Neil Bernstein found a unique way to celebrate the 2004 World Series champion Red Sox when he began to wear a replica of the famed Pesky Pole on his head while running the Boston Marathon.”Why not run with it (on my head)?” Bernstein said. “I like to entertain people, and it will make money for the Jimmy Fund.”He will carry on this tradition Monday, and he hopes to continue generating money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund.Bernstein came up with idea when his son had constructed a miniature Pesky Pole out of cardboard. After wearing it on his head to celebrate the New Year, he thought: Why not in the Marathon?”For the people who know me,” said Bernstein, “they know it’s not that big of a leap for me to come up with.”He estimates that the hat adds about 30 to 45 minutes to his time each year. However, at age 56, he believes that the Marathon’s course is already too unpractical to think about setting a new personal best.”It’s a treacherous course and, besides, you never know who you will bump into,” said Bernstein.Bernstein ran his first official marathon in 1981, in the Galilee Marathon in Israel. The course wraps around the Sea of Galilee. Since then he mainly runs local races, but has ventured off to run the New York Marathon in 2004; as well as marathons in Washington, DC and San Diego.The longest race he has completed was a 50-mile race back in 2006 in Willowdale State Forest in Ipswich called the Stone Cat. He also attempted a 100-mile race in 2007, but was forced to drop out with a sprained ankle after completing the 58th mile.To donate to the Jimmy Fund in Bernstein’s name, go to peskypolemarathon.org and click on one of the two links on the page to make the donation.”If people enjoy seeing the Pesky Pole on my head,” said Bernstein, “I would enjoy having people donate to the Jimmy Fund.”