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1-2. Charlotte Henry-Coghlin & Kevin Mallery are greeted by cheering MMRF supporters on the hardest part of the 112 mile bike course called “Papa Bear
Hill.” 3. Team for Cures alum Brad Moss crosses the finish line with a personal record and a prayer to his late father he competes in honor of. 4. Best friends
Mary Kate Blanchfield and Susan Grigley (left to right) stayed together the entire 140.6 miles as they raced for their friend Sue who is battling MM.
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IRONMAN Lake Placid
On July 26, 110 MMRF Team for Cures
The top fundraisers for the MMRF
Significance or MGUS in 2013. Craig
athletes took on IRONMAN Lake Placid,
Team earned the “bucket list dream”
Finkbeiner, of Midland, MI, has endured
a grueling 140.6-mile race that includes a
of triathletes, a spot in the IRONMAN
over 75 rounds of chemo and three stem
2.4-mile swim in Mirror Lake, a 112-mile
World Championships in Kona, Hawaii,
cell transplants. He took on the race while
bike ride through the mountains of the
on October 10. The top four were:
fighting the effects of his treatments.
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The MMRF is the exclusive and Official
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Adirondacks, and a 26.2-mile run. The
athletes, 60 percent of whom had never
heard of the MMRF when they joined
n Jeannie Moody, a multiple myeloma
the team, raised over $900,000.
Athletes and families made a huge
impression along the route, and the
MMRF Team for Cures jerseys raised
awareness and visibility for the MMRF.
Kelley Ward, MMRF Endurance Events
Manager, said, “We love that this race
provides a way for athletes who don’t
necessarily know about the MMRF to
Chuck Ellison, an MGUS patient
Charity Partner of IRONMAN Lake
hematology nurse at Memorial
Placid, the oldest and most prestigious
Sloane Kettering Hospital
IRONMAN race in the continental U.S.
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Keli Engleson, a niece of a patient
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Dave McQuillan, a friend of a patient
We are filling spots now for the 2016
IRONMAN Lake Placid team. Our VIP
perks and amenities make training more
Of note, two of the athletes on the
meaningful and race day (Sunday, July
team are living with multiple myeloma
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or MGUS. Chuck Ellison, of Fairhope,
AL, was diagnosed with Monoclonal
Gammopathy of Undetermined
The MMRF is also a charity partner of
two IRONMAN 70.3 races in 2016 —
Arizona on October 16th, and the
become our champions. By race day,
newly announced, Atlantic City on
they are all here because they want
September 18th.
to help cure cancer NOW.”
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