Project 10.15 runners prepare for North Dakota relay

WEST FARGO — After months of planning, runners with Project 10.15 are getting ready to hit the road, honoring babies lost during pregnancy or infancy. They gathered in West Fargo on Wednesday, Oct. 14, for a kickoff before starting their relay across North Dakota on Thursday. Twelve runners will cover nearly 480 miles before finishing in West Fargo. According to the Mayo Clinic, 10 to 20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. Some runners are remembering their own children. Others are running for friends, relatives or families they ve met through their work. For Rachel Bakken, an Essentia Health labor and delivery nurse who is running in the event, it's a chance to remind those families their babies haven't been forgotten. I want to show support for them and let them know that we still think of them many, many years later. And I just want them to know they've always been remembered, Bakken said. There will be a finish-line celebration at noo