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My Goal: Run the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2019 with the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge. Raise $17,000 (or more!) where 100% of funds raised benefit the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research. I run in honor of my friend Chris Davie who is battling brain cancer. I also run in honor for my friend RJ and his continued cancer-free life, in memory of Heather Thomson, and for other family and friends who are or have battled cancer. Together we can help Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reach the ultimate finish line: a world without cancer

Barr Program Impact Statements

Barr Program Impact Statements

Immunotherapies: New Ways to Activate the Immune System—An important area of cancer research asks why the human body's defense systems do not always attack and destroy tumors as they form. Funded by the Claudia Adams Barr Program, Glenn Dranoff, MD, discovered complex regulatory pathways in the human immune system that cancers exploit in order to escape destruction. Reversal of these effects can lead to the development of vaccines against cancer, like Provenge for prostate cancer. This research has also enabled the development of immune-activating drugs such as ipilimumab, which showed striking effects in melanoma in a trial led by Dana-Farber scientists and is now approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

2nd Track Workout and Surf City 1/2

On Tues PM I did my 2nd speed workout with DFMC at Tufts.  First off, how can NASCAR drivers possibly enjoy their "job?"  I mean we kept turning left during our track workout and that got a bit boring.  Can't really imagine that for several hours in a car!  But I digress, I'd never heard of Yasso 800s before our workout but that's what we did.  Apparently running the Yasso 800s (800m with 400m recovery runs x 10) you can get an idea of your marathon time.  That is, if you run the 800m in 4:00mins, then the equivalent marathon time is 4:00hrs.  The speedsters that we all are, we were aiming for about that 4min mark per 800m.  After looking at our paces, we averaged about 3:50 per 800m so in theory we should be able to run a marathon in 3hrs 50mins.  Not sure I really believe that, but I'll keep it as a goal time and hope that training continues to go well.

Speaking of training, this weekend will be the first group run I miss.  It will be for a great reason though as I visit Kim and Todd in LA and run the Surf City 1/2 with them!  Can't wait for my 2nd Surf Board medal :)  Given the mild weather, I'm hoping that the adjustment to running in CA is not that difficult, but with highs in the low 70s predicted, we'll see.  Of course the other fun part is watching the Superbowl after the race, at 3pm!  Gotta love watching national sporting events on the west coast!
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