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, February 16, 2015

Running in Hoth...

I don't think any us runners would have thought we'd be running around 7+ foot piles of snow when the first snow storm hit in late January.  After 85" of snow, we're still getting out there and this week we're dealing with an artic blast!  To give you a sense of running conditions, here's a shot of the sidewalks.
We've had to move our last 3 group runs to start/end at Boston College because we simply cannot run in other places around Boston.  This past weekend we ran Saturday morning before the latest blizzard and got a solid 12 miles in along the marathon course.  The run was like deja vu as it was the exact same run as the previous week.  While the run was not new, it was the first time that I've resorted to wearing a neck warmer for face protection during a run.  Luckily, though cold, there was not a substantial wind.  We still ran more miles than degrees outside, but got the run in.  This week I'm looking forward to our first track workout on Tuesday night.  I certainly won't be going all out but will be extremely happy to be running inside!


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