The Pan Mass Challenge is one of the largest and highest quality charity athletic events in the country. 100% of rider-raised funds go directly to Dana Farber to help kids with cancer and to conduct ongoing research to identify innovative treatments.

In the midst of so much divisiveness in our country, this is a cause we can all rally around. Each of us has been touched by cancer in one way or another. Let's all come together to find new treatments and eradicate this disease.

I will be riding and training with my friends from Forrester, Yanne Spirovski, Doug Lyons and Vanessa Sabbagh. I will also be training all over midcoast Maine with my sister Alice on behalf of our Peddle Partner - Super Hero Addy, who received treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund for MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome) - A form of Leukemia that affects only four in one million people. Addy faced cancer and beat it! Her unwavering resolve and determination will serve as inspiration for me during my very early morning training rides on the coast and in the mountains and as I ride across Massachusetts on August 4th and 5th with my sister Alice, Team Five and Dime and my friends and colleagues from Forrester.

Thank you for your support!

Mary