| Finding time as a runner or walker to work out | | | | donation-solicitation pages that they will personalize |
| can be challenging, especially if you are training for | | | | with your name as the runner or walker in the |
| a marathon, half marathon, or other endurance | | | | associated race. Once you have picked such a |
| race. Here is a trick for finding that time. | | | | charity, you then send your friends, business |
| Trick | | | | contacts, and family members to your |
| Remember the charity for which you will be | | | | personalized page for solicitation and collection of |
| racing and raising money as an endurance runner | | | | the donations. |
| or walker. | | | | Many charities recommend that you ask for so |
| Details | | | | much money per mile or kilometer completed. |
| At least one charitable organization is associated | | | | Because many of the online donation systems |
| with almost every marathon, half marathon, or | | | | have no way to track how far you actually run or |
| other endurance race, and many endurance races | | | | walk in your race, they simply collect the entire |
| have several "run for a reason"-type charities for | | | | donation from any individual donor ahead of the |
| which participants can raise money. | | | | race. In other words, many of the online systems |
| Charities that often associate themselves with | | | | get all the donations "up front" from those who |
| endurance races include those that focus on the | | | | are kind enough to "sponsor" you in your |
| following areas: | | | | fund-raising endeavor for your charity. |
| - Alzheimer's research | | | | This then puts a mental obligation on you to train |
| - Animal protection | | | | for and complete the race for which you solicited |
| - Arthritis research | | | | those charitable donations. |
| - Autism research | | | | And it is this "I cannot let my sponsors down!" |
| - Cancer research | | | | feeling that you can use to motivate you to find |
| - Cancer treatment | | | | time for your running or walking workouts. |
| - Cancer-patient emotional support | | | | Each time that you contemplate delaying or |
| - Cardiovascular research | | | | skipping an endurance workout, your mind will |
| - Child-abuse prevention | | | | naturally go to the fact that you have gotten |
| - Cystic-fibrosis research | | | | friends, family members, and co-workers to |
| - Disaster relief | | | | contribute to your favorite charity in support of |
| - Donor awareness for blood, bone marrow, | | | | your racing goal. And remembering this fact will |
| organ, and tissue shortages | | | | not feel good because you will not want to |
| - Food bank | | | | disappoint all these people who want you to finish |
| - Grief support | | | | that race. |
| - Hospice care | | | | How It Works |
| - Juvenile diabetes | | | | By asking you to remember the charity for which |
| - Literacy instruction | | | | you are racing and to remember everyone who |
| - Liver-disease research | | | | has contributed to that charity in support of your |
| - Lupus research | | | | race participation, this trick pulls at your |
| - Stroke prevention | | | | heartstrings to encourage you to find time for a |
| Many of these charities offer online | | | | workout. |