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The 2025 Pan-Mass Challenge is only days away. Set for the weekend of Aug. 2, the two-day event will once again attract thousands of cyclists to raise money for cancer research and patient care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
The goal this year is to earn a record $76 million in donations. Last year, the riders’ donors contributed $75 million to the cause, which was also a record.
The nation’s single most successful athletic fundraising event is in its 46th year. Throughout those five decades, it has collected over $1 billion, all going directly to Dana-Farber for cancer research and patient care.
More than 6,800 riders have signed up this year, and 53 of them hail from Winchester. They will be riding on several different courses, totaling 186 miles throughout the Commonwealth.
Besides the cyclists, there are also hundreds of volunteers along the route helping out, including Winchester’s very own Allan Eyden, who also rode in it back in 1985 on the only route available at that time – Sturbridge to Provincetown.
He began his PMC volunteering efforts in 1987, and was eventually elevated to Volunteer Head Staff member in 1993 as the Road Coordinator.
“Our organization has grown a lot since (1987),” said Eyden. “We have 15 paid employees and 15 on the Head Staff, who, like me, are volunteers in their positions.
“A summary of my job is to be responsible for our 6,000 riders, and the time they spend on the road that’s not at a hub site or water stop,” Eyden added. “I also interact with 44 towns, the State Police, National Park Service and Army Corps of Engineers. Together, we map out routes, react to construction projects on them, and arrange, where appropriate, support for public safety. In addition, I assemble and manage a fleet of about 30 support vehicles that have bike mechanics and medical support volunteers on them to assist the riders during the event.”
This is Eyden’s 40th year with the PMC, and his motivation, like so many others, comes from the loss of friends to cancer.
“My mantra is simple: ‘I’m not a doctor or a scientist, so my contribution is to raise funds to support them,’” he said. “I lost a good friend to cancer just two months ago, so I participate in her honor this year.”
If you want to donate in Eyden’s name for all of his hard work to the PMC over the years, you may do so on the site’s participant link at https://profile.pmc.org/AE0002.
And here’s the long list of the 53 Winchester riders, who are ready to embark on their long journey to fight cancer complete with their links for those who would also like to donate specifically to them:
John Anglin, https://profile.pmc.org/JA0338
Sean Bannon, https://profile.pmc.org/SB0651
Jeff Bass, https://profile.pmc.org/JB0683
Ryan Burkart, https://profile.pmc.org/RB0329
Michael Cantalupa, https://profile.pmc.org/MC0551
Peter Devlin, https://profile.pmc.org/PD0132
Susan Fagerstrom, https://profile.pmc.org/SF0305
Joseph Ferreira, https://profile.pmc.org/JF0131
Justin Glucksman, https://profile.pmc.org/JG0436
David Gomes, https://profile.pmc.org/DG0368
Cindy Hale, https://profile.pmc.org/HG0011
Judson Hale, https://profile.pmc.org/JH0157
Alex Hood, https://profile.pmc.org/AH0328
David Hood, https://profile.pmc.org/DH0306
Eric Hood, https://profile.pmc.org/EH0243
Jared Jackson, https://profile.pmc.org/JJ0063
Tim Jarrett, https://profile.pmc.org/TJ0091
Dane Kenny, https://profile.pmc.org/DK0261
Laura Kotzeff, https://profile.pmc.org/LK0205
Kenneth Lampert, https://profile.pmc.org/KL0085
Elena Langlois, https://profile.pmc.org/EL0051
Katherine Mackey, https://profile.pmc.org/KM0802
Michael McGirr, https://profile.pmc.org/MM1194
Susan McLaren, https://profile.pmc.org/SM0810
David Morse, https://profile.pmc.org/DM0607
Dave Nace, https://profile.pmc.org/DN0016
Isabelle Nace, https://profile.pmc.org/IN0004
Jessica Nix, https://profile.pmc.org/JN0244
Michael O’Meara, https://profile.pmc.org/MO0146
Christopher Parsons, https://profile.pmc.org/CP0353
Lily Parsons, https://profile.pmc.org/LP0240
Elizabeth Preston, https://profile.pmc.org/EP0115
Grace Preston, https://profile.pmc.org/GP0099
Jack Preston, https://profile.pmc.org/JP0485
Scott Rau, https://profile.pmc.org/SR0345
Stephen Roge, https://profile.pmc.org/SR0281
David Saliba, https://profile.pmc.org/DS0151
Jeff Schiller, https://profile.pmc.org/JS1308
Julie Segovia, https://profile.pmc.org/JS1306
Danie Sheehan, https://profile.pmc.org/DS0491
Victoria Shonkoff, https://profile.pmc.org/VS0026
Christopher Tabb, https://profile.pmc.org/CT0096
Stephanie Torto, https://profile.pmc.org/ST0116
Christopher Trent, https://profile.pmc.org/CT0084
Grady Trent, https://profile.pmc.org/GT0070
Jeroen Van Paassen, https://profile.pmc.org/JV0080
Rebecca Vernaglia, https://profile.pmc.org/RV0058
Janice Weiner, https://profile.pmc.org/JW0558
Marcus Wignell, https://profile.pmc.org/MW0406
Randolph Williams, https://profile.pmc.org/RW0163
Benjamin Wilson, https://profile.pmc.org/BW0117
John Wilson, https://profile.pmc.org/JW0042
The PMC is co-presented by the Red Sox Foundation and M&T Bank.
For more information on the nation’s most popular annual athletic fundraising event, visit www.pmc.org, or call (800) WE-CYCLE. You can also connect with #PMC2025 on Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn.
