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March 22,2007 Malden Observer
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This article about Laura appeard in the March 22, 2007 edition of the Malden Observer. For the full story click here
"The first time Laura Packer finished the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, tears sprang from her eyes.
It wasn’t the difficulty of the ride, though the two-day, 163-mile trek across the commonwealth was rigorous.
It wasn’t the physical or psychological pain, though both were profound and real that August day.
It was the realization that, in spite of herself, Packer had transformed from what she called “someone with cancer” – who had entered her training barely able to ride uphill – into a Cancer beater, with miles behind her to prove it."........