Finishing what her started: MUSC employee biking 50 miles in LOWVELO24
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Her dad never had the chance to finish. After starting the 50-mile route in LOWVELO23, Henry Hardy had to drop out for health reasons. His strength inspired his daughter, Shannon Phelps. She has never biked in an organized ride, but plans to ride 50 miles in LOWVELO24 to honor her dad and finish what he started.
Riding for his dad: 23-mile rider dedicated to helping find a cure
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After losing his father John to prostate cancer, Mark Kassouf wants to continue fighting for a cure so that other families won’t have to experience what he has in the last year.
A therapeutic experience: LOWVELO helps rider channel loss into positivity
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It’s the call no one wants to receive. The one where you learn someone you love has cancer. And that news can be even more difficult to take when you live 700 miles away them. For Michael Naioti, that call came in December of 2018 when he learned his dad, John Naioti had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.