Westside LA Team In Training - Summer 2009 Marathon & Half Marathon Team

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Name: Stacey Levine
Team: Westside LA Marathon
Number of TNT Seasons: 2
Last TNT Event: Honolulu Marathon 2008

Why did you join TNT?
I joined TNT to meet people, challenge myself, acheive a goal, help people and to feel like I was doing something good in the world!

What was your best fundraiser?
I set up a table at my workplace (a concert venue) and collected small donations from concert-goers. I also helped secure gear for a battle of the bands fundraiser and got to use part of the proceeds toward my fundraising goal.

Most memorable TNT moment?
Crossing the finish line with a giant smile on my face, and celebrating with my new friends for a few days in paradise!

What would you have done differently during the season if you could start over?
I would have made it to more social events and more team members’ fundraisers.

Do you have any other words of wisdom for our participants?
Your teammates are awesome. Get to know them!

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Name: Veronica
Team: Westside LA Marathon
Number of TNT Seasons: 3
Last TNT Event: Nike Women’s Marathon

Why did you join TNT?
I had just broken up with my boyfriend and didn’t have any close friends who weren’t running the LA Marathon so they brought me to practice and tricked me into running a marathon. Then I tricked myself into running another one. Then I think something went very wrong in my brain and now I’m back for a 3rd season. (No joke, true story).

What was your best fundraiser?
PUB CRAWL! With Carlos on Main Street in Venice.

Most memorable TNT moment?
The victory party for Nike – they announced all the chapters and our Westside team got up on our chairs and started dancing when they said our names. Then they had to come tell us to get down. We didn’t.

What would you have done differently during the season if you could start over?
Maybe controlled my libations on Saturday nights a little better? Hm… no I wouldn’t change anything.

Do you have any other words of wisdom for our participants?
HAVE FUN! Make friends, don’t rely on the one or two people you may have signed up with. Go to fundraisers and team events and just allow yourself to have a good time during the season.

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This will be an ongoing series, where we will feature an alumni so you, our readers, can learn some new things from people who has done it before. If you, or anyone you know is a Team in Training Alumni, please fill out this form.