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, April 14, 2013

Less than 24hrs...

At this time tomorrow I'll be about 13.1 miles into my 26.2 mile journey from Hopkinton to Copley.  Luckily, I've already run part of the course this morning, or at least the last 1 mile or so.  Today was the BAA 5K (or baby unicorn race as some are calling it) and a good chance to stretch the legs out after all this tapering.  Amy and I decided to break out the new shoes as we kick off the BAA Distance Medley.  The medley covers the BAA 5K, 10K (June) and 1/2 Marathon (Oct).  



 With the marathon tomorrow, I had no plans to 'race' this race, but we ran a respectable 29 min race.  Amy even mastered the art of picture taking while running, capturing this awesome image of me running and others at the finish...

  

 

3.1 miles completed, 26.2 miles to go...


After the run this morning, we have the DFMC pasta party this afternoon to remind all the runners why we have trained so hard the last 16 weeks, why we did all the fundraising and what will inspire us tomorrow.  I know that I am looking forward to it.  As a fun little activity yesterday, Mom, Amy and I went to The Paint Bar to paint the marathon finish, or at least an interpretation of it.  After telling all us Type A personalities to relax and not worry about lines that were not straight or colors mixing, we proceeded let our creative sides out and create our masterpieces!  


Yesterday we painted the finish, today Amy and I ran through it and tomorrow I'll finish my 2nd DFMC experience running on the support of family and so many friends, running Running in Honor Of and in Memory Of many individuals.  If you're on the course tomorrow, look for me in the stylish DFMC singlet...






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