LaunchSquad Goes Runnin’
For the fourth year in a row, LaunchSquad participated in the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge, a 3.5-mile run around Crissy Field and Fort Point just below the Golden Gate Bridge. Just as our company has experienced some significant growth over the past few years, so has our running squad; we’ve gone from a mere six in our inaugural race in 2004 to a company-high 16 participants this year. Despite some hesitation and pre-race jitters (along with some chilly and windy weather), everyone did a stellar job and finished as well if not better than the goals they had set for themselves. Overachievers? Maybe, but hey, we don’t settle for less.
Whether your inspiration was Steve Prefontaine: “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift”; The Little Engine That Could: “I think I can, I think I can”; or, my personal favorite, Bill Rodgers: “The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die” (no one said 3.5 miles was easy!); it was a great evening and we all had a lot of fun. Or maybe it was the delicious food at Bayside afterwards. Regardless, once we recover from being sore, I think everyone will get going with training for next year’s race. Lace ‘em up!
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Jason M.