Welcome to my team page!

On Sunday, November 3rd I'll be running the TCS New York City Marathon on behalf of the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI).

My dad, Joe Shambo, passed away in 2005 after living with ALS for seven years and inspired me to keep up the fight for the past 14 years. I learned what ALS was when I was six years old and have wished for a cure ever since. At the time I thought "dad has bad hands" but quickly learned it was far more devastating.

Prior to my dad's diagnosis he was an avid runner, skier, athlete, and outdoorsman who would have joined me in my first marathon if he could. He ran the Boston Marathon in 1993 not knowing five years later he would be diagnosed with ALS. From age 6 to 13 I watched his muscles slowly deteriorate. I was growing stronger and he was getting weaker.

Since my dad’s death, I’ve made many friends through the TDI who have ALS or have been impacted by it. I don’t want any more families to be affected by the monster that is ALS. Running a marathon has always been on my bucket list so LFG and FALS!

Please consider donating to the ALS TDI through my team page so we can put an end to this damn disease. Any amount is sincerely appreciated!

Your donations fuel the TDI’s continuous efforts to advance promising drugs and help END ALS. It is not an incurable disease, only underfunded.

Thank you for your support! I’m looking forward to this exciting, challenging event.