Registration begins on March 15th for the Corporate Challenge in Central Park. Race dates are June 15 or 16th, and races begin at 7 p.m. sharp. Save the date! More information to follow!
Jones Beach was a hit! We had over 30 participants, friends’ and family included participating last night. The race took place at 7 p.m. with Terry Bisogno announcing, and Mindy Davidson taking the role of race director. We thank both of them for making it a successful event.
Leading hte UFT mens’ team last night was Ricardo Bailey, running 21:47 for the 3.5 mile event, and Felicia Wagner, running a 25:40 for the women’s side.
Thank you to our backbones of the team, Josephine Piccinic, and Ellen Brach for setting up and shaping up our team camraderie last night, with the best food and drinks around!
On Tuesday August 3rd the UFT Runners will be taking part in the Marcum and Kliegman Workplace Challenge. Come on out and Jon us. To register go to http://www.marcumworkplacechallenge.com/
Hope you can join us for the Corporate Challenge. We run on the Thursday evening, June 17th.
The deadline to register is April 21 or when capacity is reached, whichever comes first. To register goto:
https://register.
The entry fee is $42. A week before the race we will send out more specific information about the race. Typically the UFT comes through with a nice spread of food and beverages along with some goodies like shirts and uniform tops and this year will hopefully be the same.
For other information about the race and about our team, go to http://uftrunners.org/
If you have any questions, email me at kevinsmiller@gmail.com and I will get back to you within a week’s time.
see you soon,
Kevin
Yessirree Bob…March 4th Our Womens Team placed 4th in the world, one minute off of 3rd!!! http://www.jpmorganchasecc.com/results.php?city_id=18&type=women&year=2009
Go to http://jpmorganchasecc.com/events.php?city_id=18&page=events031010 for a video of the race, including a few spots of our own Casey Depasquale.
Casey Depasquale, Amy West, Helen Dole, and Maureen Duffy are running the Chase Corporate Challenge Finals in Johannesburg, South Africa!!! After 25 years of having the Championships right here in NYC in October, they scaled down the event, shipped it off to another country, and made it a spring event. They will be running on March 4th against only 1st place teams from the other 12 cities, worldwide. Congratulations and have a great time!!!!
Despite expectations of torrential showers and chilly breezes, 41 UFT Runners showed up and had a fun June evening.
Our womens team built on its amazing success of a year ago by finishing 1st out of nearly 1000 companies and organizations. Zaia Wharton led the way with a 21:50 (6:14 pace), followed by Casey Depasquale improving on her best Corporate Challenge time by over a minute, finishing in 22:13. Next was Amy West at 22:45 and Helen Dole at 22:59.
As for men, we placed 3rd, a new participant, Chris Delaubenfels led us at 17:56 (5:07 pace), followed by Jesse Horst with his best Central Park time of 18:32. Next came solid dependable vets Joe Tumbarello at 19:25 and Nich Galasso at 19:31.
Our coed team placed 4th, led by old-timers Brian Cloherty at 19:56 and Richie Orazem at 21:13. Newcomer Mo Duffy finished at 23:07 and Felicia Wagner in 23:23.
All of these team members will receive Tiffany plates and qualify for the October International Finals.
Co-chairs Kevin Miller (22:17) and Josie Piccinic (25:29) happened to be the next fastest male and female UFT Runners and thus alternates should anybody not be able to race in the Finals.
The Chase Corporate Challenge organizers have put out a notice that they will not hold the Finals this year, the first time in 33 years…
http://jpmorganchasecc.com/events.php?city_id=18&page=events061809
After the World Trade Center attacks in 2001 they conducted the Finals, though a month delayed. It was very inspiring. Time will tell….this seems a little surprising that they will not find a way to complete this year’s racing series season.
For all of our team members results, go to https://register.jpmorganchasecc.com/teampub/page.tcl?id=41438&team=336676
For detailed results showing our elite team’s results compared to other companies elite team’s results go to
http://www.jpmorganchasecc.com/results.php?city_id=6&type=women&year=2009
http://www.jpmorganchasecc.com/results.php?city_id=6&type=men&year=2009
http://www.jpmorganchasecc.com/results.php?city_id=6&type=mixed&year=2009
Marcum & Kliegman Workplace Challenge Fact Sheet When: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Where: Jones Beach State Park, Zach’s Bay What: A 3.5 mile run/ walk. Also known as: Long Island’s largest participatory event and greatest “Office Picnic” Who: 7500 participants from over 200 companies including over 50 CEO’s/ most senior staff members. Participating organizations include: businesses, non-profits and governmental agencies, representing almost every industry in Nassau & Suffolk Counties. Why: To build camaraderie among employees while networking, having fun and staying healthy! Friends and family are encouraged to participate as well!Visit the website at: http://www.mkworkplacechallenge.com to register. Any questions, email Josie Piccinic at jojjie@aol.com.
I have gotten through the shenanigans to get us registered for this year’s Corporate Challenge. Each team is only eligible to register for one of the two qualifying races and the Wednesday race, June 10th is the one we are participating in. It is always a great end of the year celebration. The UFT will do their best to come through with funding for a post-race party as they have for many, many years. By the time of the race our name may be officially listed as United Federation of Teachers/Board of Education whereas “Board” pays homage to our name over the over 20 plus years participating in the Corporate Challenge. This year we hope to again compete in terms of being the most social team and the most competitive team. Last year we were the last team to leave the park and we had four, 4 person teams qualify for the finals. Returning from those 16 are Zaia Wharton, Helen Dole, Casey Depasquale, Amy West, Josie Piccinic, Felicia Wagner, Taylor Delhagen, Jesse Horst, Joe Tumbarello, Brian Cloherty, Nicholas Galasso, and Richie Orazem. Some top quality runners joining us this year who we have great hopes for are Maureen Duffy and Chris DeLaubenfels. If you were not able to sign up in time, come out and cheer us on at 7:00 PM June 10.
Trodding through the snow and cold….but we’re looking forward to the start of our season on Sunday March 1st, Coogan’s Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5K in Upper Manhattan. http://coogans.com/sections/5K.htm. To sign up go to http://nyrr.org/races/2009/r0301×00.asp
Last year we officially ran it for the first time and had great fun. Between the Klezmer and the Blues bands dotting the course to the wacky Marching Bands scooting in on the festivities, the race itself was, let’s just say, unique. Then the post race unlimited supplies of free Guiness and Corned Beef to racers and anybody else who wanted to stop in made it quite the festive event for UFT Runners, Walkers, and friends and family.
If you are interested, email Kevin Miller at Kevinsmiller2002@yahoo.com
