When I worked at Coca-Cola, I organized a Running Team each year to compete in the Corporate Cup Races held in October. We were fairly competitive against companies of the same size, but the Cup each year was dominated by the larger companies in Louisville, i.e., Ford, GE, UofL, etc. And, specialty companies like Swag's Sport Shop, which hired runners to work there. It was a chore each year to get enough people to run so that we had a runner for each event. You need men, women, differing age groups, Long distance runners, mid-distance runners, and Sprinters. We had several runners at Coca-Cola, and they were more than willing to join, but it was hard to talk people in to getting on the team when they normally didn't do any running. I was always proud of how well our team did, and how the non-runners performed when called on. It was always a lot of fun. A two day event, Saturday and Sunday, with relay races, mile races, 5K and 10K races. Events for men, women, and over 40's.In the top picture, I'm at the far left, and in the bottom picture I'm under 'o' in 'Coca'.
We had teams from 1982-1989.
2 comments:
I like the sign in the top picture. The word I'm having to type is grampi.
Hmmm...got some runners in the family! Wouldn't be surprised if Erin organized a few races too!
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