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Manny Causland, Erin Murphy, Chuck Martin
Chuck Martin
Norwell, MA 2025 London Marathon April 27, 2025 Project Purple Last summer I lost a special person in my life, my wife Lisa passed away ending her 3.5 year battle with Pancreatic Cancer. It was a diagnosis that really caught us off guard and we really struggled to understand why. In true Lisa fashion she kept such a positive attitude and battled as long and hard as she could until the very end. About 6 months before she passed, Lisa inspired me to get back in shape. We walked endless miles together all Spring and summer long. We spent some amazing quality time together, something I will cherish forever. She knew the importance of restarting my Fitness routine. She knew I needed to be able to be healthy long term and to be able to be there for our Children for many years to come. We missed her so much over the holidays, but we do our best to tackle each day as it arrives. It's hard, it's difficult, and we cherish the times we had with her, but we also find things to latch onto to keep her memory alive. In memory and honor of Lisa, I have joined a Pancreatic Cancer Fundraising Team called Project Purple and I will be running in the 2025 London Marathon on April 27, 2025. I have to Fundraise $7500 for the Project Purple Team, and any donations would be greatly appreciated. Lisa had a passion for running and I know she always wanted to run a marathon, but life in general and a diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer prevented her from achieving that goal. I will carry her memory with me for 26.2 Miles in London on April 27, 2025. Any donations large or small will help me hit my fundraising goal. 
Manny Causland Waltham, Massachusetts 129th Boston Marathon 2025 National Multiple Sclerosis Society I’m excited to share that I’ll be running the 129th Boston Marathon in April as part of The National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Finish MS team. Running on the Finish MS team is important to me and I need your support. In January of 2020, my friend and running buddy Bill was suddenly unable to run. By summer he was diagnosed with MS and we began to wonder what this meant for his future. Thankfully, the worst of his initial symptoms subsided and in January 2021 we started running as a small group again. I had a front row seat to his struggles as he learned how to run in his new body. In October 2022, he announced he had signed up to run Boston on the Finish MS team to help get the world closer to a cure for MS. We slogged out the long runs together in the cold winter months. Again, I could see how this was just so much harder for him as his body would breakdown as the miles added up. I could see his disability creep in. And I could hear it as his right foot would start landing loud and heavy. By the end of training he seemed confident. We had spent countless hours going over strategy, pacing goals, when to take walk breaks, when to take water. He was ready as he could be and ultimately, there was no pressure. It was always about the fundraising and MS awareness and the marathon was the spectacle to draw people in. He just wanted to finish the thing, hopefully under 6 hours but aiming for around 5 hours. A group of us watched the runners go by in Wellesley that day and I was blown away when I saw him cruising up to us around Mile 16. He was flying and looked fresh. He stayed ahead of schedule and finished under 4.5 hours- well beyond anything anyone expected. Bill ran Boston again this past April and it was clear he needed a break from it. But he didn’t want to step away from the main mission- just the marathoning. He approached me about taking his spot on the team so he could still stay involved and help raise more money and awareness around MS. And here we are. Asking for your donation to help Finish MS. |
Erin Murphy
Waltham, Massachusetts 129th Boston Marathon 2025 Dana Farber Marathon Challenge This April, I am running my first marathon, the 129th Boston Marathon. And I am so excited to say that I am running with the The Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team. Race day will be even more special for me since April 21, 2025 is also my 30th birthday. I am running on honor of so many family members and friends we have lost to cancer including but not limited to: my Aunt Barbara, Grandma Ida, Grandpa Dick, Sue, Diana, and Sandy. One hundred percent of every dollar raised by the DFMC team supports the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. These funds are fueling some of today's most promising basic cancer research. Thank you for your support! Together, we're headed toward the ultimate finish line: a world without cancer. |
