My sister Eliza believed that one pedal stroke at a time would lead to a cure and, living with metastatic breast cancer, she rode the 2-day PMC for 4 years. Tragically, a cure wasn’t found for her. Her conviction and bravery give me no choice but to ride until I drop or until a cure is found.

This is year number 9 for me, and this year I am focused on my mother, who is 88 and living with stage 4 lung cancer. She will be at the Barnstable stop, as she is every year, cheering us all on with her glittery homemade signs.

There are endless reasons to get on the bike and ride. What keeps me going is the committed community of close to 9,000 riders and volunteers with whom I am honored to share the weekend. We will get up at 4 am and ride/work all day, for 2 days, and raise $52 million dollars. That’s right, the goal is $52 million this year. We won’t miss the goal because we know we can count on your commitment to donate to the ride.

Thank you so much.

Every donation brings us closer by the mile.

With love and appreciation,

xox

Jody