National Sponsors

AMD
AMD is excited to be a sponsor of the LIVESTRONG Challenge Series in addition to being The Official Technology Partner of the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

AMD and the LIVESTRONG Challenge Series in collaboration with the LAF are working to increase patient, family and healthcare provider access to crucial treatment and diagnosis information – developing technology solutions that address access, information management and support issues facing the cancer community.

AMD is proud to be sponsoring globally-recognized partners like the LIVESTRONG Challenge Series, ACL Music Festival, Austin City Limits and the Formula One Scuderia Ferrari racing team. – AMD's relationships with these globally-recognized partners are true technology partnerships, demonstrating our innovative technology as well as our partner-focused philosophy.

These world-class organizations analyze every detail of their operations in the name of the excellence and choose only the best partners to succeed. Partnership with AMD shows their commitment to a smarter way of doing what they do best.

AMD lends counsel and technology to these and other world-class partners to learn more, visit www.amd.com and our sponsor site.

Embassy Suites Hotels
As the exclusive hotel partner of the LIVESTRONG Challenge series, Embassy Suites will once again sponsor the Cool Zone, a 10-ft high water misting system that Challenge racers, runners and cyclists can cruise through after finishing their race and get a refreshing mist of cool water. Positioned at the finish line, the Cool Zone offers a place for Challenge participants to meet up with their fans celebrating their victory in the fight against cancer. Volunteers from Embassy Suites Hotels within each Challenge city will be on hand to pass out rally towels and encourage each and every finisher of the race. Additionally, Embassy Suites Hotels make a sizable monetary and in-kind donation to the LAF through their sponsorship of the LIVESTRONG Challenge.

For more information, please visit http://embassysuites.com/livestrong.

Nissan
As a national sponsor of the LIVESTRONG Challenge, Nissan is here to help you achieve peak performance. We've got exclusive training secrets from Lance's coach Chris Carmichael - including how to climb better, ride faster, and handle your bike under any conditions. You'll find videos of Chris's top training moves, a downloadable plan, and tips on recovery and the key to great drafting. Get Chris's plan. Plus, enter to win the all-new Nissan Maxima or one of our weekly giveaways featuring cool gear for almost any sport or activity.

Be sure to visit the Nissan booth at the LIVESTRONG Challenge Portland Village, where you can enter for a chance to win the all-new Nissan Maxima. You'll also have the opportunity to meet Olympian, Mari Holden in Portland and Chris Carmichael in San Jose, Philadelphia and Austin. Don't leave without getting your picture on the cover of Runner's World and picking up Nissan Giveaways.

For more information, please visit www.mastertheshift.com.

HealthMarkets
HealthMarkets became involved with the LAF after an employee attended the LIVESTRONG Summit and LIVESTRONG Challenge in 2006. This employee, a cancer survivor, inspired by his experience during the events, pledged to get his company more involved as a part of his personal action plan.

In early 2007, he set up a LAF information table in the company's corporate campus for LIVESTRONG Day and had an opportunity to talk with the company's president and CEO. That informal point of contact led HealthMarkets to embrace the work that the LAF is doing and, later that year, they signed on as a local sponsor of the Austin LIVESTRONG Challenge. In 2008 they increased their support to a national level, sponsoring the LIVESTRONG Challenge in Portland, San Jose, Philly and Austin.

Not only does HealthMarkets support the LAF financially through their sponsorship, they recently implemented a distribution program that provides LAF information and LIVESTRONG Survivorship notebooks to their insured and have been diagnosed with cancer. In 2008, the company anticipates mailing materials to 3000 cancer patients.

For more information, please visit www.healthmarkets.com.