The 30th running of the Pan Mass Challenge was in the books on Sunday night, as riders traveled back to Boston via boat.
The event raising money for cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Donate to the cause by visiting Team NECN’s PMC profile page.
Fifteen-year rider Matthew Dustin thanked the good weather for making this year’s event a smooth one. Over the years, he has seen an increase in ridership.
“A lot of the changes have been in the number of people on the road,” Matthew Dustin said. “It’s really a hero’s welcome for people who spend a lot of time raising money for the PMC, that goes to Jimmy Fund and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.”
“The most memorable moment this year was we had great weather and we had no accidents on the road,” Dustin said.
Michael Filosa also road in this latest edition of the PMC, his third overall. This year, Michael decided to extend the PMC and ride from the New York border all the way to Provincetown.
“When you have things like that touch your heart, you need, something like that as a way of giving back and motivating you and fighting this terrible disease,” Filosa said.
“My dad’s a warrior,” son Peter Filosa said.
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