Lance-Armstrong

Team LIVESTRONG Adds Ironman races to its endurance events series designed to raise funds for people affected by cancer

The Lance Armstrong Foundation has announced a new partnership with Ironman® to raise more than $1 million for people affected by cancer.

Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor, champion cyclist and the Foundation's founder and chairman, will compete as a professional athlete in several Ironman and Ironman 70.3® races this year including Ironman 70.3 Panama, Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas, Ironman 70.3 Florida, Ironman 70.3 Hawaii and Ironman France.

Armstrong is racing with the goal of qualifying for the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on Oct. 13, 2012, and will be competing as a member of Team LIVESTRONG, which is adding these Ironman races to its endurance events series designed to raise funds for people affected by cancer.'

"I am grateful to Ironman for partnering with LIVESTRONG to raise funds and awareness for people affected by cancer," said Lance Armstrong. "In my career as an athlete and as a cancer advocate, I've learned that progress demands partnership, but it's not without a struggle. And that's what Team LIVESTRONG is about -- it's about purpose, it's about challenge and it's about empowering survivors to fight like hell. There's progress to be made with cancer and we invite anyone up for the challenge to join Team LIVESTRONG."

Through this partnership, Ironman will serve as a gold-level sponsor for the Team LIVESTRONG Challenge Series, providing 1,000 entries to the Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events at which Lance will compete. Ironman will also donate four Ironman World Championship slots in 2012 and 2013 to be auctioned with proceeds going directly to LIVESTRONG.

Team LIVESTRONG has a limited number of entries for these events and people interested in joining Armstrong should visit www.TeamLIVESTRONG.org for more information.

Photo credit: Elizabeth Kreutz