Austin Agape Assists the Austin Marathon!

Bright and early on Sunday morning, Austin hosted its annual marathon. Some runners conquered the 26.2 mile course, and others challenged themselves for the 13.1 half marathon. Quite amazing, really!



Many runners participated in the 26 Miles for 26 Charities Challenge. Each year, charitable organizations are chosen to receive support from the Austin Marathon. Runners collect donations for the charity of their choice.

This year the 26 sponsored charitable organizations were as follows:

ACTIVE Life
Austin Child Guidance Center
Austin Children's Center
Austin Sunshine Campus
Blue Dog Rescue
Capitol Area Food Bank of Texas
Colin's Hope
Communities in Schools of Central Texas
CureDuchenne
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas
Gazelle Foundation
Girls on the Run of Austin
Goodwill Industries/Central Texas
Hill Country Conservancy
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Manos de Cristo
Marathon Kids Inc.
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Rawson-Saunders School
Round Rock ISD Project 5K
RunTex Carrozza Foundation
St. Jude's Heroes
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Texas National Guard Family Support Foundation
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society


Some of our students from Austin Agape woke up bright and early and arrived at 5:30am to support Manos de Cristo. They handed out water to the runners!

Way to run!








And there was a lot of laughter too, of course.




And special congratulations are in order to Byron French who ran the half marathon, raising $930.00 and Shane Webb who ran the full marathon, raising $345.00. They are both donating their funds to the ministries of Manos de Cristo. Way to go, both of you!