Update

Dear Friends,
The last couple of weeks have been blessed with good running weather. I am currently running over 30 miles a week and my longest run this season has been about 15.5 miles. That long run took place last Sunday on the Boston Marathon Course. It is a lot easier to run up those hills with the wind at your back.....EVERYONE wish for mother nature to bring us DF runners a tailwind this year. I need all the help I can get to make it 26.2 miles. I think I'm right on schedule to be running 20 miles by the end of March which will have me well prepared to go the distance. I have been injury free and try to run 4 days a week and cross train one other day. Stresses of being a working mom in a new position/environment at work, having a child who needs surgery, running a household, making a sincere effort to be good and do good and everyday stresses have impacted my running . I'm a little slower this year but as I face these challenges and try to resolve them, the running seems to get easier and I'm hopeful that March will bring warmer weather and cheerful long runs.

Due to a very generous donation today I'm so happy to report that my fundraising efforts are over 4K! Thank you everyone....I'm well on my way to reaching 6K. Thank you fellow broadies Marie Gasbarro, Dee Dalrymple and Stephen Nicholson, my brother Brett and wife Lori (AKA PB& J), Dana Gallup of Gallup Landscape, Sam Graves, Sr of ABC Moving services and Mike Dunn of UGL-UNICCO. Your generous support make the miles worth it. Thank you!


There are so many wonderful people to thank...the volunteers at the weekly long runs, colleagues and friends at the Broad Institute, vendors, my Dad, sisters, brothers, nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, friends, my massage therapist, and most of all my husband and daughter. They allow me to do this. They support my running and without that support I could not do this.

Running in Memory of Kyle McCall

I am honored to have been chosen to participate in the Dana Farber In Memory Program. I will run the Boston Marathon in memory of Kyle McCall who was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma at the very young age of fourteen and lost his battle at age twenty one.

Since I got the email saying I was chosen for this program, I was a little anxious. What could I possibly say to parents who lost their child? As a mother I could not imagine any words that would comfort me if I lost my daughter. Following my long run of 14 miles I met Kyle's mom Susan at Starbucks. She talked about Kyle's life, his battle with cancer and his never ending resolve to do good and be good. His battle with osteosarcoma lasted over 7 years. Even at the end when there was nothing more that could be done, Kyle chose to participate in an experimental treatment. He knew it was too late for him, but he hoped that the researchers would learn something and it would benefit others. He was kind and full of hope. I will be meeting Susan and her family again next week and will share with you stories of his life.

I am happy to report that there were quite a few donations this past week and my total is over 3K. Tyler Eusden, my endurance mentor and colleague donated. Fellow Broadies Diana and hubby Larry Heise, Anita Caufield (who is gonna run a half marathon with me....stay tuned), LaTasha Harris, Emmi Snyder and Jackie Murphy. Thank you all.

Click the link on the right to donate in Memory of Kyle.