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A LOT TO RIDE FOR: Chelsea Phelps says there is no shortage of good reasons for her to participate in the two-day, 162-mile Pan-Mass Challenge, a bike-a-thon to raise money for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer institute. More than 6,000 cyclists raised more than $47 million last year. She’s riding in memory of departed friends and loved ones who have died from cancer and people she knows who are still battling the dreaded disease. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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