National Sports Campus Kicks Off GT5K Corporate Team Challenge
NATIONAL SPORTS CAMPUS KICKS OFF GRANT THORNTON CORPORATE 5K TEAM CHALLENGE
Hundreds of runners took part in the Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenge last night in Fingal at the National Sports Campus. Aimed at encouraging social running amongst the business community, the event welcomed both seasoned runners as well as beginners.
The event offered participants a view of the National Sports Campus and its excellent sports facilities and got the Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenge series for 2016 off to a great start.
This was a team event with four participants per team combining to determine the winner. There were prizes on offer for the top three teams in the Male, Female and Mixed categories, and all entrants received a souvenir technical t-shirt and a goody bag. The winners of the mixed category were Hubspot with a total time of 1:25:09, the female winners were Your Pace or Mine with 1:49:09 and the first team across the line and winners of the male category were Europcar with 1:24:11.
The first male across the line was Feidhlim Kelly in 17:20, while Aileen Kane of Grant Thornton took the female honours in 21:13. Full results are on myrunresults.com HERE
Paul McCann, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton said: “As a team event, the Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenge is a great opportunity to build team spirit and promotes friendly competition amongst colleagues. It also encourages people to lean toward a healthier lifestyle, which is considered extremely important within Grant Thornton.”
John Foley, CEO of Athletics Ireland, said: “As an association one of our core strategic objectives is to promote health and fitness among the population as a whole. It is great to see the Fingal business community participating in the Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenge for a second year.”
David Conway, Chief Executive, National Sports Campus said: “We were delighted to welcome the Grant Thornton 5k Team Challenge back to the National Sports Campus and to support the wonderful work done by both the nominated charity The Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Athletics Ireland.”
The next Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenge for the diary is Wednesday 29th June 2016 in The Mall, Cork City, with the flagship event taking place in the Dublin Docklands on Tuesday 13th September 2016. To enter your team for either of these upcoming events, go to www.grantthorntoncorporatechallenge.ie.