Archive for the ‘Pan-Mass Challenge’ Category
Friday, July 30th, 2010
The Pan-Mass Challenge takes place in about one week- August 7-8, to be exact, and I am ready (I think)! By the time next Friday rolls, I will have amassed 1,000 training miles and my bike is (had better be) in game condition (update-- I need a new shifter now, ...
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
An overdue Pan-Mass Challenge update.
First off, thanks to many of you, I have met my minimum fundraising requirement ($4,200) for the ride in record time! With a full four weeks to go from last weekend, I think it's worth sticking with and see if I can hit "Heavy Hitter" status; ...
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Pn-Mass Challenge preparations are coming along nicely-- first off, fundraising, has passed the $3,000 mark, thanks to many of you. I have only $1,200 left to meet my initial goal. You can help beat cancer by sponsoring my PMC ride at bit.ly/PMC2010 (and by telling your friends).
Training update: we finally stretched ...
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
What a weekend-- I got out 3 of 4 days, ending with our first 40-mile ride of the training season, and I really feel like we're snapping into shape as we train for the Pan-Mass Challenge.
Fundraising, as I mentioned in my last post, is going well, but we are still ...
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
May has come to a close, and there are only two months left until the Pan-Mass Challenge. There has been lots of good news on both the training and fundraising fronts:
As of this writing, many of you have helped me reach 60% of my $4,200 minimum goal. Still, there is ...
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
I am breaking up my usual “Top 5″ post for a couple of reasons: first, the two (not five) topics I picked were enough material to stand on their own; second, I wanted to monkey with the format to see if the posts turn out better if they are a ...
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Saturday, May 8th, 2010
With May here, I want to make sure I get some riding in any day I can, as I train for the Pan-Mass Challenge (to sponsor my ride against cancer, please go to http://bit.ly/PMC2010)
What's bike training season without a good weather disaster? Ignoring the forecast this morning (Saturday May 8), ...
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
As April rolls to a close, I am happy to say many of you have already helped me raise $1,790 for my Pan-Mass Challenge ride to benefit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. That's way ahead of last year's pace, but at 42% (of the $4,200 minimum goal) we still have ...
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
After a winter of spin classes and other workouts, my training group got together on Saturday, April 3 for an honest-to-goodness outdoor ride- our first of the year- in preparation for the Pan-Mass Challenge August 7-8.
We went a short but good 24 miles, starting out slow but increasing our average ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
It has been a while since I posted here about my efforts as a participant in the Pan-Mass Challenge, an annual two-day ride to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. These pre-spring weeks can be tough, in that it is not yet warm enough or light enough for me ...
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