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.

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Disappointing Week of Training

After our 22 mile run last Saturday, I felt really good!  Saturday was a good day and there was no indication that I was going to deal with calf/achilles pain on Sunday.  After waking up Sunday and feeling good, my lower calf (soleus muscle perhaps?) decided to seize up and be in pain the rest of the day.  As much as I tried to stretch and relax it, my leg would not give.

After more stretching and a massage on Monday, there was a little improvement, but nothing noteworthy.  I must have gained some wisdom in my years of running as on Tuesday, I was prepared to not run at all until the marathon.  None of these runs during the next 2 weeks will make a huge difference and my goal is to run the Boston marathon on April 20, not a Thursday run on April 2.

Luckily, I was able to get in and get some treatment on Wed.  I took the rest of the week off and was able to go out for a run today.  I kept it short (7 miles) but felt good overall; a little calf pain on the various hills, but pretty good.  I certainly didn't want to overdo it and we'll see how things feel tomorrow.

Amy and I heading out for our Saturday run

What's been so motivating this week is that after my latest fundraising e-mail, 10 additional donors have contributed to my DFMC efforts and collectively we've raised $9,832 thus far!  It really is incredible that ~120 people have supported my efforts and we're nearing the $10,000 mark this year!!  I can't thank everyone enough for their generosity and support of all my efforts!
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