Team To End AIDS

This group does great things for wonderful people. Keep up the good work!

I trained, fundraised and competed in my first ½ marathon trail run as a T2 member in Hawaii. Let me say, it was the best, most rewarding as well as hardest thing I have ever done. I now have a wonderful feeling of completion mixed with the satisfaction of personal achievement. If you have ever wanted to do something that will help many people as well as yourself at the same time, become a T2 member today! I promise, you will love every minute of it!

This organization is absolutely fantastic! I have trained and completed four marathons with them. I recently dropped out of my fifth due to schedule conflict.
The best coaches with nicest site assistants! The program is well developed and coaches and site assistants are all dedicated to the helping. I love love this APLA!

I just completed the Xterra ½ Marathon Trail Running World Championship with the Team to End AIDS, and words cannot accurately express how much I enjoyed the staff, the program, the coach, and the training… all of it was absolutely amazing.
I was never a runner and a couple years ago I broke multiple bones in my feet which left me in crutches and a cast for a little over a year after multiple surgeries. I was apprehensive about doing anything too physical after my foot injuries but that quickly faded once I met my teammates.
If you have ever thought about doing a run I would highly recommend you do one with the Team To End AIDS, you can’t find a better group of people to encourage and help you along the way and you’ll be helping out a great non-​profit, AIDS Project Los Angeles.
I’m happy to answer any questions about my experience if this glowing review didn’t convince you :-)

I’m training with Team 2 End AIDS for my 3^rd race in a row coming up — that’s 1 marathon, 1 triathlon, and now another triathlon.
When I first signed up last year to train for the LA Marathon, it was more of a «why not?» sort of deal — might as well cross «marathon» off my bucket list.
As I trained, it became about so much more.
The group is incredibly supportive and I’ve truly made life-​long friends in training. They leave no one behind and make everyone — regardless of fitness level — truly believe they can accomplish what seems impossible. And everyone does! They’re well-​organized, positive, encouraging, enlightening and there literally every step of the way.
With the marathon, our training group raised over $ 300,000 to help those living with HIV/​AIDS and with the triathlon our group raised over $ 130,000. Amazing!
Really the journey ends up being more about what obstacles you can overcome within yourself and you get to do that while helping others.
Fund-​raising is easy as well! They’re constantly helping you reach your fund-​raising goal and, if you have a fund-​raising event, you can bet there will be a group of T2’ers there to help.
There are so many different, fun things that you can accomplish in life, «impossible» tasks. Stuff that not a lot of folks do.
This is a helluva training program to help you do just that!
…And if you set out to accomplish a goal (run a marathon, complete a tri, do a trail run), you might as well help out others and raise money while you’re doing it, right?
Probably the best decision I’ve made in the past year personally is to jump on board the T2 train!

Go T2! I first ran with Team to End AIDS back in 2001 (back then it was just called the AIDS Marathon, I think). I had never run a marathon before. I had never raised money for a charity before. I had never been to Hawaii before. All that changed. The training program is really easy to take on. It sounds daunting at first, but the coaches are right there for you as well as Alumni who have been through this before. You are capable of so much more, physically, than you give yourself credit for. People of all body types and fitness level CAN finish a marathon. T2 can help.
Also in training, you will help those living with HIV/​AIDS. For some of us (me included) the fundraising seemed more challenging than running the 26.2 miles on marathon day. But it’s easier than you think. And if you get stumped, the T2 team is there to help un-​stick you.
Not only will you personally achieve something great to mark off your bucket list, you will do something great for so many in need AND you WILL make friends; great friends.
I am now training for my 3^rd marathon in 11 years. I am so proud to be a part of this group of incredible people who, as part of their daily lives, make a positive difference in the world. If you are thinking of checking out T2, stop thinking and go for it. You won’t regret it; not for a second… well…maybe just when you’re running up hill ;) but as soon as you remember why you’re there… you’ll be glad you are. Go T2!

This really is as good as it gets. Last year, I was a couch potato who hated waking up before noon to work out. The T2 training program changed all of that very quickly and actually has changed my life more broadly. What once seemed impossible– completing a marathon and now a triathlon– is now a reality. Its a great place to meet folks from all walks of life committed to ending HIV/​AIDS. All levels of athleticism are welcome. I’ve loved it from Day 1 and am excited for the next marathon with T2!

I am a proud member of Team To End AIDS. I have trained for and run 3 marathons with them and will be running the 2013 LA Marathon next. In addition to raising money for a great cause, the friends I’ve made while training are some of the greatest people I’ve ever met. I believe in what we do so much and even started working for T2 as a site assistant, helping to train other runners. Joining T2 was one of the best decisions I have ever made and it has literally changed my life. I was a fat 50-​year couch potato who swore I would only run if someone was shooting at me when I started training with T2 over two years ago. I have since lost over 40 pounds and think nothing of going for a 14-​mile run with one of my T2 friends just for the fun of it like I did this past Sunday. I have never felt this good about myself and am proud to be part of such a worthy organization that does so much for those living with HIV and AIDS. Join T2. You will not regret it.