Dan Pruden
- National: 12th
- State: 1st in OH
My Story
This September, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
Ok, I should write something here instead of the auto fill generic reasons for doing this challenge. So here we go. Last year(2025), days before I was riding the 100 mile Pelotonia, I woke up with horrible stomach pain. Since I’m a man, I ignored it (figured it was a stomach bug and would go away). As the day progressed the pain got worse until I couldn’t eat or drink anything. My dad who was in town to be my SAG driver, asked if I wanted to go for a bike ride after dinner I declined. By the time he got back from his ride, I had accepted the fact that something was very wrong in my body (maybe 12 hours late, but hey I got there). We went to the hospital and made it through the emergency department with alarming speed. I was told that I had a tumor that was doing all sorts of bad stuff, and we needed to go to the OR very quickly for emergency surgery. When the dust cleared and the tests were tested it turned out that I had stage 3 colon cancer. After months of chemo and such and realizing, the “cancer sucks” is more than a bumper sticker that one can put on their car, I knew I had to do whatever I could. So in a nut shell that is why I’m doing this.
I will be riding my bike from Cincinnati to Cleveland for the majority of my miles for this challenge, and picking up the remaining miles threw out the month.
Please do what you can share this with as many people as you can, lets raise some money for the kids, because Cancer Sucks and no one should have to suffer let alone kids.
Dan
My Challenge
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6.2 mi ride - Morning Ride - Monday, July 13, 2026
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3.6 mi ride - Afternoon Ride - Sunday, July 12, 2026
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3.6 mi ride - Morning Ride - Sunday, July 12, 2026
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10.7 mi ride - Morning Ride - Sunday, July 12, 2026
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$2,500 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just raised $2,500 to fight kids' cancer and achieved SUPERHERO LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.
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1.3 mi ride - Night Ride - Saturday, July 11, 2026
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11.4 mi ride - Evening Ride - Saturday, July 11, 2026
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0.9 mi ride - Afternoon Ride - Saturday, July 11, 2026
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3.6 mi ride - Evening Ride - Friday, July 10, 2026
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9.5 mi ride - Afternoon Ride - Thursday, July 9, 2026
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My Sponsors
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Barbara Rogers
$517.50Received this donation 7 days ago
Dan
“Thanks Barb!!!!!!!!”
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Joel Scharte
“Love you brother!”
$250Received this donation 7 days ago
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“Thanks dude!!!!!!!!”
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Chris Beardman
“Great charity and you are a great person to cycle to raise money.”
$103.50Received this donation 11 days ago
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“Thanks Beardman it really means a lot”
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eileen falzini
$103.50Received this donation 12 days ago
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“Thank you so much Eileen! Your support means so much thank you for giving!!!!! Dan”
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J Rock
$103.50Received this donation 20 days ago
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“J Rock Dude thanks, you’re awesome. Your donation means the world! Thanks Dan”
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Anonymous
“Thank You”
$103.50Received this donation 2 days ago
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“Thanks!!!!!!!!!!”
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Terry Shumaker
$103.50Received this donation 20 days ago
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“Thank you Terry Your donation is very much appreciated! Thanks Dan”
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Wendy Putka
$103.50Received this donation 8 days ago
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“Thanks guys!!!!!!!!!”
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Becca Gordon
“Good luck! We appreciate you!”
$51.75Received this donation 13 days ago
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“Thank you Becca. It means the world!!!”
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Carl Hedberg
“Go Dan!”
$51.75Received this donation 7 days ago
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“Thanks Carl!!!!!!!!!”
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Chelsey Jones
“Thank you”
$51.75Received this donation 6 days ago
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“No, no. Thank you so much!”
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Dale Wenke
$51.75Received this donation 18 days ago
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“Dale, thanks Thank you for your donation, dude it means a lot! Thank you, Dan”
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David Nassau
$51.75Received this donation 17 days ago
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“Thanks David! You know how much this means to me! Dan,”
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Kelly Provost
“Go, Dan, Go!!”
$51.75Received this donation 18 days ago
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“Kelly! Thank you, and we’re not only going to make it to the start, we will finish and finish strong! Thanks, Dan”
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Kyrsten French
“Some love from Dayton <3”
$51.75Received this donation 1 day ago
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“Thank you so much Kirsten!!!!! Love to Dayton!!!”
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Licia Leger
$51.75Received this donation 20 days ago
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“Hey Lucia Thanks you so much for your donation, it means so much! Thanks Dan”
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Marline Palmer
“Good luck! You can do this!”
$51.75Received this donation 18 days ago
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“Marlins, Thank you so much for your donation it really means a lot. Dan”
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Matt Gundling
“Great cause. Keep doing the good work!”
$51.75Received this donation 18 days ago
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“Hey Matt, Thanks for the donation, man that push got us where we needed to be. Dan.”
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Matt Starcher
$51.75Received this donation 14 days ago
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“Dude, thanks mate! It means so much!”
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Mohammad Salameh
$51.75Received this donation 10 days ago
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“Mohammad Thank you so much for your donation. Dan”