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2011 Athletic Fundraising Appeal

Jothy & Carole’s 2011 Athletic Fundraising Appeal
Every year we take on 2 or 3 significant athletic challenges to raise money and give back. We need your help to reach our fundraising goals. To date, since 1998, we have raised and given to these causes over $100,000 thanks to so many generous donors. Thanks for all [...]

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PMC 2010

PMC 2010 is in the history books. It was #8 for me and #6 for my wife Carole. We worked hard again this year to train for this event. Getting physically ready for these events is a huge challenge. I have to get my one lung and arms and cardiovascular system in tune for the swim [...]

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The PMC sentiment

Incredible sentiment of the PMC ride expressed to Billy Starr by an anonymous writer:
The greatest compliment I can make of the PMC is that if you told me I was going to die on Sunday, which I hope of course does not happen, I would be thrilled to have spent my last day on Saturday [...]

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NECN Story about Osteosarcoma for the PMC

Really nice story on NECN that will be broadcast live Friday night during the PMC opening ceremonies. This is a piece about three riders (including yours truly) who are survivors of Osteosarcoma. Point is that little has improved for this type of cancer in the last 35 years. We ride as part of a team [...]

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Book event at Barnes & Noble

On September 9th at 7 pm come to the Burlington, MA Barnes & Noble store where I will be hosting a book event.
Just after completing my 17th Alcatraz swim and my 8th 192-mile PMC bike ride and once again raising over $15,000 for charities doing so, I will host an event at the Burlington, MA [...]

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Jothy & Carole’s 2010 annual athletic fundraising has begun

Well, it’s spring again and for us that means we are at it again doing lots of athletic events to raise money for great causes. We deeply appreciate all the support we have had over the years. We just crossed over the $100,000 raised for all events! Wow. But let’s keep at it shall we!?

As [...]

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"All the inspiration he needed"

I got two notes recently from partners at the Goodwin | Procter law firm in Boston. One was from Bill Schnoor who I know from his being in the middle of everything to do with startups in Boston for the last 15 years. His partner is RJ Lyman who is a die-hard (you will see [...]

Jonathan Alter’s blurb for Who Says I Can’t

Jonathan Alter is a senior editor and columnist at “Newsweek” and a contributing correspondent for NBC News. He’s also an author whose most recent book about FDR’s early days in the White House is called “The Defining Moment.”

Jonathan is also a cancer survivor which he wrote about in the cover story for Newsweek in April [...]

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You are There: PMC 2009 On One Leg

(warning, very long blog post to make you feel like you were with me every push-pull of the way this 192 miles)

Getting ready
Getting ready was extra hard this year. We had a wet cold spring and as a result I for one missed a lot of training rides. That is an especially big deal for [...]

Next to last training ride before PMC weekend

Pemiquid light near Damariscotta Maine on July 25. Not quite the halfway point on my 48 mile training ride exactly one week before the 192-mile PMC ride begins. This year has been harder than any I can remember for getting ready for this ride. Cold and rain is why. Very early on we were able [...]