Info at a Glance
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Important Dates |
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| Name | Christchurch | Wellington |
Auckland |
| Earlybird Cutoff * | 5pm, Wednesday October 16th |
5pm, Wednesday October 23rd |
5pm, Wednesday October 30th |
| Event Day | November 6th | November 13th | November 20th |
The Basics |
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| Name | 2024 Corporate Challenge Series |
| Event Dates | 3x Wednesday evenings in November. Christchurch [Nov 6] | Wellington [Nov 13] | Auckland [Nov 20] |
| Race Distance | 5km (run, jog or walk) |
| Tickets & Fees | See the enter page |
| Event T-Shirt | Every participant in the Corporate Challenge scores an awesome free event t-shirt with their entry. How good is that? Check out the tees and get the low-down on sizing on our dedicated t-shirt page. But remember, stocks are limited so register early to secure your desired sizes. |
| Number/Pack Collection | All team members registered by the cutoff for Earlybird pricing (deadline, Wednesday 5pm, 21 days before event day) will have their race packs delivered by courier to the team manager*. Team members registered after Earlybird cutoff can collect their race packs at the venue from 1pm on event day. * Courier delivery does not apply to teams with 3 or fewer team members. These packs must be collected at the venue. |
| Safety | The safety of our participants, crew and the public is our number one concern. First, last and always. Find out more about our safety procedures and what to expect at our events on our dedicated Safety page. |
Event Day Schedule
Make sure you're in the right place at the right time on race day!
| Time | Details |
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| 1:00 PM | OPENEvent Base opens for team tent setup |
| 1:00 PM | OPENRace Pack pickup for late registrations at Crew tent. |
| 5:30 PM | CLOSEAll vehicles to be removed from race site |
| 5:30 PM | Team photos commence at the finish line |
| 6:15 PM | Mass warm-up at main stage |
| 6:20 PM | CLOSELate registration/packet collection closes |
| 6:20 PM | Compulsory safety briefing at start line |
| 6:30 PM | RACE START |
| 7:25 PM | Final Finisher (approx) & Spot Prize Registration commences |
| 7:30 PM | Awards ceremony and spot prizes |
| 7:50 PM | Vehicles permitted onto race site for pack up |
| 8:00 PM | Event concludes |
| 8:30 PM | CLOSEEvent site closed |
Awards
Although we are all about the fun and team building ... there is a competitive aspect to Corporate Challenge for the keen ones! We have both individual and team competitions taking place on each event night, with some superb trophies (and bragging rights!) up for grabs!
You can find out how the competitions work here.
Team Competitions
Top 3 Male & Female Teams Overall
Top Male & Female Teams in Industry Category
Individual Competitions
Top Male & Female Overall
Top Male & Female CEO Challenge Finishers
Competition Rules & Definitions
Teams
- For the purposes of the teams competition, each team is split into a Male team and a Female team.
- Team competitions are ranked on "Team Time".
- Team Times do not include any team member identified as "Friend or Family" (i.e. anyone who is not a bona fide full or part time employee or exclusive contractor is excluded).
- The Team Time is calculated as the sum of the top 3 finishers (male or female) in that team. If the team does not have at least three finishers then no team time is awarded.
- Team Times are calculated using the "Gun Time" of the qualifying individuals (see definition below).
- Industry Category awards are based on the most appropriate industry for the organisation. Categories are: ACCOUNTING | FINANCE/INSURANCE | GOVERNMENT/HEALTH | LEGAL | SPORT/LEISURE | TECHNOLOGY | TRANSPORT & CONSTRUCTION.
Important! The race director will use their discretion to find an applicable industry category for each team ... even though the link may be somewhat "tangential"!
Individuals
- The individual competitions are open to all participants, whether part of a team or not.
- Awards are presented based on "Gun Time", which is the time taken from the starting signal to crossing the finish line.
- Online results lists are presented based on "Net Time" (sometimes called "chip time" or "personal time"), which is the time taken from crossing the timing mats at the start of the race to crossing the finish line.
- The CEO Challenge is open to all CEOs, CFOs, Senior Partners and Senior Board Members of each organisation. You must be nominated as a CEO when your team is registered in order to be eligible for the award.
Running Events are the organisers of the Corporate Challenge Series.
All of our events operate under our general Competition Rules which you can view here.Download a Poster
If you didn't receive one of our posters in the mail (sent to all recent team managers) then you can download a PDF version here. Print it out, identify yourself as team manager and get it up on that noticeboard!
Click on the appropriate image below...
