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I’m Once Again Asking You For Your Hard-Earned Money

Compliance Building is a free resource I publish for me, and share with you, to help the compliance profession.

Now I need some of your hard-earned money. I should point out that the money is not for me; It’s for charity. Help me fight cancer, by raising money for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

I’m riding the Pan Mass Challenge in 2017 and hope you will consider supporting me this year. [Click here to make a donation]

Your money will go to help kids like Maya. She is my PMC team’s pedal partner this year. 

In January, Maya turned five years old. A month later, doctors found a large mass on one of her kidneys. Maya has Clear Cell Sarcoma, a very rare renal cancer. Maya went through surgery to remove the mass and has completed six days of radiation.  The next step is seven months of chemotherapy to beat her cancer. Maya’s mom reported that Maya is taking her treatments in stride as only a five year old who loves unicorns can. They are seeing to positive results!

I ride the Pan-Mass Challenge because I believe the money it raises makes a difference in the fight against cancer. It’s making a difference for Maya.

If you’ve read this far, you are either a very dedicated reader of Compliance Building or have also been touched by cancer. Unfortunately, most people have been touched by this terrible disease.

Last year, I lost my best friend to cancer. Jeff was diagnosed with cancer just before Thanksgiving 2015. This terrible disease killed him just two months later. Jeff and I grew up with Dave. After Dave’s mom died of cancer, Dave formed Team Kinetic Karma and I first rode my first Pan-Mass Challenge.

I came back to ride again when Dave was diagnosed with cancer. He fought back and won. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute helped him beat back the disease.

Then my dad was diagnosed with cancer. He fought back and won. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute helped him beat back the disease. But his sister, brother, and mother (my aunt, uncle and Nana) did not win and lost their battles with cancer.

We are hoping that Maya will win her battle. Your donations will help.

100% of your donation to my PMC ride will go the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Pan- Mass Challenge is the biggest source of income for Dana-Farber.

Compliance Building readers have been very generous. So many of you have donated in the past and helped me to achieve my fundraising goal. (Many you have already donated this year and I apologize for this additional request.)

If everyone who reads Compliance Building donated a few dollars I would exceed my fundraising goals. If you think Compliance Building worth $1 a week. Then, please contribute $50…(Or More)

The Pan Mass Challenge ride is 192 miles over two days from Sturbridge to Provincetown. If I hit my fundraising goal, I will add another 100 miles on a third day of riding from the New York border over the Berkshires to Sturbridge.

Donations can be made by clicking on any of the links below, or sending a check to my mailing address:

Doug Cornelius
15 Lockwood Rd
West Newton MA 02465

Click here to make $25 donation

Click here to make a $50 donation

Click here to make a $100 donation

Click here to make a $250 donation

Click here to make a $500 donation

Click here to make a $1,000 donation

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On the Road, On My Bike

I’m not thinking about compliance today. When this story gets posted I’ll be somewhere on the road between Hillsdale, New York and Sturbridge, Massachusetts. I’m with a dozen members of my Pan-Mass Challenge team and a few dozen other hearty souls who have added on a pre-ride we call Day Zero. The first official day of the my Pan-Mass Challenge ride starts Saturday morning in Sturbridge and the second day starts in Bourne, just beside the Cape Cod Canal, as we head toward Provincetown at the tip of Cape Cod.

In all, it will be about 300 miles over those three days. Those are days remembering those we have lost to cancer, cheering those who are fighting cancer and celebrating those who have beaten cancer. I’m sure you or someone you love has been affected by cancer.

The Pan-Mass Challenge is the biggest fund raiser for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. 100% of the rider generated donations go to Dana Farber.

I’m so grateful at the outpouring of Compliance Building readers who have supported me. I’ve got your names tucked into my jersey pocket and I’m bringing you all the way across Massachusetts.

If you are interested in supporting my ride there is still time donate, just follow this link: http://profile.pmc.org/DC0176

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Crash!

I had my first cycling crash of the season this weekend. My fault. No cars involved. I was complying with traffic laws. I just made a mistake. We all make mistakes. This one left me on the tarmac.

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I spent the weekend dropping off The Girl at sleep-away camp in the Berkshires. (Her first time at sleep-away camp). To keep up my bike training regime for the Pan-Mass Challenge I decided to bike back home.

It was cool and sunny at the start, but the rain came in, turning a pleasant ride into a cold, wet, tortuous ride.

I was not familiar with the route. I was not lost, but was relying on memorization of route and occasional glances at the GPS. Since the roads were unfamiliar, I never knew if there was a big hill up ahead or how much longer to get home. It was getting dark. To the extent I had actually been on the roads before, the features were melting away as the sun set.

When I saw the sign for Davis Mega Maze I finally knew where I was. Now that I knew how much further I had to go, I felt some more energy flow back into my legs. I was excited to see that I only had 30 miles to go.

Perhaps I was too excited. I saw the railroad tracks ahead. I knew they would be wet and slippery. I knew I should slow down.

But I didn’t.

I came up on the tracks too fast. They were at a 45 degree angle to the road, making them even more treacherous. The bike and I went sideways, slipping and sliding down the road.

