TCS New York City Marathon

Ken Cooper

Team: Bloomberg 1000
Event: TCS New York City Marathon
Date: November 1, 2026
Fred’s Team Participant for: 4 years

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Goal: $200,000

Total Raised: $36,000

Let's Imagine a World Without Cancer: Running to Crush Cancer!

Welcome to my personal fundraising page! I am thrilled to be taking on the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon this November with Fred’s Team, the official running program of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). I first ran in 2022, and now I can't stop—this will be my 5th year running to crush cancer!

Why I Run, The Bloomberg 1000: I am incredibly proud to run with the Bloomberg 1000 team. We run for the more than 1,000 colleagues at Bloomberg LP and their direct family members who are currently battling cancer.

For me, this race is deeply personal. In my role as head of HR, I speak regularly with our employees who are undergoing cancer treatment or are caring for immediate family members who are. I have seen too many friends, family, and colleagues battle cancer year after year. I lost a good friend to brain cancer, a very dear and close relative is a breast cancer survivor, and I have personally benefited from the amazing work of the doctors and nurses at MSK. Running this race and raising money is my way of fighting back against cancer the only way I know how.

100% of Your Donation Supports Research Over the last four years, our team has raised over $2 million for cancer research, including an incredible $635,000 last year alone. But the fight isn't over.

Named in honor of New York City Marathon co-founder and MSK patient Fred Lebow, Fred’s Team brings together passionate runners and supporters to lead the way against cancer. 100% of the funds we raise go directly into MSK labs, where doctors and scientists have expertise in more than 400 types of cancer and work every day to find new cures. The research we fund will help all cancer patients around the world, regardless of where they are being treated.

Join the Fight! If you followed my Half Marathon run earlier this year, you know I always say that I save all my fundraising firepower for the full marathon in November. Well, the time is now!

Let’s empty our pockets one more time and give generously. Think of a really big number, and let's make an impact that will save lives. When you make a gift to Fred’s Team, you help MSK researchers develop new treatment options for the people who need them most. Give until it hurts so that someday we can all imagine a world without cancer.

Thank you for your continued generosity and support!

Someday we’ll have a world without cancer, but until then I’ll keep running!!

Ken

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