Runners will be hitting the streets of Chicago this October when the Non-Profit Chiropractic Organization (NPCO) fields its' largest charity team ever at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. The Oct. 9, 2011 event will be the third time NPCO participates in this world-famous race that brings together runners from all over the world.
Running 26.2 miles is no easy feat and the majority of Team NPCO for Chiropractic runners join the team with no prior running experience. "Our Chicago Marathon team consists of people who are passionate about the chiropractic profession and how chiropractic health care has helped them personally, and how chiropractic can literally change the lives of others," explains Joshua Heines, DC, NPCO president. "Whether our runners are working as a chiropractic doctor, receiving life-changing care as a patient, or are passionate chiropractic students, they step up to meet the challenge and in doing so, they have an experience of a lifetime.
"In contrast, we also have avid runners on our team who are training hard to set a personal record in Chicago to qualify for the Boston Marathon. As Team NPCO runners spend many months training and finally arrive in Chicago in October, they will be running the race to represent chiropractic health care and will be touching and changing lives, one mile at a time."
Registration for the Chicago Marathon opened in February to the general public, but sold-out in a record 31 days. As an Associate Charity with the Chicago Marathon charity program, NPCO has limited entries available to the sold-out race that are currently being awarded to any interested runners. Doctors, patients, and supporters of chiropractic are encouraged to apply and request an entry from NPCO as soon as possible, as the limited available entries will fill up fast. NPCO has created one of the best charity running programs for the Chicago Marathon for 2011.
More information on the Chicago Marathon and how to apply for a sold-out entry as a member of the NPCO race team is available at www.npco.org or by e-mailing teamnpco@npco.org.
Source: Non-Profit Chiropractic Organization
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