PMC #2!

This year I will be riding in my 2^nd Pan-Mass Challenge ride on August 7^th & 8^th, the 2 day 190+ mile route.

Last year's ride was an incredible experience that far surpassed my expectations.Last year I rode in honor of a HS classmate who had lost his battle to cancer.It gave me an opportunity to honor his memory and share my story about him that I have wanted to tell for a long time.

If you would like to read that story you can find it here: My 2009 PMC Story.

The ride itself was only 2 days, the journey it took me on is life long. I learned a great deal about how cancer has affected the people in my life.

• Right before my 20th High School reunion I reconnected with a good friend from school who wasn’t going to be attending. His reason: his wife had just recently passed away from cancer and he needed to be home with his 7 year old son.
• I’ve also learned about another classmate whose family has been battling Multiple Myeoloma (blood cancer).
• I learned through FaceBook that someone I dated briefly is a cancer survivor.
• I also reconnected with a former college roommate who has just recently been battling Multiple Myeoloma.
• My Mother is a cancer survivor.
• My Uncle Martin died of Stomach cancer in 2005
• I learned that a High School Classmate of mine lost her older brother to cancer.
• My wife's Aunt died of the same type of cancer that Ed Kennedy succumbed to.

This year, the reason I’m riding is much more personal.

A month before the 2009 PMC ride my step-father, Rod, was diagnosed with Renal Cancer. A week after my 2009 ride his kidney was removed. He was lucky. It turned out to be Stage 3 Renal Cancer and they believe they “got it all”. He has successfully completed his chemotherapy treatments and will now be monitored in case it comes back.

So please help me raise funds to fight cancer. Hit the big fat DONATE TO MY RIDE button and make a donation!