Las Vegas In One Week! Next Stop...BOSTON!

The Team Challenge Georgia team is headed to rock n' roll in Las Vegas in two weeks! Our participants have trained and fundraised hard and are ready to represent Georgia proud at the Rock N' Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon! 


Missed out on Las Vegas? Don't worry! Our next Team Challenge event will make history! The summer 2010 event will be the:

Boston 13.1 Half Marathon

June 27, 2010 

Boston, MA

Where the Party Meets the Pavement!

This Boston event welcomes all levels of runners and walkers! The course will take you around some of the historical highlights of Boston! 


Information meetings for the summer season start in February! Reserve your spot today!

Monday, February 8, 2010 Doubletree Hotel NW/ Marietta 2055 South Park Place Atlanta, GA 30339 6:30 PM	Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Fulton CountyLibrary Buckhead Branch 269 Buckhead Ave, NE Atlanta, GA 30305 6:30 PM
Saturday, February 20, 2010 Holiday Inn Decatur 130 Clairemont Ave. Decatur, GA 30030 10:00 AM	Tuesday, February 23, 2010 West Stride 3517 Northside Parkway Atlanta, GA 30327 6:30 PM

Saturday, February 27, 2010 Maggiano’s Little Italy 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road Atlanta, GA 30346 9:30 AM Call 404-982-0616 or email Awhitworth@ccfa.org for more information!

The LONG Run/Walk!

We are offically getting up there... in miles that is! This weekend we will be doing an eleven mile run/walk. This is our longest run/walk before Las Vegas! This is probably the longest run or walk many of our particpants have done. Not to worry, you will have all the support you need!
As we get up there in miles a few tips to remember:

1. Fuel up! If you dont' have fuel in your gas tank, you will run out of gas! The same goes for your body. Eat a lite breakfast (I will leave what you eat up to you) before you head out and you can finish strong!

2. Carry your own water. We will have water on the course, but this is a practice that I think everyone should follow. You want to drink when YOU need it, not just when it is available. There are a few races that I can think of that RAN OUT of water and the slower runners and walkers were left dehydrated! Don't let this happen to you!

3. Now is the time to try new things. If there is a goo you have always wanted to try or you just bought a new pair of shorts. TRY THEM NOW. Training runs and walks is when you want to try things out and break things in. You don't want to go out on race day and try a new product that makes you sick or find out at mile eight that those new shorts are chafing. You will hopefully have your perfect race day clothes and perfect snacks all worked out on race day so you can enjoy the day!

4. Save your best stories for the run/walk! Nothing makes those long runs/walks go by faster than great conversation!

5. HAVE FUN! You worked hard to get here! ENJOY IT!

Don't Let Fundraising "Scare You"!

I hope all of you have your costumes ready for the weekend! We have a fun GTS planned this week! We will have a costume contest, a trick or treat and a scary nine mile run and walk!

We are only weeks away from going to Las Vegas! Don't let fundraising scare you! Keep going! Have fun with it! You are helping to find a cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis! be your own fundraising monster!

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Recommitment Day!

Hello!

Today is recommitment day! What are you going to do? Deal in or out?! It would be great if Crohn's or colitis patients had that easy of a decision. Unfortunately, they are "in" until we find a cure!

I hope your experience so far will convince you to "deal in" and continue the journey that you started! Las Vegas is going to be an experience that you will not forget. I hope that you will join the 1000+ Team Challenge participant's at the start line as we cross the finish line to find a cure!

We Are Half Way To VEGAS!!

Time flies when you are having fun right? We have hit the halfway mark in our training for the Rock N' Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon! The team completed seven miles on Saturday! We were lucky and just missed the rain!

I encourage all of our participants to finish the journey you started and cross that finish line with us in Las Vegas! With recommitment right around the corner, I want you to think about all of the people that you are helping by being a part of Team Challenge!

Don't let them down! They need you and your team needs you!

Remember, Team Challenge is changing lives one mile at a time and we are only half way there!

Team Challenge Starts It's Season!!

The time has come!! We start our winter season with our first group training session! We will start our jouney to Las Vegas tomorrow morning, August 29th, at 8:00 AM! We will begin our training session with an apparel and footwear clinic! Come and get fit for the RIGHT shoes and get some great information!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Big Peach Running Company

3881 Peachtree Road

Atlanta, GA

8:00 AM

Haven't signed up for Team Challenge yet? No worries! Come and try us out! You can sign up at the training session!

For more info on Team Challenge go to www.ccteamchallenge.org or call 404-982-0616.

Welcome to Fabulous Team Challenge!

Team Challenge Georgia will be kicking off it's fourth season Saturday, August 22, 2009! The team will be headed to the inaugural Rock N' Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon this December!

Participants will train for 15 weeks to run or walk a half marathon, while raising money for Crohn's and colitis research and patient services.

The kickoff and information meeting will be held at:

Maggiano's Little Italy

4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road

Atlanta, GA 30346

9:30 am (kickoff to follow at 10:30)

Can't attend the kickoff? No worries! You still have a chance to sign up! We will have a bonus meeting where you can come and hear about the event!

Thursday, August 27, 2009

CCFA

2250 North Druid Hills Road, Ste. 250

Atlanta, GA 30329

6:30 PM

To RSVP for any of these events, call 404-982-0616, email Awhitworth@ccfa.org or go to http://www.ccteamchallenge.org/ for more information.