The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Held August 4 & 5th
The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge was held on August 4th and 5th. Approximately 4,800 cyclists participated in the event. They traveled nine routes. The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge is the country’s first fundraising bike-a-thon. It raises more money than any other athletic fundraising event in the U.S.A.. The event is anticipated to raise $27 million this year and a check will be presented in November. Funds raised benefit the Dana-Farber Cancer Insitute through The Jimmy Fund in Boston, MA.
Cyclists ride through 46 Massachusetts towns along the ride. They rode 50 to 192 miles over the one or two days.
Billy Starr founded the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge more than twenty years ago. When Starr was 25, his mother died from melanoma. Starr planned a hiking trip through the Appalachian Trial (city, state) with several friends. The eight day adventure was challenging. From this Starr understood that ‘those who put in the mental energy, not just the physical energy, follow their goals from theory to mission accomplished.’ (Source: from PMC.org website). In 1977 Starr began making long cycle rides from Boston to Provincetown, RI. In 1980 Starr began the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge.
Source: PMC.org
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