09/25/2026
This year feels different. šš
For the last five years, Dom has become what we jokingly call my ārunning husband.ā Weāve logged countless miles together, trained for Boston together, and somewhere along the way Iāve gotten to know and love his whole family.
And then recently, we discovered something neither of us knew: my mom and Domās actual (non-running š) wife knew each other and were good friends.
Of all the people I could have ended up running thousands of miles beside all these years, somehow it was Dom.
So this year, being able to join him and his son Jared on Team Joey, in memory of Domās son and Jaredās little brother Joey, who died from cancer at just 3Ā½ years old, feels incredibly full circle.
Iāve spent five years running for my mom. Now I get to run for Joey too, alongside a family that somehow had a connection to mine long before Dom and I ever started running together.
And after last yearās Boston ended for me at mile 3 with a femoral neck stress fracture, this year already means more than I can really put into words.
A few months ago, I was on crutches. Now Iām building my way back to Hopkintonāand Iāve set a $20,000 goal for Dana-Farber along the way.
So Iām asking you to be part of this one with us. If you can donate, please do. $10, $25, $50āevery donation adds up, and every dollar supports the research that gives families facing cancer something we all wish we could have had more of: time.
And if youāve supported me year after year, I hope you know how much that means to me. I may be the one running the miles, but I could never do this part without all of you.
Letās raise $20,000. Letās get back to Hopkinton. And this time, all the way to Boylston. šš
