M4M Paces Lincoln Half

Honored to be part of the M4M pacing group for the Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon in Springfield.  Scott (M4M Central Illinois Coordinator) did an amazing job at organizing the group.  As a first time pacer, I had an amazing experience and was grateful to be able to raise awareness for M4M.  My pace buddy, Melanie, donated her medal on the spot to a friend of hers right after she crossed the finish line.  In those moments, I am reminded how much I love this organization and proud to be a part of it. 

Medal Presentation

Pace Crew

Hope Children's Hospital

5 medals were given to children at Hope Children's Hospital this past month.  Very grateful to Eileen for making these presentations happen!

New Partnership for Chicago!

Medals4Mettle Chicago Chapter is proud to announce a new partnership with Crush Multisport, Chicago's only All-Inclusive Endurance Sport Social Club! By working together, Crush and M4M Chicago will create more opportunities to gift medals to worthy recipients through Crush Multisport's existing partner charities.

I am personally really excited about this opportunity and love what Crush has to offer.  You can join the club for a small yearly fee and you get coupon codes for discounts on local races and fee socials.  It seriously pays for itself if you race 2-3 of their tris a year! Check them out!   

Any Chicagoland Triathletes out there?

.... a message from Chicago Coordinator, Nicole

Well, hello there.
After some google searching and having no luck finding a central place for Chicago Triathlete Bloggers to connect.... a blog was born!

http://chicagotriathletebloggers.blogspot.com/

My mission for this blog is as follows:

• Allow fellow Chicago triathletes to find one another... and their blogs
• Create a section of race reviews specific to the Chicago/Midwest area
• Share coupon codes if people know of them... as we all know, tris and gear can be pricey
• Highlight bloggers with guest posts (from newbie to pro topics)
• and hopefully much more as the blog evolves!

So, join us as we prepare for a great 2013 season and look forward to getting our bikes off our trainers!

Repeat Donation

Chicago is excited to be working with Mercy Home for Boys & Girls to donate 25 medals to them!  This will be the second time we have worked with Mercy Home.  The administrators use the medals for rewards for academics or athletics and had great feedback from the kids last year.  Honored when we are able to donate to a group more than once as it is a great testimony of the value of the medals and how they can inspire others!

Relay for Life

Eileen with the Chicago Chapter was able to present medals to Cancer Survivors that were participating in Relay for Life in Evergreen Park.  (Relay for Life is a relay fundraiser for the American Cancer Society that begins with Survivors starting the event!)  Sadly, I was on vacation and not able to attend but it appears there was a great turnout and wonderful reception of the medals.  

Full Photo Gallery HERE
Full Article HERE

New Partnership for Chicago Chapter

Excited to announce, Eileen Rowan, will be working with the Chicago Chapter and their medal gifting efforts.  Eileen has been part of the running community for a while and read the Runner's World article about M4M and wanted to help.  She already has two events in the works!  Palos Heights Half Marathon where there will be a M4M table and Relay for Life in July.   Welcome aboard Eileen!