| Has your fear of failure ever stopped you from doing | | | | participants to do something that saves lives and |
| something, and even convinced you that doing it would | | | | makes a difference, as well as enhances their own |
| be stupid? Imagine the boost to your self esteem and | | | | lives and self esteem. |
| your sense of accomplishment if you did it and you did | | | | Is it easy? No, but anything worth accomplishing |
| succeed. | | | | generally takes work. Will TNT make you an |
| Have you ever wanted to run a marathon? Or do a | | | | endurance athlete? No, you will make you an |
| triathlon? Or ride a bicycle 100 miles? Have you ever | | | | endurance athlete. TNT will provide guidance, |
| been flipping through the channels on the TV and | | | | experience, knowledge and support. These things are |
| come across, say, the New York City Marathon, and | | | | key to your success. |
| think to yourself, "I wish I could do that," only to quickly | | | | The program starts out at a very basic level with a |
| dismiss the thought with "I could never do that," or I'm | | | | training schedule laid out for every week, taking you a |
| too _____ to do that, " or "I can't do that because I | | | | step at a time up the endurance ladder, culminating |
| have...." | | | | with a local or national half or full marathon, century |
| There is a training program that, over the last 20 years, | | | | bike ride or triathlon. This program caters to all |
| has trained more than 350,000 people just like you to | | | | experience and ability levels. The success of the |
| successfully complete a half marathon, marathon, | | | | program lies in the fact that you don't do this alone. |
| century bike ride or triathlon. Regardless of your | | | | Your coaches, mentors and fellow participants are out |
| lifestyle, barring extreme physical or medical | | | | there helping you, and you are helping them. |
| impairment, this program can take you from couch | | | | Along this journey you fundraise. Again, you have help |
| potato to endurance athlete in five months. | | | | from your mentors and staff. The minimum amount |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in | | | | you're required to fundraise depends on the event you |
| Training (TNT) is an organization designed specifically | | | | choose to go to, but a minimum of 75% of your |
| for the purpose of training participants to be endurance | | | | fundraising amount goes directly to cancer research. |
| athletes in exchange for the participants fundraising | | | | So, if you've ever wondered what you can do to |
| money which goes to research for the cure of blood | | | | make a difference, or if you've ever felt insignificant in |
| cancers. TNT is the largest endurance training | | | | this big, beautiful world, then this is your chance. You |
| organization in the world, having raised over $700M in | | | | can make a HUGE difference. You can save lives, and |
| the last 20 years. | | | | that makes you a hero. It's happening every day, all |
| The key to TNT's success is the level of | | | | over the globe. And you can improve your own health |
| professionalism, knowledge and dedication of the staff, | | | | and self esteem in the process. Set your goals high. |
| coaches and mentors (previous participants who have | | | | How do you know what you can accomplish if you |
| chosen to remain involved), and the desire of the | | | | don't try? |