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, March 26, 2018

22 Miles Done...Time to Taper

Only 3 weeks to go until Patriot's Day, the Boston Marathon and completing my 6th Boston Marathon with Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge!

Saturday's run was our longest run for the training season, 22 miles were planned.  This year I joined some friends, drove out to Hopkinton, MA and ran the first 22 miles of the course.  It felt odd not to start with the DFMC team, but we finished with team members and the DFMC support staff.  Looking back at it, I think it was a good choice to start in Hopkinton and remember what the start of the course will be like.

As for the run itself, I felt surprisingly good.  I wanted to run a bit slower, but only managed to do so for the 1st 8-10 miles.  As I started talking with a teammate, I lost track of the time and pace and we started speeding up.  In the end, this lead to negative splits and pushing a 8:50-9:10 minute per mile pace through the Newtown Hills.  I'm encouraged by this and to finally break 4 hrs in Boston, I'll need to average around 9 mins/mile over the 26.2 miles.  To be clear, this year, I want to enjoy the race and the day without injury, stomach issues or 90F temps, but if I can set a personal best for Boston as well, that would be the 'icing on the cake.'  We'll see what the day is like, but perhaps everything will align on April 16.
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