Welcome to the Team Challenge Blogosphere!

Welcome to the Team Challenge Crohn's and Colitis Texas blog! This is a place where participants of both the North Texas and Houston Gulf Coast Chapter teams can post their Team Challenge experiences!

For those of you who don't know, Team Challenge is the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's half-marathon training program. Participants train to run or walk a half-marathon while raising funds to find a cure for Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis, two painful, unpredictable and devastating digestive diseases that affect 1.4 million Americans.

Team Challenge participants train for approximately 16-weeks with a professional Walk Coach and Run Coach in order to prepare for a half-marathon at a pre-selected event in a cool locale! If the participant meets their fundraising minimum, Team Challenge covers the cost of travel, lodging, race registration, ground transportation, etc. to the event. Currently, the North Texas & Houston Gulf Coast Chapters are training for the Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half-Marathon that will take place over the course of the weekend of July 18th in Napa Valley.

All of the Team Challenge participants are making a huge difference in the lives of individuals suffering with IBD by not only raising awareness, but also by raising crucial funding in order to help find a cure for IBD.

Beginning in August, Team Challenge will begin recruiting and training for its Winter Season. This Winter, we will be heading to Las Vegas to participate in the Rock 'N Roll Vegas Half-Marathon on December 5, 2010! Viva Las Vegas!

For more information about our upcoming events, please go to www.ccteamchallenge.org and click on either the North Texas chapter (if you are located closer to the Dallas/Forth Worth outlying region) or Houston Gulf Coast/South Texas Chapter.

We hope to see you in Vegas!