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1/18/10 at 10:02pm
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Me and my wife were talking today and we wondering if there were any marathons dedicated to prostate cancer. Her father is currently battling with prostate cancer and we were wanting to find a special way to show our support other than just sending money to a foundation.

Thanks,
Brandon
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1/19/10 at 12:16am
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I'm not sure about marathons but I know of a couple of places in canada that have runs for prostate cancer on fathers day. That might be a date to start your search in the race calendar.

Speedy recovery to your FIL.

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1/19/10 at 12:35am
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Clark, while I've never heard of a marathon dedicated to prostate cancer research, there's certainly nothing stopping you from using the marathon as a tool to raise money for research.

Have you contacted any of the relevant foundations to ask if they already have programs in place?
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1/19/10 at 11:27am
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I have done a little bit of research but i'm am extremely new to the marathon world. I was originally just gonna do the armed forces marathon in Dayton or at least the half in honor of my cousin (voodoo junkie). It was the last coversation we had together. But even my planning for that is a little grey since I will be in my deployment window. My initial plan for my father in law is to do the relay for life that we do here on base every year. It's kind of an all nighter deal that everyone has a lot of fun with. I will also talk to a couple foundations that my father in law is getting me the info for. Thanks for the well wishes willrun. We need all that we can get for Dave (FIL).
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1/19/10 at 6:48pm
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Team In Training supports cancer research, but I don't think it is specific to prostate cancer. I also don't think that there is a marathon that is specifically geared toward raising funds for prostate cancer but you can check individual marathon websites to see if there is a charity associated with that marathon that would support prostate cancer research. Boston and New York City would be good bets - let me check.

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1/23/10 at 5:31pm
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Not sure what your time window is, but I have a few friends that have done fundraising for men's health (prostate & testicular cancer in particular) in the month of November ... referred to as Movember through the website I linked.

You can raise funds pretty much anytime for any US Non-Profit using Firstgiving. You can associate it with a race, or anything you want. You can do the same with the American Cancer Society.

The Quad Cities Marathon in IL in September appears to have fundraising set up to support prostate cancer too.

Good luck to you & your wife and to your father in law.

ps - we all miss Voodoo here a LOT. He was one of a kind.
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1/24/10 at 1:38am
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Thanks Coach and Jen for the good info and the kind words. November will be close to my deployment timeframe but its a large window so we will see. The other options seem like a way to serve both purposes of running for my father in law and upholding my promise to voodoo.
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1/26/10 at 7:09pm
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Here's a prostate cancer race in Indiana. I registered last year, but didn't make it to the race:
http://www.uniterace.org/
It's focused on local fund raising, but you might find similar closer to home. Best wishes to you with your deployment and FIL with his treatment. Joe was a good friend to all of us.
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