Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy:

Sponsor a race participant.

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Want to join the
PPMD family?
Please register here.

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WHY RUN?
For some people, the question of why to participate in a Run For Our Sons event is right in front of them: a family member or friend living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. For others, it’s about the opportunity to challenge oneself while helping others.

With races like the NYC/ING Marathon attracting tens of thousands of runners from all over the world, however, entry for individual participants has become increasingly difficult. Running as a sponsored member of the Run For Our Sons team is your entry ticket to these races, which means that instead of worrying about qualifying, you can free your mind to focus on training and fundraising.

When you take part in a Run For Our Sons race, you’re not just reaching within yourself, you’re reaching out to others. And what you’ll achieve is impossible to measure in minutes or miles.

Why I Run

My son, Anthony, has Duchenne. I am running the Disney half-marathon on the weekend of his birthday. But I am not running for him.

Anthony was one of 6 boys who tried an experimental drug. We saw it work. We saw him change into an energetic boy who could finish the day without feeling defeated and exhausted.

So I am not running for him.

This time I am running for the other boys – the 85% of the boys for whom this drug won’t work. We need another solution for them.

I am running because they deserve the hope that we now have. Their mothers and fathers need to be able to sleep at night knowing that they too have a chance. Let’s give all our boys a chance to live their lives to the fullest.

This is about going the distance no matter what your struggles are. Take one step at a time, keep going when you can’t anymore, enjoy the journey when it’s easy, and get up again when you fall.

This is about all of us: Anthony, the other boys, and their families are a part of you, too.