About Me

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 9, 2013

Week 5, Harvard Stairs

The week started with our 2nd group run out of Watertown, MA and a 12mi run.  Since then, I managed a swim at MIT on Monday, a 3mi run on Tues and then this morning running the stairs at Harvard Stadium.  A friend had talked about running the stairs in the past but there's now an organized group that runs at 6.30am, the November Project.  Though the stairs were not entirely free of ice, we ran the portion that was safe and clear of ice/snow.  This meant that we ran 14 sections and then circled around and repeated.  In all I ran 33 sections of the stadium in about 25-30 mins.  Though my legs felt a little better than the first time I did this, they were still shaking quite a bit and exhausted from all the stairs. Some foam rolling was a good thing, but pretty painful.  Goals for the rest of the week are to run Thurs AM, swim and then prepare for another long run this weekend, likely around the 12mi range again.

Even better, through extremely generous support from family, friends and coworkers, 35 donors have contributed $3000 to my goal of $10,000 for DFMC.  It is great to know that so many people are willing to support this great cause, many for a 2nd year in a row.  Hoping that the donations keep coming in and now I need to prepare for what will hopefully be a successful fundraiser event which I'm hoping to hold later this spring, details to come.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)