It's year two, and I'm riding again for Dena and Megan!

Two years ago now, my best friend in the world was diagnosed with stage four metastatic breast cancer at just 28 years old. Though she was handed a terminal prognosis, she has taken it head on and is the most inspirational person I know. A year after the diagnosis, she told me she was going to participate in the Pan Mass Challenge, and bike from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod. So, when she asked me to join her and bike 170 miles, how could I possibly say no? Fast forward to today, and I've got my first PMC under my belt. To say it was fullfilling would be a tremendous understatement. It is an honor to raise money for Dana Farber and do this ride again.

We have been best friends for nearly 15 years, and although it’s unclear how many more we have, I am forever grateful for Dana Farber and their cutting edge cancer treatment development. Dana Farber enables Dena to have a less aggressive treatment and live a somewhat normal life. They are giving her, and selfishly me, years back that cancer is devastatingly taking away.

I am also riding for my cousin, Megan. Just three years ago, I got a call from my mom saying doctors confimed the lump Megan found was stage 2b-3a breast cancer. She was 31 years old. This being my first encounter with breast cancer, I didn't know what these stages meant and if I was going to have much or any time left with my cousin. Thankfully, because of places like Dana Farber, Sloan Kettering, and the forward progress we have seen in breast cancer research, the doctors were able to stop the cancer in it's tracks and completely remove it from her body. It was a long two years, but Megan is now cancer free.

I would ride 1,000 miles for Dena, Megan, and Dana Farber any day.