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.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Philly Marathon is a Success

This past weekend was the Philadelphia marathon, #6 of my 'marathon career'.  I would not have thought that when I began training for the NYC marathon in 2011, that I would continue to run this distance.  Each race has been unique and memorable for it's own reasons and I'm certain that 2015 Boston will continue this trend.

The marathon this past weekend was a great day.  After a good training season, I set a personal best by ~2 minutes, finishing just over 4hrs.  I was a bit disappointed that I didn't crack the 4-hour mark, but setting a PR was still a great accomplishment for the day.  We got lucky with the weather as Saturday was cooler and much windier whereas Monday was way too warm (60s) for a marathon.  Overall, it was a great day!

Heading in to Thanksgiving, I'm recovering from Philly and prepared to cheer on those running the Gobble, Gobble, Gobble.  In only a few short weeks, Boston 2015 training will begin and thanks to a number of generous donors, we've already raised $1,250 for DFMC and innovative cancer research!  We're off to a great start! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Sunday, November 9, 2014

2014 Begins...

While we haven't quite finished with our prep for the Philly Marathon in a few weeks, I'm already looking forward to more training for DFMC 2014!  After a somewhat 'blah' run last week of 19 miles, yesterday's 12 mile run was a bit nicer.  While not specifically training for Boston, all this running will certainly pay dividends come January-March when Boston training really picks up.

More importantly is the large amount of support that a number of people have already provided.  After my first fundraising e-mail last week, we've already raised $850 and are well on our way to hitting our $11,000 goal!!  Your generosity continues to amaze me each and every year.  Thanks to those that have supported DFMC and our goal of a world without cancer!
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