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.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

A Difficult 16 miles...

I'm not sure if 16 miles of running is ever 'easy' but today was a tougher than normal.  On Sat AM I found out that the DFMC group training run for Sunday was canceled due to the forecasted storm coming to Boston...20F degree temps, 4-7" of new snow and 20-30mph winds gusting to the 40mph range!  Well after seeing this yesterday, there was a debate about running on Sat at 10pm since social activities prevented me from running earlier in the day.  After deciding to get to sleep early and run early Sunday, I knew I made the wrong choice after stepping outside.  Running with the wind was fine and the blowing snow was not a problem.  Even the slushy roads and wet shoes (cold and squishy around mile 12) were not that bad.  Running into the wind and blowing snow though...well that was just not fun!  Running last night for 2.5hrs at 10pm would have been the better and easier choice but still got the 16 miles in this morning and have since thawed out.  Hopefully next week's 1/2 marathon and future training runs are a bit easier and warmer!
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