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, January 19, 2014

A Snowy Group Run

As 2014 enters full swing, training and fundraising do the same.  This week 4 local businesses made very generous donations to help with the fundraising efforts.  The Elephant Walk Restaurant generously donated a gift card!  A dinner out is great and perhaps the winner of the Elephant Walk gift card will also win the movie tickets donated by The Coolidge Corner Theater, a great local theater with lots of character that I really like going to.  For those that prefer to experience Boston like they've won the World Series, The Boston Duck Tours generously donated several tickets!  Lastly, a local brewery, Night Shift Brewing, made a generous donation.  Of course we had to sample a few beers while there and enjoyed the unique and different combinations they were serving.

Amy enjoying a taste at Night Shift
Tasting glass.  Must have been good if it's empty

This was a great way to end the day after a nice training run in Wayland and Sudbury MA.  What started as a nice run in the upper 30s, turned into a bit of a sloppy finish, including squeezing water out of my socks.  We ran 14 miles, the last 1/2 in the snow and accumulating slush.  It is always a scenic run from the Longfellow Club but the snow added to it this time.  Some of the biggest snow flakes I've ever seen which really did add to the experience.  The 14 miles went by pretty quickly given our great teammates and the conversations along the way.  Another good week and now only 13 weeks to marathon weekend!

Lots of bright fluorescent colors about to hit the streets
Prerun shot - notice there's no snow



Snow is starting to fall.  Great run with Matt, Amy and Gina
6.5mi water stop.  Thanks to all the volunteers for standing in the cold and snow!

Just a little snow to keep us on our toes



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