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Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge
Monday, April 19, 2010

Videos: Why I Run

Hundreds of runners will be part of the 2010 Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team. View these videos to learn why a handful of those runners will make a tremendous personal commitment to training and fundraising for this event.

  • Amanda Allen

    Amanda Allen

    Amanda is running her first marathon in memory of a close friend who had cancer.
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  • Michael Buller

    Michael Buller

    Michael is running to honor and support the work Dana-Farber does every day.
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  • Brad Davis

    Brad Davis

    Brad will run in honor of his father.
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  • Caitlin Grasso

    Caitlin Grasso

    Caitlin runs in "support of a cause that hits home for many of us."
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  • Rich Horgan

    Rich Horgan

    Rich is running in his 17th consecutive Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge.
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  • Eric Kaye

    Eric Kaye

    Eric runs in memory of his father, whose birthday fell on the day he shot his video clip.
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  • Corey Kazak

    Corey Kazak

    Corey is running in his first marathon and "can’t wait to cross that finish line in April."
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  • Jan Ross

    Jan Ross

    Jan will run for the long list of friends she has with cancer.
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  • Jennifer Stone

    Jennifer Stone

    Jennifer “sees all the good” Dana-Farber’s research does and runs to support it.
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The Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge directs 100 percent of funds raised to the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber.

Interested in making your own video? Please contact Dana Finn in the Dana-Farber Communications Department at dana_finn@dfci.harvard.edu or (617) 632-4090.

Valerie Bertinelli joins the DFMC team

Valerie Bertinelli

Actress Valerie Bertinelli will join more than 500 runners as part of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team. She will run with them in the Boston Marathon® just days before her 50th birthday. read more

Video: Valerie on 'LIVE! With Regis and Kelly'

Watch Valerie on NBC's TODAY show

View Valerie's Web Site

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