Western North Carolina

Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon & 1/2 Marathon

Disney's Princess Half Marathon Weekend  

Marathon de Paris, Paris Marathon

Virtual Team In Training (VTNT) is an exciting program available in select parts of the United States and is designed to bring all of the benefits of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training ^® (TNT) to people who do not live near an active TNT program.  Join us and train online through VTNT.

VTNT is a program for runners and walkers that offers the following event options:

• Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, (New Orleans, LA, walk or run, full and half), February 28, 2010
• Disney's Princess Half Marathon Weekend, (Orlando, FL, walk or run, half marathon only), March 7, 2010
• Marathon de Paris, Paris Marathon, (Paris, France, walk or run, full marathon only), April 11, 2010
• Rock 'n' Roll Marathon ^® (San Diego, CA, walk or run, full), June 6, 2010
• Mayor's Marathon and Half Marathon (Anchorage, AK, walk or run, full or half), June 19, 2010
• Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon & 1/2 Marathon (Seattle, WA, walk or run, full or half) June 26, 2010
• Bank of America Chicago Marathon (Chicago, IL, walk or run, full) October 2010 
• Nike Women's Marathon & Half Marathon (San Francisco, CA, walk or run, full or half) October 2010 
• adidas Dublin Marathon (Dublin, Ireland, walk or run, full) October 2010 
• ING New York City Marathon (New York, NY, walk or run, full) November 2010
• Women's Running Magazine Women's Half Marathon (St. Petersburg, FL, walk or run, half) November 2010
• Walt Disney World ^® Marathon Weekend (Orlando, FL, walk or run, full and half), January 2011
• PF Chang's ^® Rock 'n' Roll Arizona ^TM Marathon & 1/2 Marathon (Phoenix, AZ, walk or run, full and half), January 2011  

VTNT participants receive all of the benefits of TNT participants and more, including:

• Training to run or walk a marathon or half marathon, provided by online experienced coaches and experts  
• Transportation and accommodations to the featured event
• A once-in-a-lifetime experience to complete a personal goal and, at the same time, to help stop leukemia and other blood cancers from taking more lives  
• Inspiration by a patient hero - a child or adult cheering for you every step of the way
• Your very own Web site to help tell others about your participation in TNT and to help raise funds online from friends, family and co-workers

In return, VTNT participants commit to raising funds to support the Society's mission of finding cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma and improving the quality of life of patients and their families.

Information on our Canadian VTNT program can be found here. 

Request more information on VTNT by completing the form below, by contacting VTNT manager Julie Oplinger at julie.oplinger@lls.org or by calling (703) 535-6650, ext. 5814.

Chat with other TNT participants, click here to go to our message boards.