.2  is dedicated to you, Ty There is a reason people compare life to a marathon. Both are long and unpredictable – marked by joy, struggle, perseverance, and growth. I wanted to inspire the athletes who signed up to run this year’s NYC marathon in support of Ty’s doctors at the Children’s Brain Tumor Project, so I created a campaign called “26.2 Reasons to Run.” Every mile in the marathon is available to dedicate to a loved one, and the submissions about each mile designee will be sent to our team during training to help reinforce the importance of what they are running for. Training can be brutal, and sometimes that extra push – seeing the faces and hearing the stories of so many children who battled cancer – makes all the difference. Of course I intended to sponsor a mile dedicated to Ty, and I knew from the start that it should be the .2. I asked my husband if he knew why I selected that and he shared the exact same sentiment as my own without missing a beat… “Because it’s the h...