David & Spiker's Marathon Fundraiser for George

Hello all - David Mango and Spiker Hayden here. We will be running the NYC marathon this year, a process that started in 2019 and was derailed by COVID. Butttttt we are back and ready to RUN.

We both collectively wanted to raise awareness and donations for Cholangiocarcinoma research (bile duct/pancreatic cancer). Our good friend, George Christie, passed away from Cholangiocarcinoma in 2021 at the young age of 29. George was universally loved. He had an infectious personality and an innate ability to befriend all those he met. He was the life of every party and the energy in every room. He was a loving husband to his wife, Sarah, an exemplary son to his parents, and a caring brother to his siblings, Sam, Emma, and his twin brother, Ollie. George truly was an incredible person and we miss him dearly. George was a permanent fixture in our lives, as we all grew up together in Connecticut, attended the same high school, and the same college.

Cholangiocarcinoma has a low survival rate and like many forms of rare cancer is wildly underfunded. We are raising in honor of George's memory and for the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation. The foundation has been doing amazing work and we are confident that every dollar raised will be going towards the fight.

Mango here - I'm only running one of these EVER so please open up your hearts (and wallets) to the cause because I won't be asking for money again. My goal is to complete the marathon in 3:30, but as an added incentive if I finish in under 3:15 I will personally donate $1,500 to our fundraising goal.

Spiker here - We're excited to be running in honor of George. Hope to see your faces out there on game day.

Thank you all for your consideration and wish us luck! We'll be celebrating after the race so please join us!

-Mango and Spiker