More than 8,000 people are expected to take part in the 16th Dolphins Cancer Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 28, as the event pushes toward a milestone of $100 million raised for cancer research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Among those riding is Sylvester’s director, Dr. Stephen Nimer, who has participated in the event since joining the cancer center in May 2012. By November of that same year, he completed his first Dolphins Cancer Challenge, riding 100 miles over what was then a two day event.
“The first year, I was determined, even though I never rid very far, that I was going to do the 100. And I told myself that if cancer patients could get months and months of chemotherapy, I could keep pedaling until I reached 100 miles,” Nimer said…