wrapup w pics, vids & tweets |
Another summer, another Pan-Mass Challenge
Hi folks -- I've signed up to ride my eighth Pan Mass Challenge in August -- as many of you know by now, that's a two-day, 200-mile bicycle fundraiser for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute / Jimmy Fund.
Thanks for all your support in years past, and thanks in advance for your help in licking cancer this year too.
(David's Helmetcam Video - Riding into Nickerson State Park Water Stop)
Another summer, another Pan-Mass Challenge.
Another year in which too many friends and relatives have struggled with cancer. Whenever we rejoice at how much research and prevention have progressed, another diagnosis, another illness, another death occurs to remind us of how far we have to go in the battle against cancer.
Nineteen years after my diagnosis and treatment for testicular cancer, I am one of the lucky ones, blessed by good health and enough vigor -- my friends and family might say craziness -- to attempt my eighth Pan-Mass Challenge (my second on a recumbent bike).
There is an incredible sense of shared purpose, accomplishment and camaraderie among the thousands of riders and volunteers all weekend long that is unique.
The PMC experience ranges from the ridiculous to the exhilarating to the triumphant to the exhausting. My previous years' experiences included:
The ridiculous: Early on day 2, at the first water stop of the day, I forgot where I put my bike. While I was scanning the parking lot, I was struck by how this scene would appear to someone suddenly dropped into it -- hundreds of people waddling around at 7 a.m. on a Sunday in spandex and stiff-soled bike shoes, clicking loudly on the pavement with each step, mingling with dozens of people in matching T-shirts, circulating with platters of energy bars and gallon jugs of Gatorade, between the rows of port-a-potties and the tables laden with mounds of peanut butter and banana sandwiches, surrounded by a sea of high-end bicycles strewn about, lying on their sides or against trees. (I found my bike.)
The exhilarating: At one of the water stops we saw a boy holding up a sign that read "I'm 9 now thanks to all of you." The video above is taken while riding into that water stop (Nickerson State Park, on the Cape).
The triumphant: I posed for the "Living Proof" group photo with the other 150 or so cancer survivors who rode.
The exhausting: Biking up out of Purgatory Chasm. (That's where that photo of me was taken. I look pretty good for a guy in Purgatory, huh?)
I wish I could share more fully the whole PMC experience with my past and future supporters. What I can share is the privilege of giving back. Every year, there are competing demands placed on limited government funds. This year, basic research continues to get the short end of the stick. That's where we come in -- bridging the gap between funding that's available and funding that's needed.
In the seven years that I've ridden, PMC riders and our sponsors have raised about $200 million. I've been fortunate enough to raise about $45,000 for the cause. I am so grateful to all of you who have sponsored me before, and thank you in advance for your continued support. If you can, please dig a little deeper this year. The researchers need it, the clinicians need it, and most of all, the patients served by the Dana Farber and the research carried out thanks to the Jimmy Fund need it.
Please join me in supporting this cause, by contributing with a credit card online (click on the "Donate" button at the bottom of this page to get started). If you prefer, please send me a check, payable to PMC/Jimmy Fund, and I will forward it along.
Finally, if you are moved to do so, please share this page with all of your social networks using the icons below my photo (top left of this page) -- please send this page along to all of your business associates, friends and family members who you think would like to help support this cause.
Thank you.
Thanks for all your support in years past, and thanks in advance for your help in licking cancer this year too.
(David's Helmetcam Video - Riding into Nickerson State Park Water Stop)
Another summer, another Pan-Mass Challenge.
Another year in which too many friends and relatives have struggled with cancer. Whenever we rejoice at how much research and prevention have progressed, another diagnosis, another illness, another death occurs to remind us of how far we have to go in the battle against cancer.
Nineteen years after my diagnosis and treatment for testicular cancer, I am one of the lucky ones, blessed by good health and enough vigor -- my friends and family might say craziness -- to attempt my eighth Pan-Mass Challenge (my second on a recumbent bike).
There is an incredible sense of shared purpose, accomplishment and camaraderie among the thousands of riders and volunteers all weekend long that is unique.
The PMC experience ranges from the ridiculous to the exhilarating to the triumphant to the exhausting. My previous years' experiences included:
The ridiculous: Early on day 2, at the first water stop of the day, I forgot where I put my bike. While I was scanning the parking lot, I was struck by how this scene would appear to someone suddenly dropped into it -- hundreds of people waddling around at 7 a.m. on a Sunday in spandex and stiff-soled bike shoes, clicking loudly on the pavement with each step, mingling with dozens of people in matching T-shirts, circulating with platters of energy bars and gallon jugs of Gatorade, between the rows of port-a-potties and the tables laden with mounds of peanut butter and banana sandwiches, surrounded by a sea of high-end bicycles strewn about, lying on their sides or against trees. (I found my bike.)
The exhilarating: At one of the water stops we saw a boy holding up a sign that read "I'm 9 now thanks to all of you." The video above is taken while riding into that water stop (Nickerson State Park, on the Cape).
The triumphant: I posed for the "Living Proof" group photo with the other 150 or so cancer survivors who rode.
The exhausting: Biking up out of Purgatory Chasm. (That's where that photo of me was taken. I look pretty good for a guy in Purgatory, huh?)
I wish I could share more fully the whole PMC experience with my past and future supporters. What I can share is the privilege of giving back. Every year, there are competing demands placed on limited government funds. This year, basic research continues to get the short end of the stick. That's where we come in -- bridging the gap between funding that's available and funding that's needed.
In the seven years that I've ridden, PMC riders and our sponsors have raised about $200 million. I've been fortunate enough to raise about $45,000 for the cause. I am so grateful to all of you who have sponsored me before, and thank you in advance for your continued support. If you can, please dig a little deeper this year. The researchers need it, the clinicians need it, and most of all, the patients served by the Dana Farber and the research carried out thanks to the Jimmy Fund need it.
Please join me in supporting this cause, by contributing with a credit card online (click on the "Donate" button at the bottom of this page to get started). If you prefer, please send me a check, payable to PMC/Jimmy Fund, and I will forward it along.
Finally, if you are moved to do so, please share this page with all of your social networks using the icons below my photo (top left of this page) -- please send this page along to all of your business associates, friends and family members who you think would like to help support this cause.
Thank you.
David's PMC Total
$0
Goal
$6,500
My Progress
My Online Supporters
| I have chosen to keep all of my donors' information confidential; therefore it is not displayed on my PMC public donor list. |
My Rides
| 2012 | $0 | Wellesley to Provincetown Inn (2-Day) |
| 2011 | $6,144 | Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day) |
| 2010 | $5,361.67 | Sturbridge to Family Finish at Ptown (2-Day) |
| 2009 | $5,135 | Sturbridge to Family Finish at Ptown (2-Day) |
| 2008 | $4,711.5 | Sturbridge to Family Finish at Ptown (2-Day) |
| 2007 | $7,175 | Sturbridge to Family Finish at Ptown (2-Day) |
| 2006 | $7,193.6 | Sturbridge to Wellesley (2-Day) |
| 2005 | $6,626 | Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day) |
| 2004 | $8,297 | Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day) |
