PMC 2025: The Spirit of Massachusetts, the Best of America, & Collaboration on Steroids!
By Craig Hall Underwood, August 22, 2025
On Sunday morning, August 3rd, at 3:45 a.m., I stood in the pre-dawn glow watching hundreds of volunteers serve breakfast to thousands of riders before the final leg of the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC). I had an epiphany. This scene — and the entire weekend’s event, where I completed my 11th PMC riding 170 miles from Wellesley to Bourne on Saturday and then on to Provincetown — revealed something powerful: The PMC embodies the Spirit of Massachusetts and the very Best of America, at a time when we desperately need both.