Our station is the media sponsor of the Pan Mass Challenge, but our commitment runs deeper than that title. Eight NECN employees rode in the 30th annual PMC as part of Team NECN, riding for pedal partner Caroline Lane.
Meteorologist Danielle Niles rode the Wellesley-to-Bourne route on Saturday, then hurried back home to prepare for her all day shift in the NECN weather center on Sunday. She chronicled her first ride on this very blog.
She joined R.D. Sahl and Beth Shelburne on NECN’s PMC Wrapup Show to share her experience as a first-time rider.
“It was my first PMC, it is definitely not going to be my last,” Niles said.
“I was having a difficult time going up one of the hills and a gentleman pulled up next to me and he just turned and said, ‘How’s your ride going?’ and I said it’s going well,” Niles said, who then asked him why he was riding. “‘Last year I was in remission from cancer, but this year it came back.’ I just though to myself, ‘I’m complaining about my sore muscles and this guy has cancer right now’.”
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