Some Statistics for the 2008 PMC

Sturbridge Start: 2,837
Wellesley Start: 2,096
Sunday Wellesley: 304
Total Riding: 5,237

Average age: 43
Male: 63%
Female: 37%

Fundraising as of August 6th: $21,650,000
Projected total for 2008: $34,000,000

THANK YOU

We'll send a more detailed report shortly, but just wanted to send a heart felt "THANK YOU" to everyone who supported, donated, volunteered, organized, assisted and cheered during our PMC adventure. We were so touched by the supporters that came out along the route to thank us for riding in the PMC. Truly amazing and simply unbelieveable. I wanted to leave this one shot of this young cancer survivor who was at the Brewster water stop. He walked around handing out Mardi Gras beads with this sign. Seeing him, sums up the entire emotional experience.

There's already talk about next year so be prepared as we're looking to expand our team of 2 to at least 5 or 6.

wellesley to bourne: day 1

So we are now in Bourne. We arrived at 2:30 after leaving Wellesley at 7. It was a slow start about 3,000 people heading out of Babson College headed towards a ride to support cancer research. Here are some snippets.

Highlights:
- the amazing support and coordination
- high fives from little kids and hose sprays on the road
- the support of my (Frank's) parents
- great police and volunteer traffic assistance
- arriving in Bourne with beer and burgers
- great riders, so nice
- cancer survivors
- no flat tires

Low lights:
- people who think they are in Le Tour
- pothole roads
- beer tent running out at 6:30
- 4am wake ups

Off to Provincetown tomorrow!

Eek! Less than 24 hours to go.

Less than 24 hours to go, and I'm freaking out a bit. Megan seems much calmer, but she has today off so is going to run around like a chicken with its head cut off as she gets all the things done we need squared away before 7am tomorrow (technically 5am as that's when we need to leave the house, ouch!). I've having serious shoe issues (broken BOA ratchet on my right shoe, spare parts in California or some warehouse): damn you Specialized and BOA, but we'll persevere with some duct tape, luck and a bit of good 'ol Yankee cursing.

My folks are coming up tonight to help with logistics and the dogs. We've made some plans and here's our rough itinerary.

Saturday July 2:
Leave house: 5am-ish
Leave Wellesley on bikes: 7am
Anticipate stopping to meet parents at the Dighton Regional High School at second water stop: 11:30am-ish
Arrive in Bourne: 1:30pm-ish

Sunday July 3:
Leave Bourne: 5am (OUCH)
Arrive in Provincetown at the Family Finish: 1pm-ish (may be earlier or later depending on our stops)
Eat and drink repeatedly: 1pm-ish to ...........

Thanks again everyone for your support, love, kind words and donations. We really really appreciate. Check the Twitter feed to the left or at: http://www.twitter.com/hwangpmc to see how we're doing along the way.