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Pan-Mass Challenge bikeathon

You may already know that I am signed up for and have been training for the 192 mile Pan-Mass challenge bikeathon, which is taking place August 2-3, from Sturbridge, Mass, to Provincetown, Mass on the very tip of Cape Cod. This is a charity bikeathon to benefit the very innovative cancer research taking place at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, which sponsors the Jimmy Fund. I was brought into this kind of cycling by my old friend Paul Schaye, who was diagnosed not long ago with stomach cancer. He had been riding in this charity fundraising event for nine years prior to receiving this diagnosis. That just tells you that cancer can hit anyone, at any time, without warning, without apparent cause, and without a lot of hope. But because of the miracles being uncovered at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and other research across the country, much of it funded by private contributions because of cutbacks by the federal government, more people are able to live longer with cancers of various kinds, and more are able to recover fully or have long-term remissions of the disease. These are very exciting times for cancer research. I am going to share with you here the full letter that I have sent to many close friends and colleagues about this phoenomenal effort. Please read it and please join the battle if you are able to do so.

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