The Event
J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge is an annual series of 5.6 km team road
races operated by J.P. Morgan Chase. A participating Company or organization
organizes the teams and the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation makes charitable
donation proportional to the number of participants. J.P. Morgan Corporate
Challenge’s complete schedule was announced with 3.5 mile road races in 12
cities in six countries. There are various different dates on which
J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge takes place. J.P. Morgan Corporate
Challenge series is the perfect platform to celebrate and promote the benefits
of healthy competition.
The individual participant must be of a corporate team. Each team needs to register a minimum of four employees and there is no limit to the number of employees which can be on a company team.
J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge is a world famous sporting event for the full time business community. Approximately 221,704 participants from 7,731 companies are drawn in the event and donated more than $600,000 to local not-for-profit organizations. This event is planned so companies and their employees can come together in a healthy and camaraderie-filled environment. Each event is held on a weeknight, and just after work.
More information can be found on their website http://www.jpmorganchasecc.com/
This year’s event was held on 12th July 2007 in Battersea Park, London.
My Event
2007 had been a disappointing year for me so far. After being accepted for a place in the London Marathon, I had to postpone my place over to next year due to the fact that I had picked up a knee injury in the Hastings Half Marathon. I had tried something new by trying to begin a spell of long distance running and my body was obviously not enjoying the demands!
However, the 3.5 mile (5.6 km) route of this event came around after I had time to recover from this injury. It was my third time competing in this challenge, once again through Fidelity Investments.
The route around Battersea Park was one that I had grown to know now. This helped me control my pace in the race and I finished another warm evenings work with a similar time that I had achieved before.
This was to be my only event in 2007, but I had my place in the London Marathon carried over to next year so there was plenty of training to be done all over again!