Join us for the Inaugural
Miles For Migraine - Boston
Miles for Migraine will host its first 2-mile Walk/ 5K/ 10K Walk/Run in Boston at Herter Park. This Fundraiser for Migraine & Headache Awareness, Treatment & Research will take place Saturday November 3, 2018. We will also have a post event breakfast in conjunction with the Headache Cooperative of New England - see below, you won't want to miss this educational and community building event!
PRIZES AWARDED FOR TOP FUNDRAISERS: | |
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Raise $300 earn a Miles for Migraine blanket | |
Raise $200 earn a Miles for Migraine cap | |
Raise $100 earn a pair of Miles for Migraine athletic socks or a bracelet of choice | |
Raise $50 and become to become a member of the Brain Hat Society. |
About the Brain Hat Society: People with migraine, their caregivers, and their friends and family should be recognized for their heroic efforts. Stigma imposes a huge penalty in the everyday lives of patients with migraine. It increases social isolation and causes adverse consequences to self-esteem and mood. Stigmatized diseases get less research funding, and payers are less likely to pay for the treatment of stigmatized diseases. In order to reverse the stigma of migraine we need to understand why it exists. By wearing your brain hat, you are doing several things: joining a community of like-minded people who want real change about the perception of migraine, and other headache diseases, while also showing the public that migraine is a severe, neurological disease. In addition, you will show others that raising funds to alleviate a shortage of trained health care professionals who treat these diseases is necessary to help you and your fellow community members obtain better access to treatments. Finally, you will have fun wearing this hat to our events! Each time you achieve a new fundraising or attendance goal, you will receive an iron-on patch to add to your brain hat. So, please join the club!
PRIZES AWARDED FOR TOP FINISHERS:
1ST PRIZE 5/10K FEMALE/MALE FINISHER:
2ND PRIZE 5/10K FEMALE/MALE FINISHER:
3RD PRIZE 5/10K FEMALE/MALE FINISHER:
Packet Pickup:
Packet pick up is at REI on Friday November 2nd from 4PM-7PM. Their address is 401 Park Drive, #103, Boston, MA 02215
If you are unable to attend Packet Pickup, you will be able to get your packet between 7:30AM-8:45AM at Herter Park on race morning.
Registration includes:
t-shirt
race finishing medal
post event food and drinks
Register a team of 3 or more people at one time, before October 17th and get $3 off each registration!
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Announcements begin at 8, please be present to hear from our speakers:
Paul Mathew, MD
Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Headache Specialist, John R Graham Headache Center
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
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ALL EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE RAIN or SHINE (Sorry, No-Refunds)
PLEASE NOTE 10k is only for runners. We can not keep the course open past 10:00. If you want to walk/run the 5k and can be finished by 10, then that is ok.
About the post-walk/run Community Building Breakfast:
Please join us following the event for breakfast and educational presentations from these well-known headache specialist:
Dr. Randall Weeks, moderator
10:30 am Participants arrive after Miles for Migraine walk/run, park at the Hotel Colonnade, register, get breakfast
10:40 Welcome and introduction
10:45 Lecture on advanced biologic treatments for refractory headache: Dr. Alan Rapoport, UCLA Dept of Neurology
Clinical Professor of Neurology
11:05 Lecture on Neuromodulation for Refractory Headache: Dr. Stewart Tepper
11:25 Panel discussion, Q&A. Drs. Weeks, Rapoport, Markley, Mathew, McGeeney and Tepper
Noon: close
Registration fees
Walking-2 Mile Walk - 10 and Under Closed
Free walk registration for children 10 and under, no shirt included.
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FreeMay 1 - Nov 2
Running 5K (Age 10 and Under) Closed
Free 5K run registration for children 10 and under, no shirt included.
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FreeMay 1 - Nov 2
Advocate Closed
If you are a migraine or headache disorders advocate who is not feeling up to a walk, run or volunteer assignment on the day of the event, PLEASE still plan to come join us for this important day of advocacy. We will have a quiet tent at the event for you to rest in. Come out and meet others in your community who understand life with migraine and headache disease and show your community why we need a cure!
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FreeMay 1 - Nov 2
I Am Fundraising Only Closed
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FreeMay 1 - Nov 2
Post-Walk/Run FREE Breakfast with local Headache Specialists Closed
Come join us after the walk/run event at the Colonnade Hotel for a FREE post event breakfast. You will have a chance to listen to presentations by local and national headache specialists and participate in a Q&A session. Select this option if you do not plan to join us for the walk or run, but only for the breakfast.
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FreeMay 1 - Nov 2
Running-10K - Adult (over 18) Closed
Online registration closed-
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$35.00May 1 – Oct 11
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$40.00Oct 12 – Nov 1
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$45.00Nov 1 – Nov 2
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Running-10K - Under 18 Closed
Online registration closed-
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$30.00May 1 – Oct 11
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$35.00Oct 12 – Nov 2
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$40.00Nov 2 – Nov 2
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Running-5K - Adults (over 18) Closed
Online registration closed-
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$30.00May 1 – Oct 11
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$35.00Oct 12 – Nov 2
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$40.00Nov 2 – Nov 2
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Running-5K - (Age 11-18) Closed
Online registration closed-
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$25.00May 1 – Oct 11
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$30.00Oct 12 – Nov 2
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$35.00Nov 2 – Nov 2
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Walking-2 Mile Walk - Adult (over 18) Closed
Online registration closed-
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$25.00May 1 – Oct 11
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$30.00Oct 12 – Nov 2
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$35.00Nov 2 – Nov 2
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Walking-2 Mile Walk (Age 11- 18) Closed
Online registration closed-
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$20.00May 1 – Oct 11
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$25.00Oct 12 – Nov 2
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$30.00Nov 2 – Nov 2
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Fundraising Letter
We have a letter that be helpful for you to use as you reach out to friends & family about support for the 2018 Miles for Migraine Boston event:
Course Map
Post Event Breakfast
Following the walk/run on Saturday morning, you are invited to join us at The Colonnade Boston Hotel on Huntington Ave. We will be hosting a FREE post event breakfast along with many of the local headache specialists. Come hear from these providers, ask questions and have a chance to visit with or meet others in your migraine community.
While the breakfast is being offered at no charge, we do ask that you register in advance to receive your ticket for admission.
Agenda:
10:30 am Participants arrive after Miles for Migraine run, park at the Hotel Colonnade, register, get breakfast
10:40 Welcome and introduction
10:45 Lecture on advanced biologic treatments for refractory headache: Dr. Rapoport
11:05 Lecture on neuromodulation for refractory headache: Dr. Tepper
11:25 Panel discussion, Q&A. Drs. Weeks, Rapoport, Markley, Mathew, McGeeney and Tepper
Noon: close
Top teams
1 |
Team KellieRaised:$606.36 |
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2 |
I-B-ProFunRaised:$391.99 |
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3 |
M's MotiveRaised:$257.75 |
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Top fundraisers
1 | View fundraiser page for Robyn |
Robyn KingRaised: $1,775.43 |
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2 | View fundraiser page for Ellina |
Ellina Beletsky$853.97 Raised$650.00 Goal |
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3 | View fundraiser page for Matt |
Matt HuffmanRaised: $487.23 |
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Event schedule
- Sat, September 29, 2018 8:30 AM - Pre-race announcements
- Sat, September 29, 2018 9:00 AM - Walk/Run Start
Contact information
- Event contact
- Katie MacDonald
- Website
- Visit website