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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.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Surf City 1/2

A late posting after returning from LA for the Huntington Beach Surf City 1/2 Marathon this weekend.  After running this race last year alone, it was great to have company and run with Kim and Todd for their first 1/2!  It definitely brought back memories of my first 1/2 in 2008...the mental aspect of trying to run 13.1mi for the first time, having a few rough moments during the race and then getting to the end and feeling both elated to be done and that there was NO way I could/would want to turn around and run it again for a marathon.  Funny how things change in a few years time...
The race itself was another gorgeous day, though the 60s were a little warm for running.  Running with Kim also made us both realize that we prefer not to run with each other, but for stylistic reasons, not b/c we don't want to spend time together.  Guess it will be something that we need to work on for any future races together.
In addition to the race, we visited "The Magic Castle" on Fri PM.  It was a fun and interesting experience.  Lots of magicians performing a bunch of slight of hand tricks...cards, coins, etc.  A fun night to see the club of magicians, though when 1 guy spells my name "Kris" as the culmination of a trick, that isn't very magical :)
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