Hammer Time!
Ed Langhammer met his wife Sandra at the gym, and they started dating after taking 2 back-to-back high-intensity aerobics classes. They’ve been married for 32 years, share a bike so they can both ride two sessions of the Tour de Pier and have been riding since the beginning. Ed not only loves to go all-out […]
Heather aka HOJO
Team HOJO has heard the news, “it’s cancer” too many times. Both Heather & Billy’s mothers were both diagnosed with breast cancer in the same week. Years later, when Heather, aka HOJO, was diagnosed in 2016, it was a tough day. Her determination to be there for her kids, to stay positive, and to continue […]
Kelly Miyahara
Kelly Miyahara‘s Breast Cancer Story My mom has watched “Jeopardy” since I can remember. It was the one shows our family was allowed to watch during dinner because it was educational, and my mom was a schoolteacher. One weekend, Sunday morning, my parents called to tell me about an ad they saw on TV. They […]
Update: Candice Witek
Back in 2016, Candice shared her “Why I Ride” story with us, after she had undergone treatment for invasive breast cancer. She continues to helm the Flourish RX team, run a small business and is a wife and mom of 3. We are excited to share that Candice recently had a 5-year scan and remains […]
Dana Manciagli
I’ve been with Virginia Mason since 1998. Right now, I’m in what’s called NED. So I’ll never see remission. I’ll see NED. And we love NED, and it stands for No Evidence of Disease. I’m on treatment every day. I’m taking medicine and shots and things for treating cancer. I am not cancer-free, and I’m […]
JT Thompson
I ride for everyone that can’t. I’ve been involved with the Tour de Pier since its conception. I remember the first year looking at it and saying, “This is amazing. This is gigantic.” But I seem to say the same thing every year as it continues to grow and continues to get better and better. […]
Karen Hunt
My story is a little different. It has two parts to it, two different cancers. About two years ago, in December 2016, I found a lump in my breast and suddenly I had breast cancer. I have had several friends with breast cancer who have gone through a variety of surgeries and medical procedures so […]
Jennifer Caras
The first year I rode in Tour de Pier, one of my very best friends and I got a bike. It was such an incredibly inspiring, heartwarming day that she said to me “We have got to get a team together in honor of your sister and do this next year!” Julie’s Angels has grown […]
Wendi Davenport
Most people know my story by now….. I was first diagnosis in December 2004 at the age of 30. Lots of chemotherapy and a bilateral mastectomy and I was back in remission. Yeah! After 3 years of remission we started discussing babies and starting a family. My surgical oncologist told us to freeze some embryos […]
Candice Witek
September 24, 2012 – that’s the day the rug got pull out from underneath me. Or, for the sake of positivity I’ll say the day I started my magic carpet ride. I couldn’t have been more shocked or scared when Dr. Funk came in the room and said, “I’m so sorry, you have invasive breast […]
Debbie Felt
On July 31, 2011, after a routine mammogram, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer. Two months later I underwent a bilateral mastectomy. The support I received from family and friends was truly mindboggling. I felt so lucky to have such wonderful people in my life, whether it was food delivery or taking my […]