It All Started With Trying Something New...

For Jeremy Beer, “It all started with the Empire State Building Run Up.” Jeremy works for Celgene, a pharmaceutical company that works closely with the MMRF to develop and distribute treatments for multiple myeloma. Celgene is the national sponsor for the run up, and company employees were encouraged to field a team for the event. When no other employees signed up to represent the company, Jeremy, then a temp worker, stepped up to the challenge. Jeremy had a great time at the event, and he became more and more impressed with the MMRF as he learned more about it. So impressed, in fact, that he entered the Five Boro Bike Tour, the NYC Triathlon and the NYC Triathlon with the PowerTeam that same year! Through the events, Jeremy met several multiple myeloma patients who made him realize just how meaningful his racing was to them. Whenever training feels tough, he thinks of the struggles cancer patients face and how he’s helping them. “Someone at the NYC Marathon told me, ‘If you think running 26.2 miles is hard, try fighting cancer,'” he says. “When I think about that, my pain vanishes, my determination takes over, and I think if they can do it, I can do it.”