Official Charity Partner for Leon's Triathlon

Proud to announce that Medals4Mettle-Chicago is an official charity Partner for Leon's Triathlon.  Leon's is June 2, 2013in Hammond, IN which is only 20 minute from downtown Chicago.  Great Oly Tri for anyone interested!  Excited to be repping M4M in the Crush Tent City after the race. 

#PrayForBoston

Medals4Mettle is collecting 2013 Boston Medals and will donate them to victims and first responders.  From the website:
All of us at Medals4Mettle are saddened by the unimaginable events at the 2013 Boston Marathon. This historic event celebrates the freedom we have to run through the streets of one of America's great cities on Patriot's Day. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who must deal with the loss of life and the pain of injury. Medals4Mettle will humbly accept donations of Boston Marathon finishers' medals to be sent to our Boston area chapters. We will then place Medals4Mettle ribbons on them and award them to the courageous victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon and the first responders that raced to help them while respecting the privacy of all victims and family members. To donate, please send medals to our Boston Area chapters listed on our chapter page.

Shipping these medals out today to Boston from Chicago!

For any of those that might be running in the next few days/weeks that want to show your support, you can download this bib i made.  I made it "bib" size so should print easily for you.  Just right click and "save image as" and then you can print from your computer. 

For those in Chicago, here are some local runs:
Muddy Monk is doing a 2.62 Run - April 22
Run for Boston 5K- June 15
*I will be at the Lakefront 10 this Saturday with some others wearing this bib on my back.

Prayers and thoughts go to the families of those affected by this senseless act. 

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!