2026 Year in Review · Year seven
This year 83 of you turned my miles into $15,668.23 for Team Lurie Children's. That's 104% of our $15,000 goal and the biggest year The Mile Project has ever had. All of it in memory of Gabo.
2026 by the numbers
Seven years, one direction
From the first bike rides in 2020 to the New York City Marathon, the total has gone up every single year. And 2026 is the biggest yet.
2026 raised nearly four times what the first year did ($4,064 in 2020).
Six back-to-back years of beating expectations, every year bigger than the one before.
How much bigger a single year is now than when it all started.
2026 Wall of Thanks
You lined the course, even if you were nowhere near New York. Every name below got a stretch of the route on Nov 1. Find yours to see which mile you carried.
Plus every gift matched by CBI, and every friend who shared, cheered or held a sign on race day. Gave and don't see your name? Let me know and I'll add you. See the full Wall of Thanks since 2020 →
The miles behind it
"Not my fastest. Definitely my proudest."Nov 1, 2026 · TCS New York City Marathon · Team Lurie Children's
Running stats from Strava, Jan 1 – Nov 1, 2026.
42.2 km through all five boroughs of my new home city, with the goal already beaten by race day.
Race day · Nov 1, 2026
From Staten Island to Central Park, and the cheer squad that kept me going all the way home.
What's next · 2027
Next October I'm back at the Chicago Marathon with Team Lurie Children's, this time chasing a PR and not running alone. Six of us will run and raise together as one Mile Project team.
Same ribbon. More runners.
The ribbon stays orange for Gabo. Every new runner who joins means more miles and more support for kids fighting cancer.
To everyone who gave, matched, shared, cheered or sent a message before the start: you got us here. See you at the next mile.