Fort Worth mom runs The Cowtown in memory of son who died the day he was born

The Cowtown Marathon is this weekend in Fort Worth, and more than 26,000 runners are expected to participate in the area’s largest multi-event road race.

One of those runners is Fort Worth mother Jean Johnson, who said the “why” that motivates her is rooted in a race she ran 15 years ago.

Johnson said her first half-marathon came when she was eight weeks pregnant with her son, Marcus. She said she remembers thinking about what it would mean to run a marathon with him one day…

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