This will be my 32nd straight year running the Boston Marathon. This will be my 27th year raising money for a charity while running and my 10th year running for the Joe Andruzzi Foundation. I feel really blessed to have been able to run Boston for so many years and continue to maintain my qualifying standards. I started raising money for charity when I was asked to run for the Dana-Farber back in 1991 before the BAA allowed charities to get numbers. As a qualified runner It seemed like the right thing to do at the time, but it really hit home when my Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997. She fought hard, but lost her battle two years later. That only increased my resolve to continue to run and raise money for as many years as I was able to complete the marathon. Only five short years later we were back at the hospital watching my father-in law succumb to lung cancer. I will continue to run and fundraise as long as my body will carry me across that finish line. If the research being done and the support being provided by this foundation help to make fighting cancer less stressful for families, then it’s doing the right thing. Please support my run with whatever you can and donate to my fundraising project on GivenGain!

Thanks
David Santoro