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, April 5, 2016

Tapering in Full Effect

13 days to the marathon and today's run was great!  It was a welcome change to go out, run ~4 miles and be done in less than 40 minutes.  I can't remember the last time I ran this short and thus today's run was quite nice!  Perhaps it was a little too short, but better to not overdo it at this point.

This past Saturday, our long run was also a bit shorter than usual.  We went out to complete 14, but after the first 10 miles, I was happy to reach 12 miles and call it a day.  Though the temp was in the 50s, it was raining the whole time and a bit windy at points, reminiscent of last year's actual marathon.  Running with Amy and Nancy made the run much more enjoyable and the 12 miles was plenty given the day and conditions.

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