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Boston Marathon 2013 Profile: Melissa (Shea) Malerba

Malerba is raising funds for neurofibromatosis.

Are you running in the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15? Fill out this form to submit your profile to Medford Patch—make sure to email us a photo at jake.odonnell@patch.com—and we'll print your profile this days leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon.

Name: Melissa (Shea) Malerba

Age: 36

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Marathon Experience: Ran first time last year

Reason for Running: Fundraising for Neurofibromatosis (NF) which my 6 year old son, Jonathan, was diagnosed at age 2. www.nfincne.org

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Training Tip: Listen to Tufts Coach Don Megerle's advice, "less is more!"

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