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, November 3, 2013

Boston 2014 on the Mind

It is well over 5 months until the Boston Marathon 2014, but I began to think about the experience this weekend - about the upcoming training schedule, the emotions that will accompany me through the training season and especially on race day.  It started yesterday with the Red Sox rolling down Boylston St past the marathon finish and the sites of the 2 explosions which brought all of this to mind.  Today was the NYC marathon, recovering from the effects of Sandy and honoring the Boston marathon along the way.  Separate events, both representing what I hope to experience in April 2014.

As many know, the Philadelphia marathon is only 2 weeks away, November 17th, and I am now in the 'taper' phase of training.  I didn't expect that a 14 mile training run would take >3 hrs, but that's what happens when stopping to watch the duck boats roll by with confetti, World Series trophies and baseball players.  It was a fun run/watch/run/watch, but perhaps not the best way to approach such a run.

Post-Philly, I'm looking forward to taking some time off to rest and recover before jumping back into training for Boston.  Fingers crossed for a good race in Philadelphia and channeling the Boston Strong energy through the entire course.

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