Help Paul raise money

Hi, I'm Paul and this year, I will be participating in my first ever Falmouth Road Race, while supporting the Peter Frates Family Foundation!

I will be running the 2026 Falmouth Road Race in memory of my father -- Paul "Wally" Seaver -- who passed away from ALS on February 5, 2013, just shy of a two year battle with the disease.

it is a privlege and honor to run for this group in Falmouth, especially after completing the 2026 Boston Marathon in April of this past spring. Additionally, I am preparing to run the 2026 NYC Marathon in November.

I've spent the past 13 years and nearly 1/3 of my life without my biggest role model, but prior to ALS affecting our family and him leaving this world -- his impact as my father was more than enough. Not a day goes by where I don't think of ways to carry on his legacy and in his name, continue to fight and combat this horrible disease.

While time has passed, continued memories in his name have been made and this year -- running the Falmouth Road Race will be another cornerstone accomplishment -- that -- albeit he is not here to see, we will share together.

One of my father's biggest passions in life was coaching basketball. He spent over 3 decades coaching high school and youth basketball in Franklin, Milford and Wellesley. I grew up on the sidelines of Franklin HS in the 90s where he was the head coach, as just a kid with his Dad -- yet unbeknownest to how much those days would impact my own life.

My father stepped away from Franklin HS to coach youth basketball in Milford, taking over the town's youth program and coaching myself and my younger brother, Dan, growing up. Just prior to the 2010-11 winter season, my Dad decided to get back into coaching at the high school level, taking the JV job at Wellesley High School. On February 16th, 2011, however -- the date of his final game of that first season back on the high school sidelines -- he was diagnosed with ALS. He coached that night, knowing that it would be last time he would coach the game he loved.

Well -- like father, like son -- I was right behind him in what I wanted to do, beginning my own coaching career at 19 and although he never got to see me coach a high school varsity game, things have seemingly come full circle. I spent nearly a decade as the head coach at Milford High School and today, I am now the varsity head coach at Wellesley High School -- pacing the same sidelines and running the same program, that he briefly was a part of before an ALS diagnosis changed eveyrthing.

In addition to the coaching, basketball has held an additional bond in carrying on my father's legacy -- although this time -- it is more about fighting this disease. Next summer, we will host the 15th Annual "Wally" Seaver High School Invitational in his memory -- the largest interscholastic high school boys and girls basketball tournament in the Northeast, raising funds and awareness for ALS and including nearly 150 schools from 6+ states.

Additionally, I was fortunate enough to also hold a developmental, event management position with The ALS Association from May of 2023 through December of 2024, raising over $1.2 million dollars in that time frame and having the opportunity meet and fight this disease alongside so many others who are unfortunately affected by this disease.

A decade plus worth of stories aside, my father is missed on so many other levels. I am running the 2026 Falmouth Road Race in memory of my family's anchor -- gone too soon, but never forgotten. A husband, a brother, a son, an uncle, a friend, a coach and so much more. His impact loomed large and always will.

There have been so many memories that ALS has taken from my family. Hence why this disease needs to continue to be fought and continues to keep awareness and funds for its research efforts.

From all the missed time and memories with my Mother, Debbie -- to my one and only younger brother's wedding a few months ago in September -- the list of things that I wish my Dad was here for is beyond lengthy.

However, I find solitude in knowing that my mentor really is always there and there are always ways in which he can be included and remembered, despite now being gone for 13 years. For example, with my grandfather's assistance, my wife Whitney and I were able to honor him as my best man back in 2022 at our wedding -- a father-in-law that she never will meet -- but a memory and a title that will always be.

Please join me in supporting the Peter Frates Family Foundation and the fight against ALS!