I am riding in memory of Diane Legg 1962-2024 and Margaret A. Goodhue (Peg) 1952-2011

Some people want a new house…a new car…a new mobile phone…to lose weight…but people battling cancer want just one thing…to win the battle. Peg wanted to win her battle for our grandchildren Anna, Jake, and Zoran. She wanted to win her battle for our children David and Dawn. I believe most of all, she wanted to win the battle for me. Her body was weak but she fought with the heart of a tiger, but even tigers do not always win their battles; Peg lost hers on March 26, 2011.

Last year, I was my last official ride, but this August 2025, I will ride a virtual Pan Mass Challenge a week before the official ride. Last year I rode 77 miles on from Mass Maritime to Provincetown, my body is telling me the two day ride is too much . This year I again will ride a virtual PMC ride to Provincetown from Orleans and back (approx 75 miles) as tribute to my friend and our LUNGStrong team leader Diane Legg. Sunday with thousands of other riders will do that route but I will be alone with two ribbons, one for Diane and one for Peg. Last year I will passed the $200,000 mark for lifetime donations, my part of the PMC 1 Billion dollars raised and donated to Dana Farber over the years.

I am doing this in memory of my dear wife, Peg and my friend Diane who was such an inspiration to so many.

- to honor too many friends and loved ones lost to cancer

I may be riding in memory of my dear Peg, but I am riding FOR the LIVING, fighting cancer.

- to support all my other friends and family members fighting cancer

- for the scores of people I have met on my PMC “journey”in the last 13 years

- for everyone who is currently or will eventually be fighting cancer

- in appreciation of all those that support cancer patients or search for a cure.

I am eternally grateful to all the people who supported me over the last 13 years. Perhaps one of those generously donated dollars will give an advantage to someone fighting cancer, so that they can enjoy a full, long life in a way that my dear Peg was not able to. To that end, the answer to my prayer “to have something good come out of my loss” will be fulfilled.

I'm a proud supporter of the PMC and Dana Farber. The people at Dana Farber couldn’t have been more caring and compassionate to my wife and me while we were in their care. Some of Peg’s cells are still being used at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's labs; so in a way, she is still in the fight to find a cure. I am doing this in memory of and as a tribute to my darling Peg, my hero, and for all the people fighting cancer today.

Paul Goodhue

56 Gibson Rd

Orleans, MA 02653

Age: 76

In Memory of:

Margaret A. Goodhue

Diane A Legg