Ultra-Endurance Athlete Takes on 100 Miles and 10,000 Push-Ups for Blood Cancer Awareness Month

Ultra-endurance Athlete Eric Gelber will attempt to take on 100 miles and 10,000 push-ups to raise money for cancer research during Blood Cancer Awareness Month.

Over the past twenty years Eric has raised more than $2.6 million for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) through several high-profile endurance feats, including the New York City Marathon, the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon (widely considered one of the world’s toughest races for its extreme temperatures and elevation gain) and 200 miles running followed by another 200-mile rowing challenge in New York’s Central Park. The MMRF is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating a cure for each and every multiple myeloma patient. While Eric’s efforts were initially inspired by a family friend Anita, who succumbed to myeloma in 2012, along the way he has grown close with many other patients and their loved ones, giving him a front-row seat to the progress the MMRF has helped make possible.

Come support him and myeloma patients by cheering Eric on or joining him in some miles and pushups September 26–27, 2026 at the town’s Metro North station.