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.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Nearing $6,000 & Passing 18 Miles

This weekend was a nice change of pace from the previous ones.  First, thanks to another 4 donors this week, we are nearing the $6,000 mark!  As of tonight, 62 donors have helped raised $5,982 for DFMC!!  With these donations and the many others from teammates, DFMC has raised more than $3M for the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research!  We are making great progress toward our goals of $10,000 (personal) and $5.4M (DFMC) at this stage.

As for training, this was one of the first weeks I've felt pretty good through all my runs.  The speed workout on Tuesday went well, though a bit tiring at the end.  Thursday night's 7miler went well, even in another blast of cold air. Saturday's group run was a nice 18mile run along the marathon course and one of the first group runs in a while that I felt strong throughout.  It was a gorgeous day and we stopped along the way to take a picture at the Johnny Kelley statue at Heartbreak Hill.  A 30F day with bright sunny skies and little wind resulted in 100s of other charity runners joining us along the course, making it a festive day and a great training run.

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