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NordicTrack
Corporate Challenge
Picture this. It's 3:15 AM you're standing about 50 yards from the Mississippi River wearing a headlamp, reflective vest, running clothes, and running shoes. You're on what is typically a high-traffic road, but the town is asleep. The only headlights you see belong to race vehicles with wacky sayings like "Run like you wish you could!" and "Injured runner? Need a lawyer?" painted on the side. You're surrounded by about a dozen other runners. Some of them are doing jumping jacks to warm up, others are drinking coffee trying to wake up. One guy is wearing some strange looking chicken hat. You're a bit sleepy but you're pretty sure you just heard him ask you if you wanted to pet his chicken. You look at him; he's actually holding a rubber chicken. You politely decline. Moments later you hear a race official yell "Number one-fourteen, team 'Google One’, is approaching!" You look up the road and see a headlamp bouncing toward you. Here comes your teammate; two days ago she was just your boss. You think to yourself “I'm way too tired for 5 miles right now”. You take the hand-off and start your 5 miles. She just pulled her weight now it's your turn. If you can picture this you're beginning to get a small glimpse of what the NordicTrack Corporate Challenge is all about. And we guarantee that no matter how long you work for that man/woman that handed off to you, you will never look at him/her the same way again. Changes to the Challenge To help this happen we are going
to add special categories within the NordicTrack Corporate Challenge.
Categories will be industry specific. As of right now we have added
the following categories: Law Firms
Accounting Firms
Sports and Fitness
Technology
Food and Beverage
Healthcare
Journalism
Prizes At least two teams must compete in each category. We may add other categories in the future depending on demand. If you would like to recommend a category or if you have questions about which category you belong in please contact Christine Brimley at christine@ragnarrelay.com. Soon after your corporate team registers Christine will contact your team captain to help him/her plan for the race. Christine will also help your captain determine your team’s category. There will also be an overall NordicTrack Corporate Challenge winner. This winner will receive special prizes from NordicTrack. Good luck with the challenge! |
Series Updates
RAGNAR RELAY DEL SOL Exchange #24—Fountain Hills Middle School will have places to sleep, breakfast, and showers, available to participants. There will be a small fee for each of these services and all the money will go directly to the school. Del Sol regular registration ends January 31, 2007. Click here for registration information.
Early registration ends March 31, 2007. Click here for more info. 
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Categories
are winner-take-all. The winner of each category will receive a custom
12" cup. Their team name and company name will be engraved on the cup
and it will be theirs to display proudly in their office for one year.
The following year it will be up for grabs again and a new engraving
will be made to the cup.
| Featured Team - Women Off Piste
We asked Christine about her
most memorable Ragnar Relay moment and this is what she said, "During
the 2005 Wasatch Back we had 12 Barbie’s mounted to our vehicles. Each
Barbie represented a team member and each was posing in a wacky position.
Throughout the race many teams asked if they could take pictures with
our van. The excitement our Barbies generated was a lot of fun and allowed
us to meet many other race participants. After one particular exchange
we returned to our van and discovered that one of the Barbies was missing.
In it's place we found a note telling us to slow down if we ever wanted
to see her again. Unwilling to yield, we continued on our journey. A
couple of hours later we were startled to see sirens blaring Despite the warnings and ransom notes, Women Off Piste finished first in the Women's division and 9th overall. And don't worry; months after the Wasatch Back Barbie was returned safely home. Of her team and their first place finish Christine says, "There's nothing special about us, we're just wives and mothers". We think they are great examples of dedicated women who embody the Ragnar spirit. Awesome job ladies! |
Women Off Piste, captained by
Christine Brimley, has run the Wasatch Back two years in a row. Their
group formed when they discovered that early morning runs were a good
way to bond while doing something they loved. They get together 4-5
times a week and enjoy every minute of it.
and
lights flashing as a police officer pulled us over. The officer walked
up to our drivers window and asked the driver to exit the vehicle. Once
she got out of the van he handed her a photograph and a note. The note
read 'Barbie is a little scared but she is doing ok. She wants to come
home. If you want to see her again leave 6 bottles of gatorade at the
next exchange'. The photo, taken only an hour or two earlier, showed
a man with a pair of black running shorts over his head. He was holding
a knife to Barbie's throat. The team that had taken Barbie for ransom
somehow managed to find time to take the picture, develop it, and recruit
a police officer to deliver it. At the next exchange we happily left
6 empty bottles of Gatorade, but Barbie didn't show up. We waited desperately
for the return of Barbie but by the end of the race we realized she
wasn't coming home."
| Enterprise Rent-A-Car Discount
We are proud to announce Enterprise Rent-A-Car as the official rental car agency of the Ragnar Relay Del Sol. Enterprise is providing special event rates to all Del Sol participants. Whether you need a car to get you from the hotel to the airport or a large van for race day, Enterprise has what you need. To reserve a vehicle that seats more than 7 passengers call Enterprise directly at (602) 225-0588. Please inform the branch that you are a Corporate Class customer, Account # 50C0233. To reserve a vehicle with 7 seats or less click here. |
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