Kristin Armstrong from Runners World writes about running for a purpose.
published May 8, 2009
“…Paige ran the same race wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with BeyondBatten.org on behalf of some friends who have a 6- year-old daughter with Batten disease. This rare, incurable disease causes children to lose their eyesight, their minds, and eventually their lives before their teenage years. What can you possibly say to comfort parents who are living with the knowledge that they are losing their child? When words are insuffcient, people who run make an offering of miles.”