Prove your mettle in the City of Steel this spring at the Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon weekend on May 5-6. Conquer the bridges and hills of Pittsburgh, and cross your next finish line in the City of Champions!
May 5-6, 2012
Pittsburgh, PA
How to Join the Team
The Organization for Autism Research is currently seeking runners for our 2012 RUN FOR AUTISM-Pittsburgh Team.Register today!
Need a race entry?
Register TODAY for the 2012 Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon, and FedEx Ground Marathon Relay events here: www.firstgiving.com/oar/pgh.
Register for Saturday's UPMC Health Plan/UPMC Sports Medicine Pittsburgh 5K here: www.firstgiving.com/OAR/pgh5k.
Already have your race entry?
Runners who have already registered for the race through the Pittsburgh Marathon website can join the OAR team by registering at the links above and selecting the "Have Race Entry" option.
Team Benefits
RUN FOR AUTISM t-shirt
Specially designed race shirt
Fundraising and Training Guide
RUN FOR AUTISM team emails
Hospitality at the OAR tent in the Finish Line Celebration/Charity Village
Once you reach the $50.00 fundraising level, you will be sent an OAR Runner's Kit. This kit includes the RUN FOR AUTISM t-shirt, specially designed race shirt.
Fundraising
The fundraising minimums for this race are: $300 per person for the half marathon, $500 per person for the full marathon, $750 for relay teams. Sunday 5K team members have a $150 fundraising minimum. Runners who raise $2,500 or more receive a special gift of recognition for their outstanding fundraising efforts.
OAR encourages all runners to set a fundraising goal of at least $1000.
Event Information
Both the half and full marathon courses will take runners along the North Shore of Pittsburgh and will cross each of Pittsburgh's three rivers. This race is known for great crowd support.
http://www.pittsburghmarathon.com/
Why Run for Autism?
Raise money for autism research - More than $.84 of every dollar you raise will directly fund research studies that help answer some of autism’s most pressing questions. Since its inception in 2003, the RUN FOR AUTISM has raised more than $3.1 million for applied autism research.
The Organization for Autism Research (OAR) is a national, nonprofit organization formed and led by relatives of children and adults with autism and Asperger Syndrome. OAR is dedicated to promoting research that can be applied to help families, educators, caregivers, and individuals with autism find much-needed answers to their immediate and urgent questions. Committed to the excellence in its services to the autism community, OAR funds applied research that will make a difference in individual lives; provides information that is timely, useful, and cost-efficient; and offers opportunities for the autism community to collaborate and make advances together.
Whether you are a runner, walker, donor or volunteer, your contribution makes you part of OAR’s RUN FOR AUTISM team.
In the end, you will have made a difference in the lives of thousands of families living with autism.
