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Pelotonia Wants You

July 15, 2009

by Jeff McCallister

The billboards are everywhere: “Ride with Lance. Help Cure Cancer.”

Both short phrases pack a motivational punch that make people want to get involved with Pelotonia, the grass-roots bike ride Aug. 28-30 that will benefit Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. Continue reading ‘Pelotonia Wants You’

How I did it: Five Ohio State staffers tell their Pelotonia fundraising stories to help inspire others to join the cause

July 15, 2009

By Jeff McCallister

Rich Blagg was one of the first riders to sign up for Pelotonia back in November when the event first was announced.

“As soon as I heard about it, I knew I had to do it,” said Blagg, an imaging technician in the Medical Center’s Nuclear Imaging Lab.

Blagg used to be a serious rider, one who took part in the annual 210-mile Tour of the Scioto River Valley with several of his colleagues from the radiology and cardiology staff.

But that had been a long time ago — a lifetime, in fact. He fought a successful battle with a rare form of cancer in the years since and had been in remission for exactly five years when news about the grass-roots cancer-fighting bike tour broke. Continue reading ‘How I did it: Five Ohio State staffers tell their Pelotonia fundraising stories to help inspire others to join the cause’