Updates

  • Ladies - have you checked out Skirt Sports new line for this season? If you haven't tried to the skirt, convert!
  • We have enough sponsor dollars so that 100% of your race entry fee will go to The Smile Train!  Thank you to the kindness of our awesome sponsors!
  • Brian Mullaney, co-founder of The Smile Train, just released an email and video he made while he was in Haiti. Please watch this video. This is why we are having The Smile Train Tri!!! 
  • Power Home Technologies, one of our sponsors, will provide our pace car for the race!
  • The course for The Smile Train Tri is read! Burn it up! If you are a newbie - check out the 8-week training plan.

Let's Turn Our Miles into Smiles

the mission: $10,000

I am trying to raise at least $10,000 for The Smile Train, enough to make smiles for 40 children.

Fundraising began in October, 2007 with a letter-writing campaign that raised over $3,500 in the first two months. Now, with support from Finish Strong Event Productions, there is a new race to achieve my $10,000 fund-raising goal!

the event: The Smile Train Tri, presented by BASF

This is a ground breaking event! Not only is it the first triathlon in Wake Forest, NC, it is the first triathlon ever to benefit The Smile Train. On Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Heritage Wake Forest will open its pool and allow us to swim, bike, and run through their beautiful neighborhoods.

the reason: The Smile Train

The Smile Train is a group of doctors, nurses, and aides who travel the world helping repair cleft lips and cleft palates of children in underdeveloped countries. They train the local professionals to be self-sufficient so that they can continue to provide this life-changing surgery after The Smile Train has moved on. Since March 2000 they have helped over 300,000 children.

They are so cost-efficient that this procedure can cost as little as $250 and 100% of every donated dollar goes to patient programs, not on overhead costs.

the motivation: Ironman Louisville

My love of triathlons began back in the 1990's but was put on hold for a few years so I could start my family. After completing my race that re-entered me into the triathlon circut, I decided then and there that I was going to complete a life-goal of mine - to complete an Ironman Triathlon.

I've signed up and have been training for the Ironman Louisville triathlon to be held on August 31, 2008. I love the sport and challenge of a triathlon and have found a reason to make this bigger than my personal accomplishment. I found an organization whose work changes lives forever.

the sponsors: