Race Day Information

Boston Marathon
Pittsburgh Marathon

Early this fall Dom at age 38 was diagnosed with malignancy in his abdominal area and for Dom, his beautiful wife Val, his three year old daughter Sierra and four month old son Nico - the days ahead would be filled with many challenges.

The outpouring of support has been quite remarkable, but for those of us close to Dom I would say not surprising. He is truly an amazing young man with a long life ahead of him - challenges yes, but we are all in his corner and continue to hope and pray for his recovery every day.

Myself, I'm a regular guy with regular guy problems. My wife Dawn and I live in Austin, TX where we go about our daily lives with our share of happiness, sadness, challenges and successes - but when I heard the news about Dom and the battles that he and his family were facing I knew that I wanted to do all that I could to help.

This is where you come in.

Last year coincidentally in Dom's hometown of Pittsburgh, PA I achieved what up until recently seemed to be a great accomplishment in qualifying for the 2010 Boston Marathon run for the 114th time on Monday, April 19, 2010. In the weeks after learning about Dom's cancer battle I thought about running in support of Dom and how much more appropriate it would be to return to the Pittsburgh Marathon this May to compete in Dom's honor in his hometown race.

During a Sunday training run shortly after learning of Dom's situation I became more determined than ever to help Dom and his family and decided that given the battle ahead that my good friend was facing, to truly honor his courage in his battle it would be much more fitting to raise the bar and compete in both the Boston Marathon on Monday April 19, 2010 and the Pittsburgh Marathon 13 days later on Sunday May 2, 2010.

Middle distance and long-distance runners often talk about how they enjoy the solitude of long training runs. Personally I have never joined a running club or trained with a team, but training to complete two marathons in 13 days has felt different already as I know I have Dom and his family with me every step of the way.

I was able to run a strong race in Boston on Monday, April 19, 2010 finishing just outside of the top 5,000 finishers with a time of 3:22:46. Immediately following the race it was time to begin preparations for Sunday's Pittsburgh Marathon on May 2nd only 13 days later.

We are in the home stretch now with race day #2 rapidly approaching.

I hope that you will choose to join us in support of Dom's battle with cancer as we cover the final 26.2 miles together.

100% of your donation will go to Dominic and his family - if you are able to donate $1/mile for the 26.2 miles at the Boston Marathon ($26.20), $1/mile for both the Boston and Pittsburgh Marathon ($52.40), or chose to be one of our sponsors at the $100 level and above - your support is greatly appreciated as we Run for Dom!

2 Marathons, 2 weeks, 2 make a difference!