Category: Cycling

  • Pan-Mass Challenge Fundraising Update – 2018

    Pan-Mass Challenge Fundraising Update – 2018

    This past summer, I rode in my 11th Pan-Mass Challenge, an annual 2-day ride to fight cancer for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Every year, I take a look at my individual fundraising effort (you can always donate to support the ride at http://profile.pmc.org/DH0159) to evaluate how things went. First off, my total fundraising last year […]

  • 2017 Pan-Mass Challenge Fundraising Review

    2017 Pan-Mass Challenge Fundraising Review

    Every year after the deadlines end and the results are public, I like to have a look at my personal fundraising efforts for the Pan-Mass Challenge, an annual 2-day bike ride across Massachusetts that raises money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. This year was special, as it was my 10th time […]

  • Pan-Mass Challenge Fundraising Recap: 2016

    Pan-Mass Challenge Fundraising Recap: 2016

    Every August, I put on a ridiculous spandex outfit, a pair of shoes not made for walking, a helmet and gloves and get on my bike to ride from Wellesley to the tip of Cape Cod for the annual Pan-Mass Challenge. More importantly, i spend far more time than I do training and riding raising […]

  • Pan-Mass Challenge Fundraising Update – Year 7 (2014)

    Pan-Mass Challenge Fundraising Update – Year 7 (2014)

    This August I completed my 7th consecutive Pan-Mass Challenge. The PMC is an annual 2-day bike ride across much of Massachusetts, for which riders raise money that goes to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. This year, the PMC raised a total of $41 million, the total just announced this past week. As for my own […]

  • Pan-Mass Challenge 2013 Fundraising Review

    The new calendar closed the book on my sixth year riding the Pan-Mass Challenge. First of all, one more big Thank You to everyone who supported my participation: those of you who donated money first of all, but anyone who lent moral support, helped me train, and even got me a ride home from the ferry […]

  • Pan-Mass Challenge 2013 in Review

    The Pan-Mass Challenge – my sixth – has come and gone, and this year may have been the best yet, in my unscientific opinion. The weather was beautiful, even with a little Day 1 rain, and I felt as though I was in my best riding shape. This year I got to ride with a […]

  • Pan-Mass Challenge 2012 Fundraising Review

    Last summer, I rode in my fifth Pan-Mass Challenge. This two-day ride to benefit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston has been the centerpiece of my summer since 2008. At first, it was an excuse to do more cycling, get more fit, and benefit a worthy cause in the process. As the years went […]

  • Jerseys of the Pan-Mass Challenge

    Last month, I completed my fifth Pan-Mass Challenge, riding my bike 170 miles over 2 days to raise money for the Jimmy Fund and fight cancer. As always, it was a well-run event, and despite the hot weather I loved every mile and biked well. As for the fundraising, a big thank you to everyone […]

  • Pan-Mass Challenge: Spring Training

    Now that we are well into spring, I am stepping up my training for this summer’s Pan-Mass Challenge. I’ll be riding my fifth PMC in August, and I keep coming back because it’s such a well-run event, and raises money (over $30 million a year) to fight and cure cancer at Boston’s Dana Farber Cancer […]

  • Pan-Mass Challenge: 2011 Fundraising Overview

    UPDATE: I am officially signed up for the 2012 Pan-Mass Challenge: to sponsor my ride (and make these graphs prettier next year), please go to http://bit.ly/pmcdoug to donate. Thanks! Last year, after riding in my third Pan-Mass Challenge (an annual two-day bicycle ride/cancer fundraiser), I thought I had enough of a track record to look at […]