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erietom
40 posts since
Oct 25, 2006

Dec 27, 2007 2:29 AM

GE vs other corporations - McNaughton Park in April 2008?

GE runners, let me know if are doing the McNaughton Park Trail Run on April 11th - either the 50, 100 or 150 (me) mile versions. I posted an event listing on the GE Runners Page (contact me for the link if you don't know what it is and I'll email it to you). Hope to see you there (and hopefully take on other corporate challengers!).

Non-GE runners - do you have enough runners for a corporate team to take on the GE ultra team? I think it would be great to have a 'corporate challenge' ultra like they do for other track & field distances and events! There is the Austin TX marathon corporate challenge in February, I'm hoping this McNP ultra (since it is centrally located in the US) could be the ultra version of the marathon corporate challenge!


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The Professor063
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Aug 11, 2007
1. Oct 26, 2007 6:08 PM in response to: erietom
The Haliburton Team will only compete if the race director guarantees that they will win. The Enron team stopped competing a few years back because there were conflicting reports on how they calculated their finishing times. It was thought that the Arthur Anderson team was helping them calculate their scores, but it turns out that everyone was wrong. Microsoft has a team, but they never let any other teams run the races. No one ever knows which races the AT&T team is running because they always run under different names. The Exxon-Mobile team is terrible to run against because they leave their GU wrappers all over the course (they also manage to get the race director to pay THEM to run). The General Motors team used to be huge, but now they just have a few runners left. The Kmart team and Sears team banded together because they always came in DFL?now their combined team finishes DFL.
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erietom
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Oct 25, 2006
2. Oct 30, 2007 6:57 PM in response to: erietom
Ok, it doesn't sound like anyone works with other 'nutballs' like us... but there are a handful of us where I work that run ultras.
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Tom Thornton
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Nov 12, 2007
3. Oct 31, 2007 6:37 AM in response to: erietom
ErieTom: a buddy of mine works for GE in Eerie (initials are AE), he paced me when I ran The Laurel Highlands Trail back in '04. I highly doubt he'd be up for McNaughton.

I work for one of the corporations craftily spoofed by The Professor. I ran McNaughton in '06, and am thinking, albeit slightly, about running it again in '08. Does one person count as a corporate team?
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4. Oct 31, 2007 11:55 AM in response to: erietom
Ill be on that made up corporation, now you got two. Im planning on being there for the 150 miler. Which brings me to another point im looking for a pacer for the night portions. Probably be two nights ...lol if anyone is interested let me know

thanks

Marc
sk8dog76@hotmail.com
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erietom
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Oct 25, 2006
5. Oct 31, 2007 10:07 PM in response to: erietom
Since this isn't an official corporate challenge (yet - I've emailed the GE runners team captain about it - stay tuned), we can make up the rules as we go along... so sure, a one person team is fine! So it sounds like we have at least 2 or 3 "corporations" represented so far!

TommyT - I'm wracking my brain and can't figure out AE, but I'm new to running (summer 2004) and have been doing ultras just the past 2 years. Let your buddy AE know it is 5+ months away yet, maybe they would be ready for the 50 miler by then! Or if you email me I can rattle their cage at work too. :-)

Sk8dog - hopefully I will still be going through the 2nd night also, maybe we can take turns slapping the he** out of each other to keep each other awake. ;-) This should be interesting... two nights of running.
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Sherpa John
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Dec 14, 2007
6. Nov 1, 2007 5:53 AM in response to: erietom
Tom... will you count Team Sherpa as a Team? I know we'll have me and maybe another there for the 150.
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erietom
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Oct 25, 2006
7. Dec 27, 2007 2:29 AM in response to: erietom
Still no reply from the GE running team captain. I might have to send a follow-up email. I think it is time us ultra folks have a corporate challenge - why should it be just for every other distance / event?? WE WANT EQUAL TIME ! ;-)

Sherpa John - is Team Sherpa incorporated? :-)

Ok, so far we have:
1) GE
- Erie Tom (150 miler)
- perhaps Bill Gross (50 miler)
- perhaps TommyT's friend AE
2) Enron or one of the companies the Professor mentioned
- perhaps TommyT (TBD miler)
3) Team Sherpa, Inc.
- SJ (150 miler)
- SJ's friend (150 miler)

This is going to be one heck of an event! CLASH OF THE CORPORATE TITANS! :-)



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erietom
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Oct 25, 2006
8. Nov 5, 2007 3:22 PM in response to: erietom
Just got another GE guy that might do it. So now we are up to 3 defnites and a few maybes. This is really starting to take off ! :-)
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erietom
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Oct 25, 2006
9. Nov 25, 2007 7:33 PM in response to: erietom
Just bumping this back up to the top so others that missed it originally might consider it. Guess it will be an 'unofficial' corporate challenge since there isn't much interest in ultras at the corporate level apparently! :-(
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ptroiano
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Jul 6, 2007
10. Nov 26, 2007 10:09 PM in response to: erietom
Another GE person here. Good to see others out there. I won't be running this as its just after ING Georgia (I'm in Alpharetta now) and a bit beyond my distance - nothing beyond 20 mi on trail yet. Maybe a 50k later in '08. Just thought I'd say hi and good luck!
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erietom
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Oct 25, 2006
11. Nov 30, 2007 8:39 AM in response to: erietom
Hey outthere, looking forward to doing an ultra with you sometime!
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