Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Where the money goes

There’s no question that the Pan-Mass Challenge is a powerful fundraiser. But raising money is one thing – doing good things with it is another.

Dr. Ed Benz of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is not only a remarkable person, but as President of DFCI, he knows as well as anyone what the millions of dollars raised by Pan-Mass Challenge riders mean for researchers at Dana-Farber. EVERY dollar raised by the riders goes to Dana-Farber, and EVERY dollar you give matters.

To donate to Team NECN, and make those dollars count, click here.

Lost weekend for training, but a little motivation

Training for the PMC and I are just not getting along well. I was pumped for some quality training this weekend, ideally in Maine where my wife and I were planning to spend a long weekend. Instead, I spent some of the weekend enjoying the cool of the bathroom tile where – well, never mind, you can imagine the rest.

No trying out my new clipless pedals near a grassy field where I might not inflict damage on myself.

No stretching out my training ride to 30-35 miles – which I really needed to do.

Just sitting… thinking… and waiting for better days. But while I was sitting, knowing how lousy I was feeling, it made me think about a story that Greg Wayland did back in February about the construction workers who painted the names of young cancer patients at the Dana-Farber on girders they hoisted onto the facility’s new expansion.

If you haven’t seen it, here it is.

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Where the money goes

Lost weekend for training, but a little motivation

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