Team Profile

Team PHAT Tuesday Profile


In the spring of 1997, Kevin and Deb Robbins along with Fred Paine did a St. Jude charity ride from what is now the Boston Sports Club in Franklin. On the return ride to Milford, the talk was all about the roads they had ridden earlier in the day. The following week Kevin went to PMC Headquarters and received a list of PMC riders in the Franklin-Milford area and sent out invitations to do this route as a weekly training ride. The first year riders were Kevin and Deb Robbins, Fred Paine, Tim Brightman, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Marc Mann and Deb (Kickstand) Hill. Today each of the original PHATs remain active in the PMC and Team PHAT Tuesday. The average age of members is 47 years old and has ridden an average 14 years. To date, the PHAT Tuesday team members have raised over $1 million dollars for the PMC and its lifesaving effort to find a cure for cancer.

Several years later the start point was moved to its current location at the Jefferson – Remington School to accommodate the growing number of riders for a safer start/finish point. Today the weekly ride attracts 40-50 riders of varying abilities.

In 2001 after much debate about a team name, PHAT Tuesday became an official PMC Team. We needed to become an official team in order to participate in the Jimmy Fund Pedal Partner program, which matches a Jimmy Fund patient with a PMC Team. PHAT Tuesday members have their own very special reason for riding. The Pedal Partner creates a common reason and purpose to ride. Each year we have been matched with a different Pedal Partner. Each one has added to the experience of the PMC. We get to see first hand the lives we touch and the difference our efforts make on a daily basis.

The Pan Mass Challenge and PHAT Tuesday is not just an annual event but a life style and year round commitment.

To support Team PHAT Tuesday’s efforts visit http://www.pmc.org/tp0049