To empower kids & families facing pediatric cancer
At Project Outrun, we believe that mindset and movement are medicine and sport can heal.
What Outrun means to us
Every story has a beginning. Every race has a starting line. For Project Outrun, that starting line was a little girl named Kylie Rose Jacobs.
In 2015, founder Andy Shepperd ran Kylie’s 5K in Copley, Ohio, while she was in remission from cancer. After her cancer returned the following year, Andy found himself wondering, “What would I do if this were my daughter in the fight?”
As a runner and avid sneakerhead, his answer came naturally: create a custom pair of shoes for Kylie, inspired by the logo and colors of her 5K. Her family’s reaction sparked something bigger.
One pair of shoes. One meaningful moment. And the starting line for what would become Project Outrun.
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Project Outrun is a Northeast Ohio nonprofit organization that has helped join thousands of Athletes in the fight against cancer
“And just like that, Hal has outgrown her first pair of Nike Project Outrun nug shoes. This pair has been on her feet since her diagnosis. She’s had to relearn to walk in them, she wore them to every therapy appointment, she’s worn them up and down the halls of the hospital, she’s dirtied them up and loved on them much. I never knew I would ever feel attached to a pair of shoes until they became a symbol of outrunning cancer.
Luckily we have two more pairs of the next sizes up but I think we’re going to have to order more so she can keep outrunning 
Thank you Project Outrun for this first pair. They will hold a special spot in all our hearts as Hal’s first pair of ‘nugs’.”
Our finish lines are meant to encourage our kids to set and achieve goals.We tell the kids,
“Set a goal; something big, something small. But when you achieve that goal, put on your Outrun Shoes, have mom or dad hold that finish line and bust through! Because nothing feels as good as running through a finish line.”
“These. Shoes. These shoes were designed, worn, and loved by Ryder. These shoes have gone where ever Ryder has gone and done whatever Ryder has done. These shoes were worn the day we celebrated Ryder’s last chemo treatment and to the MRI where we learned he had to start again. These shoes are dirty, worn, and special. These shoes are (now) too small and have been officially retired. And as sad as we are to put them away, it is not lost on us the fact that Ryder was able to grow out of them at all.
We are so thankful for these shoes and for the new pair Ryder has to take him through his next adventures. We are so grateful to @projectoutrun who put these shoes on Ryder’s feet.”
