Jim Calhoun Cancer Challenge Ride and Walk Kicks-off in Farmington This Weekend

Cigna employees, including President and CEO David Cordani, will participate in the annual Jim Calhoun Cancer Challenge Ride and Walk in Farmington this weekend.

The event benefits The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at UConn Health.

The event will take place on Sunday Oct. 5 starting at the Winding Trails in Farmington.

Bikers can ride the noncompetitive 10, 15, 25 and 62 mile courses. The walk is a non-competitive 5k.

Cigna is a co-sponsor of the event and the company and its employees have raises nearly $220,000 over the course of seven years for the event.

“I am riding in my fifth Jim Calhoun Challenge this year,” said Cigna employee Dan Bodman in a release. “I ride for many reasons. I ride for my mother and sister who are breast cancer survivors. I ride for my grandmother, aunt and former boss and close friend who all lost their battles to cancer.”

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