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, November 30, 2015

Off to a great start!

With Giving Tuesday tomorrow, it's great to see that we've already raised $1,700 towards our goal of $13,100 this year!!  With several donations for our fundraiser received, DFMC2016 is shaping up to be another successful year.  Thank you to the Grafton Hospitality Group, Coolidge Corner Theatre and Cambridge, 1 for supporting DFMC and donating prizes for our opportunity drawing!  Coolidge Corner Theatre is a 4 time supporter and Grafton and Cambridge, 1 have supported us the last 3 years.  Great to have the support of such generous local businesses.






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Sunday, November 22, 2015

2016 Training Begins!

I've been pretty silent these last few months as I've focused on recovering from my injury.  In May, I was encouraged by the orthopedic saying that the Marine Corps Marathon (late October) was a possibility, though we'd see how physical therapy and recovery went.  It became obvious early on that while PT was going well, the muscles and soft tissue were lagging in their recovery.  My MCM goal became 10-13 miles and in October, I achieved this goal, running the last 11+ miles of the marathon with Amy.  Though not exactly what I wanted, I was happy to participate in 'The Peoples' Marathon' and meet that goal!


Since Marine Corps, I've taken a few steps back (by choice) and am getting back to running 3x per week as well as slowly increasing mileage to get ready for Boston training.  This is slowly picking up and yesterday I went out for a nice 5 mile run.  Nothing over the top, but a nice 8.30min/mile pace and a nice way to start the weekend.



More rewarding is that DFMC2016 fundraising is off to a good start with 15 donors so far donating $1,350 to support innovative cancer research!  With donations from the past 4 years and this $1350, our collective efforts have topped the $50,000 mark!  Thinking back to 2012, I never would have thought that this was possible and can't thank everyone enough for your support!  Let's top the $60k mark this year and help Dana-Farber reach the ultimate finish line: a world without cancer!


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