By slipping and sliding, I mean sliding my skin on the roadway. I stood up bloodied and battered.

Rule #5 was in effect. So I pulled myself back up, wiped off some blood and pedaled the rest of the way home.

That’s what I do to train for the Pan Mass Challenge.

There is still time to sponsor my Pan Mass Challenge ride: http://www2.pmc.org/profile/DC0176

100% of your donation goes to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute to fund its fight against cancer,

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I’m Asking For Your Money

Compliance Building is a free resource I publish for me, and share with you, to help the compliance profession. But I’m asking for money.

I should point out that the money is not for me; It’s for charity.

I’m riding the Pan Mass Challenge in 2016 and hope you will consider supporting me this year. [Click here to make a donation]

Compliance Building readers were very generous last year and help me achieve my fundraising goal. (For those who have already donated, I apologize for this second request.)

Unfortunately, I have another reason to ride this year:

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Jeff was diagnosed with cancer just before Thanksgiving. This terrible disease killed him just after the New Year. He was a big, strong, brash guy. We grew up together, went to high school together, went to college together, snowboarded together and climbed mountains together.

Cancer took him.

I can’t think of a better way to remember him than to to ride for him and raise money to fight what killed him. Maybe we can help save the next person.

Jeff and I grew up with Dave. After Dave’s mom died of cancer, Dave formed Team Kinetic Karma and I first rode my first Pan-Mass Challenge.

I came back to ride again when Dave was diagnosed with cancer. He fought back and won. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute helped him beat back the disease.

Then my dad was diagnosed with cancer. He fought back and won. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute helped him beat back the disease. But his sister, brother, and mother (my aunt, uncle and Nana) did not win and lost their battles with cancer.

100% of your donation to my PMC ride with go the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

If everyone who reads Compliance Building donated a few dollars I would exceed my fundraising goals.

I’m really looking to the smaller group of loyal readers. A group that I think gets some value from what I publish. If you think it’s worth $1 a week. Then, please contribute $50…(Or More)

The Pan Mass Challenge ride is 192 miles over two days from Sturbridge to Provincetown. If I hit my fundraising goal, I’m going to add on another 100 miles and a third day of riding from the New York border over the Berkshires to Sturbridge.

Donations can be made by clicking on any of the buttons below, or sending a check to my mailing address:

Doug Cornelius
15 Lockwood Rd
West Newton MA 02465

Click here to make $25 donation

Click here to make a $50 donation

Click here to make a $100 donation

Click here to make a $250 donation

Click here to make a $500 donation

Click here to make a $1,000 donation

Click here to make a donation of any other amount

Weekend Riding: Midnight Boston Marathon Bike Ride

While marathon runners were sleeping in anticipation of the race on Patriots Day, I joined hundreds of cyclists to bike the 26.2 miles in the middle of the night. The Midnight Marathon Bike Ride was back for its seventh year in a row. Short of actually running, I thought it was a great way to honor the marathon tradition.

Plus, I signed up to ride the Pan-Mass Challenge to raise money for cancer research. So, I need to spend a lot of time in my bike saddle to prepare for that two-day ride across the state

Please donate to my PMC ride at one of the following links:

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The roads were still open to vehicular traffic at midnight before the marathon, but there are few cars on the road that time of  the day. The road were mostly recovered from the winter stress and were spruced up for the marathon’s start several hours later.

The ride actually starts in South Station. You can jump on the commuter rail and load your bike in a truck to re-join you at the Southborough station at midnight. I convinced Mrs. Doug to drive me and two fellow riders out to Southborough instead.

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There were dozens and dozens of riders at the train station who had also been dropped off. That’s lots of riders with an assortment of lights, bikes, skill levels and motivations.

It was cold. We were dressed to ride, not stand around in the cold. So we jumped on our saddles and rode off just before midnight and before the train arrived. As we left the the parking a lot, a half-dozen moving trucks full of the train riders’ bikes pulled into the parking lot.

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It was a few miles from the train station to the Marathon’s starting line in Hopkinton. A few miles that went mostly uphill, with a nasty half-mile stretch in excess of a 5% grade. It’s a tough enough hill that there is a plan B route that goes around the hill.

At the start line we found several hundred more cyclists already in place waiting for midnight or the train riders to come. We kept pedaling.

And pedaling and pedaling.

It was a continuous stream of bikes from start to finish.

Marathon security was nice enough to leave the finish line open for us to take pictures.

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Boston Common Coffee Company hosted a charity pancake breakfast after the ride. Pancakes taste great after 30 miles in the saddle.

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Please donate to my PMC ride at one of the following links:

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Weekend Riding – Facing the Cold

That’s me, bundled up for my first bike ride of 2015 on Saturday. I was going to ride first thing in the morning, but shied away when I saw a 9 degree reading on the thermometer. I waited for the balmy afternoon temperature of 22 degrees before enduring a 15 mile ride.

Why ride?

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I’m riding the 2015 Pan-Mass Challenge this summer to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. (Click here to make a donation of any amount.) I would appreciate your financial support.

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