Running '11 Boston Marathon to Fund Cancer Research - Jeff Marcus www.runDFMC.org/2011/jeffreym

I am running the Boston Marathon in honor of my mother, Janet C. Marcus.

My mother was diagnosed with cancer in January of 2006. As she started chemotherapy, I assumed the doctors at Sloan Kettering in New York City caught it in time to cure it. As different trials of chemo failed, the doctors gave my mother a 5% chance of survival. By the end of summer 2006, after a round of chemo caused my mother to lose her hair, my mother's health deteriorated significantly. The doctors told us that a 16 hour surgery might be her only hope. After weeks of preparation, the doctors told us that the surgery to remove parts of the tumor was too risky and that there was nothing further they could do.

They recommended that we consider hospice care (aka end of life care). The doctors gave my mother 2-3 months to live. I visited my mother in the hospital to help arrange for her trip back to Long Island. This was one of the last times I would get to see my mother conscious. We took her home and she passed away 1 week later.

Cancer results in the deaths of 7.4 million people or 13% of all deaths each year. That Number is expected to jump to 12 million by 2030. Research will help find a cure.

If you would like to remember a family member or friend who passed away from cancer, I would be happy to include them on this site and run in their memory for a cure -- NO DONATION REQUIRED.

On Race Day I plan to make a T-Shirt with everyone's name listed below, as well as my mother's, and run in honor / support of them.


www.runDFMC.org/2011/jeffreym

WEEK # 1
NOV 22: 6.24 miles (Treadmill)
NOV 24: 7.18 miles (Central Park Reservoir)
NOV 25: 4.5 miles (Treadmill)
NOV 27: 1.55 miles (Treadmill)
NOV 28: 8.39 miles (Central Park)
WEEK 1 TOTAL = 27.86 Miles

WEEK # 2
NOV 29: 7.41 Miles (Treadmill)
NOV 30: 6.75 Miles (Street - Upper East Side)
DEC 3: 11.16 Miles (Street - Lower East Side)
DEC 5: 10.20 Miles (Street - Upper East Side)
WEEK 2 TOTAL = 35.52 Miles

WEEK # 3
DEC 6: 4.65 Miles (Treadmill)
DEC 7: 8.00 Miles (Street)
DEC 10: 5.50 Miles (Treadmill)
DEC 11: 13.50 Miles (Street - Queens & Roosevelt Island)
WEEK 3 TOTAL = 31.65 Miles

WEEK # 4
DEC 13: 7.96 Miles (Treadmill)
DEC 14: 5.30 Miles (Treadmill)
DEC 16: 6.00 Miles (Treadmill - Hill Workout)
DEC 17: 8.25 Miles (Street)
DEC 19: 10.00 Miles (Race Central Park)
WEEK 4 TOTAL = 37.51 Miles

WEEK # 5
DEC 21: 8.42 Miles (Street)
DEC 22: 3.20 Miles (Treadmill)
DEC 24: 6.95 Miles (Street)
DEC 26: 6.82 Miles (Treadmill Hills Workout)
WEEK 5 TOTAL = 25.39 Miles

WEEK # 6
DEC 27: 7.23 Miles (Treadmill)
DEC 28: 6.94 Miles (Treadmill Hill Workout)
DEC 31: 5.25 Miles (Treadmill)
JAN 01: 3.50 Miles (Treadmill)
JAN 02: 14.50 Miles (Central Park Loops)
WEEK 6 TOTAL = 37.42 Miles

WEEK # 7
JAN 03: 3.25 Miles (Treadmill)
JAN 04: 6.50 Miles (Treadmill Hill Workout)
JAN 05: 6:50 Miles (Treadmill)
JAN 08: 16.50 Miles (Central Park Loops)
JAN 09: 5.20 Miles (Central Park Race - Fred Lebow)
WEEK 7 TOTAL = 37.95 Miles

WEEK # 8
JAN 10: 6.50 Miles (Treadmill - Hill Workout)
JAN 12: 7.15 Miles (Treadmill)
JAN 13: 5.50 Miles (Treadmill)
JAN 14: 7.80 Miles (Treadmill)
JAN 16: 14.85 Miles (Central Park Loops)
WEEK 8 TOTAL = 41.80 Miles

WEEK # 9
JAN 18: 4.35 Miles (Treadmill - Spead Workout)
JAN 19: 7.20 Miles (Treadmill)
JAN 20: 4:35 Miles (Treadmill)
JAN 22: 13.50 Miles (Manhattan Half Marathon)
WEEK 9 TOTAL = 29.40 Miles

WEEK # 10
JAN 24: 7.05 Miles
JAN 25: 5.53 Miles - Hill Workout
JAN 26: 8.10 Miles
JAN 29: 6.30 Miles
JAN 30: 18.31 Miles (Central Park Loops)
WEEK 10 TOTAL = 45.29 Miles

WEEK # 11
JAN 31: 4.10 Miles
FEB 01:5.25 Miles
FEB 04: 4.50 Miles
FEB 05: 8.55 Miles (Lower East Side)
FEB 06: 20.00 Miles (Central Park Loops)
WEEK 11 TOTAL = 42.40 Miles

WEEK # 12
FEB 8: 4.5 Miles
** Injured rest of week **

WEEK # 13
FEB 15: 4.10 Miles
FEB 16: 5.30 Miles
FEB 19: 5.35 Miles
WEEK 13 TOTAL = 14.75 Miles

WEEK # 14
FEB 21: 5.23 Miles
FEB 22: 6.25 Miles
FEB 25: 5.35 Miles - Hill Workout
FEB 26: 4.25 Miles
FEB 27: 13.50 Miles - Central Park Loops
WEEK 14 TOTAL = 35.48 Miles

WEEK # 15

FEB 28: 7.23 Miles
MAR 02: 6.60 Miles
MAR 03: 6.65 Miles
MAR 05: 11.5 Miles
WEEK 15 TOTAL = 31.98 Miles

WEEK # 16
MAR 07: 7.23 Miles
MAR 08: 4.10 Miles
MAR 09: 8.84 Miles
MAR 12: 21 Miles - Central Park Loops
WEEK 16 TOTAL = 41.17 Miles

WEEK # 17
MAR 14: 6.86 Miles - Treadmill Hill Workout
MAR 17: 12.50 Miles - Central Park Loops
MAR 20: 13.50 Miles - Central Park Loops
MAR 12: 21 Miles - Central Park Loops
WEEK 17 TOTAL = 32.86 Miles

WEEK # 18
MAR 21: 6.65 Miles - Treadmill Fartlek
MAR 23: 7.10 Miles - Treadmill Fartlek
MAR 24: 12.00 Miles - Central Park Loops
MAR 26: 20.00 Miles - Central Park Loops
MAR 27: 9.33 Miles - Central Park Loops
WEEK 18 TOTAL = 55.65 Miles

WEEK # 19
MAR 29: 5.75 Miles
MAR 30: 5.50 Miles
MAR 31: 5.25 Miles
APRIL 2: 6.05 Miles - Central Park Big Loop
APRIL 3: 12.30 Miles - Central Park Loops
WEEK 19 TOTAL = 34.8 Miles

WEEK # 20
APR 6: 6.25 - Treadmill Fartlek
APR 7: 6.05 = Central Park Big Loop
APR 9: 6:05 = Central Park Big Loop
APR 10: 6.20 = Scotland 10K - Central Park
WEEK 20 TOTAL = 24.55 Miles

WEEK # 21
APR 12: 2.75 Miles
APR 13: 4.10 Miles
APR 14: 4.15 Miles
WEEK 21 TOTAL = 11 Miles