Team "Running to China"

If you clicked on the "Count My Miles" button in the menu bar, scroll down to the bottom of this post to see information about logging miles for our team.

Thank you for considering joining our team! From May to October 2013 we will be training for the Chosen Marathon. If you are not familiar with this race please visit www.chosenmarathon.com.

I don’t have time to look up the site, tell me a little about it.

The Chosen Marathon is held October 26, 2013 near Austin Texas in New Braunfels. This run is a Boston Qualifier and USATF certified. It will definitely be a great race for running enthusiasts and novices alike. The course moves along the Guadalupe River and includes hills and scenery. A half marathon is also run along this same course for those not ready for the full 26.2 miles. MANY families run or even walk the half marathon without previous race experience (training yes, previous half marathons no).

Whether you are already a competitive runner or still a couch potato wishing to cross a finish line in triumph you can support our team!

That sounds like a run I want to participate in, what do I do?
You can register for this race online to benefit our team at www.chosenmarathon.com 

Register to run the full OR half marathon and when prompted enter the team name: Running to China. Then be sure to get in contact with us so we can add your training miles to our team’s goal (see below).  

I’m not ready to run that far, can I still participate?

If you cannot be present the day of the race, or perhaps your training has included too much couch and not enough finish line, you can register as a “sleep walker” and support our team from the comfort of your home on race day. Just go to www.chosenmarathon.com and follow the registration prompts. Be sure to enter the team name: Running to China. And if you are walking or running any distance between now and October 26, 2013 please contact us so that we can add your miles to our team’s goal (see below).

I would run this race if it were near my hometown, but I can't travel to Texas, is there someway I can participate?

Many friends have already expressed a conflict the day of the race: can't travel to Texas/already running another race in October/can't afford the registration fee/etc. If you would run the race with us under different circumstances, consider a way you can contribute that would match your initial expectation. If you would join our team if the registration fee were lower, consider making a donation to our family page and logging your miles without participating in the actual race. If you would run the race if it did not require travel or did not conflict with an existing commitment, consider registering as a "sleep walker" so you can be on our team without being present race day. Bottom line: we want your support and participation in whatever way you can offer it. And if you just can't join the team, spread the word! That will be the most valuable contribution you can make!

How does registering for the race benefit adoption?

Your registration fee will be placed into our team’s “bucket” and distributed to our agency after the race is complete. The funds will be applied to our adoption of a special needs child from China. The more runners we have on our team, the more funds we will have to apply toward our adoption. And, by creating our team, we are given the opportunity to create a family page where tax deductible donations can be made and will be distributed to our placing agency in the form of a grant. Visit our family page at: http://www.abbafund.org/blog/running-to-china/chosen-marathon-teams/

I would like to know more about you before I participate, how can I learn more about your adoption?

We would love for you to visit our family blog: www.krinkes.blogspot.com and continue to follow our story here at adoptingwithoutdebt.blogspot.com. You can also view our YouTube videos by clicking the links in the menu bar on this blog.

I would like to make a donation without having to register for the race.

Tax deductible donations of any amount can be made to our team online through our Chosen Marathon family page at http://www.abbafund.org/blog/running-to-china/chosen-marathon-teams/ . Direct donations can also be made through the ‘donate’ button on this blog.

Why do you want to know about my training miles?

We have made a team goal to “run to China” (hence the team name). This means that between May and October our team (friends, family, neighbors, race participants, and random strangers who decide to participate) will tally all miles run or walked during training. Our goal is to run or walk a total of 6, 879 miles (the distance from our home town to Guangzhou, China) by the end of race day October 26, 2013. This is a goal we are tracking as a family separate from the Chosen Marathon and we want everyone to be able to participate regardless of mobility or financial participation. But we need to know who you are and how far you are going.

So, if you would like your miles to count toward our total go to www.dailymile.com and create an account to track your miles. Once you have an account you can click on the "challenges" button and find our challenge "Running to China". Or email me at kimkrinke@yahoo.com and I will send you a challenge invite (you need a dailymile account first). Dailymile is free and easy to use. You do not need a phone app or anything fancy. You simply input your total after each run or walk and your miles will be tracked for you and shown for our team. It's that easy. 

We hope you will consider supporting this race even if it is not through our team. Please visit the Chosen Marathon site and spread the word!