Running the Race Against Cancer — Any Distance and Pace, any Location and Race
Most of you have already picked out your racing events for this spring and summer, so why not make those races mean something more, something greater?

E-mail this page  Printer-friendly page Related info: > Event Website > Event Registration

By Skip Cleaver
Posted Thursday, 7 February, 2008

Running the Race Against Cancer lets you choose your own challenges of race distance, location, and even your fundraising goals. You can travel to another country to compete, run your favorite local race, or even organize your own event. You’ll be supporting cutting edge research, and those brave patients currently battling this terrible disease at this world-renown cancer center in Boston, Massachusetts. No matter the race distance, running and fundraising can make a difference.

Many runners are hesitant to fundraise for races, because they think it difficult; just as some decline to run because it is too demanding. This program makes fundraising far easier and simpler than you ever imagined. The official site provides online support and tools, as well as innovative features to create your own web page, track your contributions, e-mail friends and family members, and let everyone know what is happening regarding your duel goals.

How to get started.
Which race will you choose? Perhaps you and your friends have always wanted to travel to that special race, tackle your first 10K, or get your running club to do a marathon together. This program can provide that concrete goal and sense of camaraderie and purpose that may have been missing in previous trips or plans. It works! This program is a win-win-win. Feel good, and do good.

Why you are running your race?
Since 1947, cancer patients from around the world have come to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to battle their diseases. Dana-Farber specializes in providing expert, compassionate patient care to children and adults, while simultaneously advancing the diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of cancer related diseases. As a result, U.S.News & World Report consistently ranks the Institute as the number one cancer center in New England.

Through thousands of inspirational fundraising events and the generosity of millions of people, the Jimmy Fund has been supported for many years by the Boston Red Sox, the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, and Variety Children’s Charity of New England, the Jimmy Fund is an American favorite that unites family, friends, and colleagues in the fight against cancer.

Your way and the highway.
By Running the Race Against Cancer, you can help this life saving organization reach the ultimate finish line: a world without cancer.

Are you seeking new and higher goals for 2008? This world-class cancer center and world famous supporting fund are seeking committed runners. To start redefining your personal best today, click here. www.jimmyfund.org/run

Related info:
> Event Website

> Event Registration

 E-mail this page
 Printer-friendly page

 

 

Latest articles in USA: Massachusetts

> The Vision 5K—Unique Challenge and Awesome Fun for Everyone
One of the most unique sporting events in the Boston Region, the Vision 5K is for everyone from elite runner to beginning walker, and it is the National Championship for blind and visually impaired runners.
Also: > Event Website
Also: > Event Registration

> Boston Marathon Photo Album
Cool Running staff photographers Jim Rhoades, Ted Tyler, Richie Blake and Frank Georges caught much of the action along the Boston Marathon course on Monday. Check out their photo album.
Also: > Boston Marathon Photo Album

> Talent, Guts, and Perseverance on Display at the Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials
When asked at a press conference during the week leading up to the Women’s Olympic Trials Marathon in Boston about her strategic plan for the race, contender Blake Russell commented that her coach advised her “not to try to win (the race) in the first mile.”
Also: > Olympic Trials Ted Tyler Photo Album
Also: > Olympic Trials Richie Blake Photo Album