Hi Friend:
Thank you for your interest in donating to my 2025 Pan Mass Challenge ride! Many of you have donated to my ride every year for the past 18 years! Thank you in advance for your continued commitment and generosity as I signed up for my 19th year. Thanks to you, last year my lifetime fundraising surpassed $250,000. Lets hope that I can reach $500,000 before retiring my bike.
It is with great sadness that I lost my dear friend Calvin Moore to cancer last year. Calvin donated to my ride each year. He fought a great fight, but cancer took him too soon. This year I will honor him in my fundraising and riding efforts. Calvin, thank you for always being there for me!
This year I will be riding in three separate PMC rides. On February 1st, I rode in the PMC Winter Cyle at Fenway Park. I will ride the 200 mile event on August 2nd and 3rd and on October 4th I will ride in a gravel ride known as PMC Unpaved. I will fund 2 of them and I ask you to fund the PMC ride. This is the link to the PMC: www.pmc.org/egifts/RA0055
This year will be very special for me. I will enjoy the ride with my five roommates from St. Lawrence University. Two are coming from the DC area, one from Denver, one from Lake Placid, and one all the way from Utrecht, Netherlands.
My SLU roommate, Todd Ormiston will be joining me for his fourth PMC ride, accompanying him will be his daughter, Chase. Elizabeth Ormiston, Todd’s wife, was diagnosed with cancer 4 years ago. While Todd and Elizabeth live in Lake Placid, NY, all treatment was orchestrated through Dana-Farber. Elizabeth has made a full recovery. Elizabeth’s battle inspired their daughter Chase to ride. As the Ormiston family can attest, cancer impacts the world, Dana-Farber makes the world a better place!
Many people have asked how it is possible to ride 100 miles in a day. My answer is always that I treat the ride as 5 separate 20 mile rides. The atmosphere for these events is over the top. Whether you participate in the PMC as a volunteer or as a rider you feel connected to the greater good. The PMC is my favorite weekend of the year. I leave the weekend knowing that our 10,000 participants and ONE BILLION DOLLARS makes a difference. This year I am proud to say that I am picking up my game.
It is a great cause and 100% of the funds go directly to the charity. Once again, the following is the link to donate to my ride:
www.pmc.org/egifts/RA0055
Ride on!
