It was in my Dear Boston post, which I shared well over a year ago, that I first mentioned my goal of running the Boston Marathon for Dana-Farber after I recovered from my transplant.
It was always going to be a lofty goal. At the time, there were still so many unknowns about what lay ahead for me, and while I made myself a promise that I would, I couldn’t say with any certainty that my body would allow it to happen. If things would go my way.
Ever since I first mentioned it, I have brought it up any chance I could get. In my writing, with my family, with my care team, and basically anybody who would listen. Essentially willing it into existence.
Well, today I finally get to share with you all that it’s happening.
My brother and I are running the 2027 Boston Marathon as members of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge Team.
Even writing that sentence, even though we have known for over a month now, gives me chills.
In addition to the promise I made to myself, I also made a promise to you all. All of you who have read along over the past year and a half or so as I have navigated this medical journey of mine. I told you that you would be the first to know about this, and this post is my way of honoring that. Of saying thank you for all the support you’ve offered my family and I throughout the last year and a half. It did not go unnoticed or unappreciated. I can tell you that.
We’ll be formally announcing our fundraiser and our team this Sunday, but in the meantime, you can find our team page via the link below.
Team Sargent: http://danafarber.jimmyfund.org/goto/teamsargent
Asking for this kind of support is not something that comes naturally to either of us, but we are making the ask all the same. Every dollar that is donated goes directly toward cancer research. The kind of research that, in large part, is responsible for me being here right now.
Getting to run the Boston Marathon with my best friend, wearing a Dana-Farber bib, is, as my brother put it, the honor of a lifetime.
This has been a long time coming.
Talk Soon,
Ethan
- Boston Marathon
- Dana-Farber
- Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge
- Team Sargent
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