{"69422":{"#nid":"69422","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Don\u2019t Miss the 2011 KP Corporate Run\/Walk","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPace yourself and enjoy it. That\u2019s BeNedra Williams\u2019 advice for anyone participating in the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run\/Walk.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis will be my fourth year participating in the race \u2014 three years with Tech and one prior to coming here,\u201d said Williams, a senior benefits counselor in the Office of Human Resources. \u201cCrossing the finish line is the best part of it, but engaging with fellow coworkers from other departments is also a nice part of the experience.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Sept. 8 race attracts 20,000 participants \u2014 from walkers to runners \u2014 from more than 600 Atlanta companies. So far, the Georgia Tech team has more than 200 people signed up, said Faith Doldo, fitness coordinator of the G.I.T. FIT program at the Campus Recreation Center (CRC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe race is pretty much an office party \u2014 outside of the office \u2014 that is meant to help with team building and employee health and fitness,\u201d Doldo added. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESherri Brown, a librarian at the Tech Library, has participated in the race for three years. The highlight of the event for Brown is bonding with colleagues from other departments in the library.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like sweating with others to bring you closer together,\u201d she added. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe race will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in downtown Atlanta. Faculty and staff members, their friends and family, and students are all welcome to join the Tech team.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe cost is $30 per registrant and includes Kaiser Permanente Run\/Walk and Georgia Tech T-shirts, a free CRC membership through Sept. 8, a shuttle providing transportation to and from the race, and an after-party with food, beverages and on-site chair massages the night of the event. Also, the department with the most participants will receive an additional party with on-site chair massages. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo register, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.kpcorporaterunwalk.com\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and join the Georgia Institute of Technology team.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:faith.doldo@crc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDoldo\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPace yourself and enjoy it. That\u2019s BeNedra Williams\u2019 advice for anyone participating in the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Challenge 5K run\/walk.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Pace yourself and enjoy it. That\u2019s BeNedra Williams\u2019 advice for anyone participating in the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Challenge 5K run\/walk."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-08-18 07:34:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:55","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69423":{"id":"69423","type":"image","title":"KP Run\/Walk","body":null,"created":"1449177252","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:12","changed":"1475894609","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:29","alt":"KP Run\/Walk","file":{"fid":"193408","name":"kp_circle.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kp_circle_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kp_circle_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":359600,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kp_circle_0.jpg?itok=8J5gepRB"}}},"media_ids":["69423"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.kpcorporaterunwalk.com\/","title":"Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run\/Walk \u0026 Fitness Program"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.crc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Campus Recreation Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4523","name":"Campus Recreation Center"},{"id":"719","name":"CRC"},{"id":"14030","name":"Kaiser Permanente Corporate Challenge 5K run\/walk"},{"id":"14029","name":"KP Challenge"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:faith.doldo@crc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EFaith Doldo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECampus Recreation Center\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}