Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk Draws Massive Crowds for 26th Annual Event

PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 02, 2008 – Atlanta, GA   --  The 26th Annual Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk drew massive crowds on Thursday, September 25, as more than 15,000 runners and walkers took to the street and collectively pounded the pavement in celebration of the event’s 26th running in downtown Atlanta.  More than 420 Atlanta companies pitched enormous colorful tents in Turner Field’s green lot and celebrated another successful event with catered cuisine, dancing, live entertainment and relaxed networking.  Atlanta Police Officer, Roz Johnson, wowed the crowds with a timely patriotic rendition of the National Anthem just prior to the race start, The Ruperts Orchestra brought back memories with nostalgic 80s music, and a fireworks display capped off an evening to remember.

Awards were distributed by Olympian and race director, Jeff Galloway, in a variety of categories for the 5K (3.1 mile) run/walk:

Fastest Overall
Male:   Alan Black, Southern Company, 16:12
Female:   Kim Bentley, Emory Johns Creek Hospital, 18:05

The Atlanta Journal Constitution CEO Cups
Overall Male CEO:  Tom Davis (Coventry), 20:35
Overall Female CEO:  Cheryl McAfee (Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport), 36:40

Highest Overall Team Participation
Assurant Solutions

Kaiser Permanente Corporate Cups (Most Fit Company)
Less than 100 -- McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
100-999 -- Chick-fil-A
1000-4999 -- Ciba Vision
5000+ -- Georgia Power

Chamber of Commerce “Chamber Challenge” Participation Award
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

T-shirt Design Contest
Most Colorful: Atlanta Athletic Club
Most Original: Buck Consultants/ACS
Best Use of Company Logo: Coventry Health Care of Georgia
Best Use of Event Logo: Marta


About the Kaiser-Permanente Corporate Run/Walk & Fitness Program

The Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk & Fitness Program is a unique workplace-organized fitness event that began in 1983 in Atlanta with 900 participants from a handful of companies. Designed to inspire fun, fitness and camaraderie among Atlanta’s corporate community, the annual event attracts more than 15,000 participants from 400-plus companies and is the largest workplace organized corporate fitness event in the Southeast. Event highlights of the 26th annual event include a free, 8-week “Get Active Atlanta” training program, 5K run/walk, live music, awards ceremony, and hundreds of office picnics in downtown Atlanta, adjacent to Turner Field.

About Kaiser Permanente of Georgia

Kaiser Permanente is the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plan, with more than eight million members in Georgia, Northern and Southern California, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, Ohio and the Mid-Atlantic states.  Kaiser Permanente of Georgia is the state’s largest non-profit health plan, providing health care services to approximately 275,000 members through 15 medical facilities in metro-Atlanta and a network of affiliated hospitals and physicians.

Media contact:

Lynne Andrews, (404) 784-5606
Marketing Expectations, Inc.
lynne@marketingexpectations.com

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