Central Ohio

Training
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training^® (TNT) program is designed for runners, walkers, hikers, cyclists and triathletes of all skill levels and abilities. Experienced coaches design a day-by-day training program that prepares athletes for their particular event.

Group training for runners and walkers consists of Saturday or Sunday morning group trainings that leave from The McConnell Heart Health Center and various metro parks. Cyclists meet on Saturday mornings at various places around central Ohio, and the triathletes meet on Wednesday and Sunday mornings at the Dublin Community Center and local bike trails. All athletes will receive weekly emails with updates on their training sessions.

Heroes                                                                                                                                 Each season we recognize our patient heroes- current blood cancer patients or survivors in whose honor the athletes train, race and fundraise. A hero may be a personal friend or relative of a TNT participant or someone connected with the Society. Athletes will have opportunities throughout the season to meet and interact with their hero at socials and team activities.

Fundraising
In return for TNT's wonderful training and other benefits, participants are asked to raise funds for the Society's efforts to cure leukemia, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma and myleoma.

Once the fundraising minimum is met for the selected event, TNT staff will arrange and pay for each athlete's airfare, hotel stay, race registration and TNT weekend events. Our staff are dedicated to helping each athlete achieve his or her fundraising goals, providing ideas, suggestions and materials.

Participants will also be assigned a mentor. Mentors are former TNT athletes who can provide fundraising ideas and support.

Testimonials

• "TNT is an opportunity of a lifetime. Never have I worked harder while realizing such a gratifying reward in knowing that I have helped the heroes fighting leukemia. The friends that I have met through this experience have not been for only a couple months, but for a lifetime. It is an experience I would not trade for anything."  - TNT athlete after her first event

• "Team In Training is probably one of the best things I have done in my life. Doing something I love to do and helping raise money and awareness for such a great cause. " - TNT mentor

Fill out our online Tell Me More form to learn more about Team In Training.