Live Like Leah…

This will be my 11th year riding the Pan Mass Challenge and it will be with a heavy heart. Leah, our 12-year-old PMC Pedal partner, lost her 4-year battle with cancer. Leah not only inspired my cousin Chris Nikolis and myself on our PMC rides, but so many others whose lives she touched with her contagious smile and can-do attitude. Leah’s cancer presented her with so many obstacles, but she never let them stop her from being a warm, caring daughter, sister, cousin, niece, granddaughter, and friend to all of those around her. Leah’s expression of love to all of us who met her has left an indelible mark on our lives that we will always carry with us. I hope that all of us learn to “Live Like Leah” and are inspired to share a smile and love for those around us.

So, on the first weekend in August this summer, rain or shine, I will once again join my PMC family of 6,500+ riders and 4,000+ volunteers to continue our ride and efforts to help support those at Dana Farber seeking to find treatments and cures to hopefully put an end to cancer and its impacts on so many lives.

In my first PMC back in 2015, I rode and still ride for Hope, Theo Jimmy, Billy, George, Jimmy and so many others. I am once again humbled to do so, as well as ride in honor of and in memory of many others for their battles against cancer. And in 2025, riding in memory of Leah. #Live Like Leah

To my family, to my PMC family, to my friends and to the strangers I have met along this incredible journey who are now friends, I cannot thank you enough for your humbling support.