Woman To Run 285 Miles In A Wedding Dress, Ending In The Heights​

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Vanessa Reiser is set to run a 285-mile journey over 12 days that will end in a Washington Heights park to raise awareness of "narcissistic domestic abuse." The New York native will complete the entirety of the one-woman run while wearing a wedding dress.

She will begin the journey in Oswego, New York, on May 17 and complete the run on May 29 when she plans to arrive at Jay Hood Park on West 174th Street and Haven Avenue.

The distance is the equivalent of running nearly 11 marathons, meaning Reiser will be doing nearly a marathon a day.

Reiser, who has experienced narcissistic domestic abuse first hand, will wear the wedding dress to "symbolize the silent victims who fall prey to abuse at the hands of their domestic partners."

“What I want the world to know is that narcissism is not about selfies. As a psychotherapist, I know the clinical criteria someone has to meet to be diagnosed as a narcissist, but I did not know the true meaning of what narcissistic abuse was and what it was like for the victims who lived with it, until I started to research," Reiser said in a news release. "I am now part of a tribe; a group of special superheroes who have survived it."

Reiser is a clinical therapist who created both the NYC narcissistic abuse run and the nonprofit Tell A Therapist after her own experience with domestic abuse.

The nonprofit is dedicated to connecting people nationwide with clinicians that specialize in narcissistic abuse and recovery.

Reiser aims to raise $200,000 through her run, which she'll donate to domestic violence centers in each of the counties she runs through. You can find a complete map of her 285-mile run here.

Reiser will run through the following New York counties:

• Oswego County
• Onondaga County
• Madison County
• Otsego County
• Delaware County
• Sullivan County
• Orange County
• New York County (Manhattan)