Tim Borland is running multiple marathons during a 63-city A-T CureTour. Boreland began running on Monday, September 3rd in California at Disneyland. He will complete his marathons with the New York City Marathon in New York, NY on Tuesday, November 4th. Boreland hopes to raise $2 million dollars for the A-T Children’s Project.

In every city Borland visits, he stops at the home of a child with A-T. A-T is ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare genetic disease in children. A-T causes severe muscle control due to brain cell death. 

“Everybody thinks it’s crazy,” Borland said. “And it is. I would definitely never undertake something like this … for fun or to try to prove something. It’s all about bringing hope to families all around the country.”

About one in every 40,000 children in the U.S.A. is born with A-T. Approximately 500 children in this country have the disease. There is no cure, or ability to delay the progression of the disease.

Source: dailypress.com