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Ironman Lake Placid 70.3 Bib #24
This week the athlete bib #s were published for Ironman Lake Placid 70.3. There are a couple of thousand athletes registered for this race so I was pretty surprised to see that I was assigned #24. I’m not sure if these were assigned alphabetically or if those of us representing the Ironman Foundation were assigned [...]
Also posted in ironman, triathlon Tagged chronic, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cll, ironman lake plac, ironman lake placid 70.3, remission, remissionman Comments closed
Breaking Team in Training News
Registration for Saint Anthony’s Triathlon on April 29th, 2018, has opened. Join the Team today to take advantage of the Early Bird commitment level pricing. Use code TRITNT to join for free ($100 value, expires 7/31/17) http://bit.ly/TNTFY18Reg
Also posted in charity, health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, motivation, racing, team in training, triathlon Tagged st. anthony's triathlon, team in training, tnt Comments closed
RemissionMan Blog Award
I was happy to learn that Feedspot has recognized this blog as a top 50 leukemia blog across all domestic and international leukemia sites on the web. I was actually 27th out of 50. The criteria used was a combination of Google reputation and search ranking, social media influence, quality & consistency of posts, and [...]
Also posted in motivation Tagged chr, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cll, Lls, Relentless Mettle - My Cancer, remissionman, someday is today Comments closed
2017 TCS NYC Marathon
In November I will be back in the Big Apple to take on the New York City Marathon for the 8th time. This year I will be racing for Team RTR (Racing to Register). Racing To Register’s main goal is to increase the number of potential donors available to patients who are in need of [...]
Cancer Support Community
And yet another contact that I made on my recent trip to Chicago was the Cancer Support Community. As the largest professionally led nonprofit network of cancer support worldwide, the Cancer Support Community (CSC) is dedicated to ensuring that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action and sustained by community. [...]
CLL Society
One of the connections I made while in Chicago was with the CLL Society. The CLL Society Inc. is a patient–centric, physician–curated nonprofit organization focused on patient education, support, and research. Dedicated to addressing the unmet needs of the CLL and related blood cancer communities, our goal is to develop real, recent and relevant [...]
Also posted in charity, survivor Tagged chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cll, cll society Comments closed
Chicago Visit With Team Teva
I was honored to be in ChiTown this week as part of the Bendeka Patient Advocacy Groups Advisory Board hosted by Teva Pharmaceuticals. Some of you might recall that I was treated with Teva Pharmaceutical’s drug Bendeka last year with very positive results. While in Chicago I had the opportunity to meet with some of [...]
Also posted in health & fitness Tagged bendamustine, bendeka, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, cll, teva pharmaceuticals Comments closed
New Movement Sports Magazine Article
I’ve written a new piece for Movements Sports Magazine. Please give it a read if you have a minute.
Click HERE to read.
Also posted in health & fitness, leukemia & lymphoma society, team in training Tagged movement sports magazine, team in training Comments closed
Knee Update, Big Climb, and Duathlon Nationals
First things first… The knee is progressing quite nicely. I had an outstanding physical therapy session yesterday and while I am only 11 days post op, I am responding as though I am four weeks out. I did great on the bike and elliptical then also did the leg press, box jumps, single leg bounding, [...]
Also posted in charity, duathlon, leukemia & lymphoma society, motivation Tagged big climb philly, national duathlon championship Comments closed
FDA Approves Immunotherapy for Blood Cancer Patients