PMC Tips #10: Post-Ride

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This is the tenth and final installment of my series of hints, tips, pointers, and advice for other Pan-Mass Challenge charity riders. These are the things I've learned during more than a decade of participating in the PMC.

Remember that the full list of posts is permanently available online at http://www.ornoth.com/bicycling/hints.php

Whether you're a first-timer or a longtime veteran, may you find these ideas useful, and I hope you have a wonderful PMC experience!

So far we've covered registration, fundraising, training, packing, and riding... All that's left is what to do once the event is over: Post-Ride.

• Write up a ride report when you're done. Not only will it preserve your memories of the ride, but it'll be of interest to your sponsors and other riders.
• Send a post-ride update to all your sponsors, letting them know how it went, what it was like, and that you might be asking for another donation next year...
• Be sure to look for yourself in the official event photos, which appear on the PMC website incrementally over the weeks that follow the ride.
• Also look for yourself in event photos posted to the pan_mass group on Flickr, and add your own photos to the collection!
• Post your photos to Flickr, videos to YouTube, etc., and tag them PMC, panmass, or something similar so that other interested folks can find them.
• Keep fundraising! You've got until October to chase down those people who promised a donation but haven't done so yet. Send out one final reminder as the fundraising deadline approaches.
• To cap the year, consider attending the check presentation ceremony, which usually takes place just after Thanksgiving.
• Around the end of the year, enjoy your copy of the annual PMC Yearbook, and share the link to the online PDF with your sponsors.
• Turn around and start all over again with the "Registration" section, because it's time to reserve your hotel room(s) for next year's ride!