The 25^th Annual Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk drew massive crowds on Thursday, September 27, as more than 15,000 runners and walkers took to the street and collectively pounded the pavement in celebration of the event’s 25^th running in downtown Atlanta.  A total of more than 425 Atlanta companies pitched enormous colorful tents in Turner Field’s green lot and celebrated 25 years with catered cuisine, dancing, live entertainment and relaxed networking.  The Atlanta Drum Line gave a stunning performance and a spectacular fireworks display capped off an enjoyable evening.

Several awards were distributed in a variety of categories for the 5K (3.1 mile) run/walk:

First Overall Male: Ronald Kurwi, (Foot Solutions)
First Overall Female: Isabella Nyamwange, (Foot Solutions)
First Masters Men: Brian Jaeger, (Chick-fil-A)
First Masters Female: Kelly Innis, (Trimont Real Estate Advisors)
Atlanta CEO Cups
Overall Male CEO: Charles Van Horn, (Berman Fink Van Horn PC)
Overall Female CEO: Peggy McCormick, (Atlanta Development Authority)  

Highest Overall ParticipationBuilding Companies
100-999 employees: Chick-Fil-A Corporation
1000-4999: Southern Company
5000+: ING

Chamber of Commerce Participation Award: Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Accepted by Paul Porterfield : Assurant Solutions. Accepted by Craig Lemasters, CEO

Kaiser Permanente Corporate Cups (Most Fit Company)
less than 100 employees: McCarthy

Kiwanis Club Participation Award: Kiwanis Club of Historic Roswell. Accepted by Christine Vandergreert and Jim Hirz.

T-shirt Design Contest
Most Original: Turnils
Most Colorful: Owens Corning
Most Creative Use of Company Logo: Buck Consultants
Best Incorporation of Company Logo: Macro International, Inc.

One of the evening’s highlights was a special presentation to KPCRW founder and 25-year race director, Jeff Galloway, of Galloway Productions.  The U.S. Olympian, author of 13 fitness books and winner of the first Peachtree Road Race, was honored with a KP Corporate Cup by Kaiser Permanente executives for his commitment to health and fitness.  Additionally, Galloway received the prestigious Phoenix Award by Atlanta City Councilman, Ceasar C. Mitchell, and a proclamation from the Mayor’s office.
Additionally, prize giveaways included Delta Air Lines round-trip tickets, a free week at a beach house on the Gulf Coast, $300 shopping spree at Phidippides and four tickets to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Wizard of Oz.’

About the Kaiser-Permanente Corporate Run/Walk & Fitness Program

The Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk & Fitness Program is a unique workplace-organized fitness event that began in 1983 in Atlanta with 900 participants from a handful of companies. Designed to inspire fun, fitness and camaraderie among Atlanta’s corporate community, the annual event attracts almost 18,000 participants and spectators from 400-plus companies and is one of the largest workplace organized corporate fitness events in the Southeast. Event highlights of the 25^th running include an eight-week “Get Active Atlanta” training program, Chamber of Commerce Fitness Challenge, 5K run/walk, live music, awards ceremony, fireworks display and hundreds of office picnics in downtown Atlanta, adjacent to Turner Field. 

About Kaiser Permanente of Georgia
Kaiser Permanente is the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plan, with more than eight million members in Northern and Southern California, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, Georgia, Ohio and the Mid-Atlantic states.  Kaiser Permanente of Georgia is the state’s largest non-profit health plan, providing health care services to approximately 280,000 members through 13 medical facilities in metro-Atlanta and a network of affiliated hospitals and physicians.