Announcing Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Fittest Company Challenge
The Knoxville Chamber is pleased to announce the 2009 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Fittest Company Challenge.
The Fittest Company Challenge is open to all area employers and is designed to encourage participation in Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon events by employees of all fitness levels. The 2009 marathon will be held Sunday, March 29.
For the competition, speed does not matter. Winners are determined by the total combined miles completed by a company's employees.
The Challenge awards 3.1 points for completing the 5k, 6.55 points for each person in the 4-person relay, 13.1 points for the half and 26.2 points for the marathon. (Points are determined based on the number of miles in each event.)
First, second and third place awards are presented to companies in small (1-100 employees), medium (101-500 employees) and large (>500 employees) categories. Only employees who finish the races qualify for company points. The team challenge does not count spouses and other family members of employees.
Last year's first place winners were the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus faculty and staff, 1,146.55 points (large company); Radio Systems Corp., 567.8 points (medium company), and LeBlanc Financial, 253.7 points (small company). LeBlanc Financial had the highest percentage of participation, with 90 percent of its 21 employees taking part in the marathon.
Of the 4,674 participants in the 2008 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon, 28 percent or 1,311 participants were employees representing their companies.
Companies that participated in the Fittest Company Challenge in previous years are automatically enrolled for 2009. New companies that would like to participate can contact the marathon office at 865-684-4294 or by email at info@knoxvillemarathon.com to enroll. Participants then register individually for the challenge, and will be prompted to select their employer from a drop-down menu when registering for the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon.