How can a foundation battling a condition that affects just 150 people across the U.S. maximize participation in a memorial 27-mile walk? Go big, says Laura Rivard, a board member of The APS Type 1 Foundation—specifically, make the event’s route distance total 1,000 miles, combine everyone’s miles, give participants two …

Sometimes, it’s our smaller virtual races that are the most gratifying. Take, for example, the virtual run/walk we hosted this year for the FCS Foundation. Because FCS (familial chylomicronemia syndrome) affects just 1-2 people per million, mounting a conventional 5k in one location is impossible—affected individuals and their families are …