This year is a big milestone for the PMC as it is looking to surpase the $1 BILLION mark raised for cancer research.

Its crazy to think that 11yrs years ago, Joy and I made the decision to ride in the PMC to help raise money for cancer. When I tell people, I ride 160 miles on a bike all the way from Wellesley, MA to Provincetown, MA for cancer they take one look at me and automatically assume I mean a motorcycle. Then I tell them it’s a bicycle and most people laugh and say really? I tell them gravity is my friend, especially going down the hills.

This year is a special one for me because i have all my kids join me on this life changing event.  Kelly, Niall, and Shea will be riding with me on the PMC.  My wife Joy will be driving the support vehilce for Team LungStrong and making sure everyone makes it in safely. The DiFazio family will be in full force raising money to fight cancer! 

When I started it was to support our friend Diane and her fight against Lung Cancer, but I’m sad to say my list is grown to add my mother, my uncle, and my friends. Some people are winning the battle, and some are not. Rides like the Pan-Mass Challenge make the funds available to find a cure. I'm a firm believer that we are going to be the generation that cures cancer, but in order to do that we need to raise the funds.