Beyond Type 1 Named an Official Charity Partner of the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon

Beyond Type 1 has been named an Official Charity Partner of the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon. 2019 will be Beyond Type 1’s third consecutive year with a team running NYC, fielding a team of 30 runners each living with type 1 diabetes.

The Beyond Type Run team will race through the five boroughs of New York City on November 3, 2019 to inspire those impacted by the chronic, autoimmune disease around the globe. They’re on a mission to raise awareness and funds for type 1 diabetes as ambassadors for nonprofit organization Beyond Type 1.

“With the generous support of Dexcom and Tandem Diabetes Care, we have an opportunity to bring together an amazing group of runners and elevate their voices and stories. Beyond Type Run is designed to show our community and the world exactly what it means to live beyond type 1 diabetes,” said Beyond Type 1 CEO Thom Scher.

Beyond Type Run is made up of 30 runners with a combined 385 years of experience living with type 1 diabetes. The team will be co-captained by Rhone CEO and Co-founder Nate Checketts along with NASCAR driver Ryan Reed.

“This team is full of people who are great examples of what you can do with diabetes, and to be a team captain of a group of people like that—this is just unbelievable. I hope people find inspiration in what we’re doing. Just because something is hard, it doesn’t mean that you can’t do it,” said co-captain Ryan Reed.

More than 400 official charity partners will be part of the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon, providing thousands of runners the opportunity to run in the world’s most popular marathon.

“Type 1 diabetes can be challenging, but Beyond Type 1 shows that it doesn’t have to be limiting. As a board member of Beyond Type 1, I am thrilled to co-captain this team with Ryan and to run alongside an inspiring team of people, to show that we can live beyond this disease,” said team co-captain Nate Checketts.

Beyond Type 1’s 2019 Beyond Type Run team is made possible with support from lead sponsors Dexcom and Tandem Diabetes Care.

Apparel sponsors Alala and Rhone will provide kits for the runners. Withings, a French tech company that innovates connected health devices, will provide Steel HR Sport smartwatches for each member of the Beyond Type Run team. The runners will also receive MedAngel thermometers to keep their insulin at a safe temperature during training and the event. Beyond Type Run 2019 is supported by research partners T1D Exchange and Tidepool.

Meet the 2019 team and support their efforts here.