Need to raise charity money for a race? Sell custom shirts!

Have you ever considered joining a training group like Team in Training or TeamChallenge, only to realize that you have no idea how to go about raising the massive amounts of money required? Sure, it's a great idea to use an event that will benefit your body to raise money for other worthy causes, but it's hard to hit up friends and family for donations. But what if you could sell them a cool, unique product, and use the profit for your race?

You can, with spreadshirt.com! It really works -- one runner raised $1000 in just a week this way.First visit the site and create personalized apparel for your supporters (like the shirt above or the ones in the gallery). You can get as creative as you want! Then, set the price of your shirt -- a $10 shirt might be $5 to create leaving $5 toward your charity.

Finally, you'll create a personalized spreadshop -- again, you can be creative in your personalization, calling it KristenIsAwesome.com or something. Yeah, I think that has a nice ring to it.

Not only will this raise funds for the charity of your (or your team's) choice, but it will personalize your race experience. Imagine seeing your supporters scattered all along your route wearing shirts with your name -- if that won't get you to push just a little harder, I don't know what will!