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| PMC 2016: 190 bike miles |
- The weekend (August 5 & 6) went like clockwork, a little hot on Saturday, but no biggie.
- Princess Aurora and Kelly Westbrook Moore were spotted all over the place on PMC weekend. They get around.
- Even though the ride is over, we don't close the books on this year's fundraising for another month -- and we have a ways to go to meet our $46M goal for 2016. You still have time to sponsor me, or any other rider, and help us help the doctors, nurses and researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
You can donate online here: https://www2.pmc.org/egifts/DM0192.
Now, this post isn't the "full ride write-up" that I usually do; it's just a brief note to say thanks and leave you with some interesting things until I get the full report written. One of the more interesting things I've received from PMC HQ for each of the last several years is a 'weekend stats' email. I'll include the detailed stats below, but I wanted to point out the thing that I find most interesting: of the 6,000 riders on the road for PMC weekend, almost exactly 50% of those people have been riding the PMC for at least the last 10 years. That kind of retention rate speaks volumes about how committed we are to funding a cure for cancer. The other thing I find interesting is that I'm "above average" when it comes to rider *age*. ;-)
That's it for stats. For the "more visual" of you, there's a wonderful slideshow of pictures from PMC weekend online that you can watch here. It's brief but very well-done: a charming distillation of an awful lot of pictures that captures the weekend well and has a nice musical accompaniment from One Republic, to boot.
If you have some time, you can also cruise through a *ton* of pictures from PMC weekend on the PMC website. You can browse the gallery online here. The pictures are grouped by day (Fri, Sat, Sun) as well as "Highlights" and pictures of our PMC 2016 "Living Proof" and some of the cycling teams that participated.
That's all for now. I'll be writing up my PMC 2016 trip report soon -- hopefully during Labor Day week while I'm on vacation.
PMC 2016 By The Numbers
How Many Riders ?
- Riders Registered: 6,260
- Riders off the line: 6,000
From Where?
- Sturbridge Start: 52%
- Wellesley Start: 48%
- States represented by ridership: 39 + District of Columbia
- Foreign Countries represented by ridership: 6
Ridership Retention Stats:
- Alumni riders: 78%
- 1st-year riders: 22%
- Average years riding PMC: 6 years
- 10 year riders: 2,533
- 20 year riders: 396
- 30 year riders: 46
Rider Age & Gender
- Male riders: 68%
- Female riders: 32%
- Average rider age: 46
- Riders over 65: 282
- Riders under 30: 1,022
- Number of horses: 1
If you have some time, you can also cruise through a *ton* of pictures from PMC weekend on the PMC website. You can browse the gallery online here. The pictures are grouped by day (Fri, Sat, Sun) as well as "Highlights" and pictures of our PMC 2016 "Living Proof" and some of the cycling teams that participated.
That's all for now. I'll be writing up my PMC 2016 trip report soon -- hopefully during Labor Day week while I'm on vacation.
Until then, thank you for your support.
/doug
