Everyone has been touched by cancer in their lives. I have lost two grandparents to the disease. Thankfully, due to incredible research and innovation at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, my mother is a cancer survivor. The PMC is an annual fundraising bike-a-thon with a specific goal: to eradicate cancer.

POMG Bike Tours has been a sponsor of this two-day, 200-mile ride from Sturbridge, Ma., to Provincetown, Ma., for the past four years.

We are offering three weekend training tours in June and July to help TEAM POMG and other PMC participants (there were 2,500 riders last year) gradually prepare for the event. Please consider joining my parents and me on TEAM POMG to help eradicate cancer. Together we will win the fight and have fun doing it.

Sincerely,
Richard L. First
POMG Founder and Four-time PMC Rider

The Training Tours:
The tours have been designed to help prepare participants for the event which takes place August 3 - 4, 2003 (riders will still need to do extensive training on their own). The weekend rides begin six weeks before the PMC and occur every two weeks.
The training tours are structured in the same manner as all of our weekend tours (see general info) . The difference is that everyone rides the same route and the mileage is longer. The inns have been selected for their comfort, location, service and experience with bicycle groups. The routes are designed to challenge each rider and prepare you for the two-day PMC 200-mile ride.

Training Tour Schedule & Details:
June 14 - 16 Plymouth, *Salt Ash Inn
Saturday 62 Miles, Sunday 61 Miles
Price Per Person $325

July 5 - 7 Plymouth, *Salt Ash Inn
Saturday 62 Miles, Sunday 61 Miles
Price Per Person $325

July 19 - 21 Mad River Valley, *Waitsfield Inn
Saturday 52 Miles Sunday 50 Miles
Price Per Person $330

Aug. 3 - 4 Pan Massachusetts Challenge

Meals Included:
2 Dinners
2 Breakfasts
Extensive snacks on the route

Multiple Tour Discount:
Sign-up for any two training tours and save $25
Sign-up for all three training tours and save $75

Please call for specific details about signing up for the PMC, joining TEAM POMG and reserving your place on the training tours. Space is limited and both the event and the training tours will sell out, call today! 1-888-635-2453

Please note: Although POMG supports the Pan Massachusetts Challenge and utilizes the PMC logo and initials in some of its materials, POMG Bike Tours is not part of, affiliated with, or operated or supervised by, Pan Massachusetts Challenge, Inc.