Cancer's impact is felt across all people. My annual Pan Mass Challenge bicycle ride is a way to do something about it: celebrate life, remember those we’ve lost, support those battling, and raise a lot of money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a world leader in adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research. Our goal this year is $75M.

Why I ride is simple. It's the same reason I started riding 13 years ago. For the hundreds of names on my cycling shirt; for the 40% of us that will get cancer; for the handful of you who have recently heard you have cancer. So while the ride itself doesn't get any easier, the PMC also happens to be the most inspiring, fun, rewarding weekend of the year.

Thank you once again for supporting my PMC ride. Please let me know if you want me to add names to my cycling shirt, I am humbled to ride in their honor or memory. Lastly, I encourage each of you to experience the PMC as a volunteer or spectator on August 2-3rd. You will be inspired by the kind, helpful, caring, loving, strong, brave, smart people all around you [words on our team socks designed by Maddie, our Dana-Farber Pedal Partner, who is doing incredibly well after years of battling cancer!]