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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.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

A cold week 7

Week 7 was a cold one here in Boston and I only got 2 runs in, though they were both good runs.  Last Tues was the first DFMC track workout at Tufts University.  We ran 16 x 400m repeats with some recovery laps in their and overall it was about 6-7mi.  The speed work made up for missing the Thursday Crossroads run and then my foolish Sat morning.  With the temps dropping to the teens and single digit wind chills, I happily drove to the group run in Lexington, MA. After arriving at the Greater Boston Running Club and finding the store dark with no one around, it dawned on me that perhaps the cold had caused DFMC to cancel the run.  Well, good thing for smart phones and sure enough, my 'ah-ha' moment was true...group run canceled :(  After hopping back in the car and heading back to Southie, I put in a solid 12+ miles around Boston and the waterfront.

After the group run, I was able to see RJ and his family at the "Meet your Match" party as part of the Patient Partner Program!  It was much like last year with a key note speech on what the PPP means to both the  patients and runners.  We then got to place some icebreaker games and of course, enjoyed a large bowl of ice cream sundae!  A great reward/treat for the 12+ miles that morning.

A summary of the week's workouts...

This week (# 8 of 18!) included another track workout, Harvard stairs with the November Project (photo from their Facebook page and blog and yes, I'm in there) and some other planned runs.  I'll update more after the week is over...






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