Gilmanton Resident Running The Race Against
Cancer®
Susan Barr of Gilmanton, N.H., is running in the
11th annual B.A.A. Half Marathon® presented by Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute and the Jimmy Fund on Sunday, Oct. 9, as a member of the
official Dana-Farber team.
Barr is among more than 400 Dana-Farber runners who
are each committed to raising at least $500 for cancer care and
research at the world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
"The B.A.A. Half Marathon enables Dana-Farber
runners to challenge themselves while making a positive difference
in the lives of adult and pediatric cancer patients worldwide," says
Jack Fultz, Dana-Farber’s training advisor and 1976 Boston Marathon®
men’s champion.
The 13.1 mile rolling course is an out-and-back loop
that runs along the Emerald Necklace park system. It will begin and
end in White Stadium in Boston’s Franklin Park. The event attracts a
field of 7,000 runners, including world-class athletes.
The B.A.A. Half Marathon is one of three annual
events that connect the Boston Athletic Association and Dana-Farber.
The Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk is the only walk sanctioned to
take place along the historic Boston Marathon® route and the
Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge (DFMC) includes a team of Dana-Farber
runners who participate in the Boston Marathon® each April.
Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund have partnered with
the B.A.A. in the Half Marathon for nine years, enabling team
members to raise more than $2.6 million to fuel lifesaving
discoveries.
To support Barr’s run in the BAA Half Marathon, go
to:
www.RunDanaFarber.org/BAAHalf
If you have registered to run the B.A.A. Half
Marathon and would like to fundraise for Dana-Farber, please call
the Dana-Farber Marathon and Running Programs office at (617)
632-1970 or (800) 551-7036; or send an email to
dfrunners@dfci.harvard.edu.
Dana-Farber’s B.A.A. Half Marathon team is part of
Dana-Farber’s Running the Race Against Cancer® program, in which
participants can run on an official Dana-Farber team, or run in any
race, of any distance, in any city, while supporting the lifesaving
mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund.
For more information visit RunDanaFarber.org, or
call (617) 632-1970.
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