David, Mike and Carl at the
PMC’s Nickerson waterstop in 2014
Summer 2021
This is the 42nd annual PMC, our 22nd PMC, and the 15th anniversary of
Carl and David’s transcontinental ride.
The PMC offered its usual routes this year, but with very limited amenities
to reduce the risk of Covid exposure, and also the
option of completing a “reimagined” ride like we did in 2020. Carl rode a
“reimagined” loop on the Saturday of the PMC, and the PMC’s 100-mile loop
from Babson College on the Sunday. David rode a “reimagined” loop on Cape Cod
a week earlier, and Mike took the year off from the formal commitment. See
the column to the left for more details.
We remain committed to this
exceptional cause and we ask for your support. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is one of
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allows Dana-Farber to do cutting edge work in the field.
With the support of our
generous donors, since 2000 we’ve raised over $700,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund.
Prior
Years’ rides:
- 2020: with regular PMC canceled due to Covid, Carl climbed to
new heights in Colorado, Mike tackled the hills of Connecticut, and David
rode a loop on Cape Cod that includes a portion of the PMC’s Sunday route.
- 2019: Carl rode from Stockbridge for a true Pan-Mass, while Mike and David rode the 160-mile
two-day PMC from Babson College to Provincetown.
- 2018: Carl rode from Stockbridge for a true Pan-Massachusetts
Challenge.
- 2017: Mike and David rode the shorter (160 mile) two-day PMC
from Babson College in Wellesley, MA to Provincetown.
- 2016: Carl started in Stockbridge for a “true” Pan-Mass, and
David joined him in Sturbridge for a full “classic” PMC to Provincetown.
- 2015: David rode a 1-day PMC from Sturbridge to Bourne, and Carl volunteered with his family at the Nickerson park waterstop on Day
2.
- 2014: Carl rode from Stockbridge to Sturbridge, then volunteered
at the Nickerson waterstop with his family. David
and Mike rode the traditional PMC from Sturbridge to Provincetown. The
Saturday ride was the coldest and wettest in the history of the PMC.
- 2013: Carl rode a true Pan-Mass from Stockbridge to
Provincetown, and David joined him for the traditional PMC from Sturbridge.
- 2012: All three of us rode a very hot traditional PMC from
Sturbridge to Provincetown. Carl got an early start from Stockbridge.
- 2011: Carl rode a true Pan-Mass with the Huckleberry group,
starting in Stockbridge.
- 2010: David and Mike rode an uneventful PMC. Carl rode with
the Huckleberry group from the NY/MA border to the Sturbridge start.
- 2009: Carl and Mike rode a smooth PMC, while David nursed his
shattered elbow.
- 2008: Mike joined Carl and David for a successful, two-day Challenge.
- 2007: Carl rode from the NY line. David joined him in
Sturbridge for the formal PMC.
- 2006: Transcontinental.
Almost $170,000 raised. 3,600 miles over 38 riding days during one of the
hottest summers in recorded history.
- 2005: Carl and David rode a bit more than the official PMC
route, clocking 215 miles and adding CT to our list of states ridden.
- 2004: in celebration of the historic 25th annual PMC, Carl and David rode from David’s then-hometown of
Cincinnati to join the PMC - a total
of 1,054 miles over 11 days! (And no, you don’t want to know about the
saddle sores).
- 2003, 2002: Carl and David rode about
300 miles by adding an extra day and 100 miles, starting from the MA/NY state
line.
- 2001, 2000: Carl and David rode the official PMC route, 192 miles
from Sturbridge MA to Provincetown MA over two days.
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