MGH saved his wife’s life. Now he’s running Boston.

In our “Why I’m Running” series, Boston Marathon athletes share what’s inspiring them to make the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton to Boston.

I’m running the 2025 Boston Marathon to support Massachusetts General Hospital’s emergency response team. Several years ago, my wife and I were on a road trip out of state when she got suddenly ill. None of the doctors we visited could diagnose what was wrong until we returned home and went to the MGH emergency room. Within minutes she had an isolation bed, an IV in her arm, and several doctors and nurses hovering over her. The prognosis came in almost immediately: C.Diff.

“Your white blood cell count is off the charts,” one nurse said. Another few days and it likely would have been too late. Within a day at MGH she had been pumped full of fluids and antibiotics, and was on her way to making a complete recovery.

I am running for MGH because they saved my wife’s life. MGH is a place that sees people on the worst days of their lives, every day. Great hospitals start with their frontline workers: the greeters, the intake nurses, and the late-night shift workers. The emergency response team at MGH is second to none, and I’m running because I witnessed their incredible work firsthand. I believe that what MGH does is holy work – it is the work of saving, of healing, of fixing the broken pieces. This work happens in more places than just hospitals, but it happens especially at hospitals like MGH. It is not about defeating death, but about sustaining life. I am running for MGH for life, for my own and for my wife’s, and for the many lives that bind and sustain us here in the greater Boston community. 

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