Livestrong Challenge - schedule for 2009

[ny biker]

I'm pretty sure you can join a team after you register. If it's not clear on the registration site, then I would call them and ask.

I'm having trouble getting to my email right now (takes forever for the stupid ads to load! grrr) but I have a recent newsletter that provides the phone numbers. I'll post them when I can get access to it.
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Okay, finally got access to the email newsletter.

General Inquiries:
livestrongchallenge@laf.org
888-4-CHALLENGE (888.424.2553)

City Specific Inquiries:
seattlechallenge@livestrong.org
sanjosechallenge@livestrong.org
phillychallenge@livestrong.org
austinchallenge@livestrong.org

Also there is this, which may be of interest to some folks:

What is a Virtual Participant?

You spoke, and we listened! We heard from many of you last year who wanted to participate in a Challenge but couldn't make it to the event, so we created a new registration type just for you. In the event that you can't make it to a Challenge, or if you know of someone who wants to join your team in the fight against cancer, just sign up as a Virtual Challenge Participant. You will have access to all of our great fundraising tools and can ride or walk with us on the day of the event in your own city. After the Challenge is complete, we will send you a T-shirt and water bottle.

[bluebug32]

Thanks!

So excited to sign up and start training for this

[ny biker]

Looks like today is the perfect day to sign up!

And I thought I was getting a deal when I only had to pay $35 on the first day they opened registration...

[bluebug32]

We're currently fighting over a team name. This is what I get for signing up with boys.

[Possegal]

I knew when I paid $35 that a half-off day was likely in the future. In 06, 07 and 08, it was in May on their "livestrong day", which I believe was never on the same day in May. Then I read that this year, Livestrong day is in October and I thought - well how is that going to help my team save money? I almost contacted one of the people there that I talked a lot with last year to ask him, please tell me if there will be another 1/2 off day, so my team can save themselves a little money. No need now. Though so far only 2 of them have signed up and saved.

And sorry you are fighting over team names. I run my team like the dictatorship I think it should be. KIDDING.

[bluebug32]

Well, it's definitely an important cause, so I don't want to have a silly, trite sounding name. But I don't want some kind of cancer fighting cliche either. Ahh...sometimes I hate that I'm a writer and can't settle for mediocrity.

[Possegal]

Mine actually kinda wrote itself. We started the team because my sister Kelly had just been diagnosed. Her first day of chemo, her daughter commented that other people had a Chemo buddy, but there were so many of us there that her mother had a Chemo Posse. I laughed and said to her - I think you just named our Livestrong team. And thus, Kelly's Posse was born.