Firms on the countdown to the first Run For All team challenge

With only four weeks to go until the first Sheffield Half Marathon Team Challenge, many local companies, sports clubs, organisations and groups of friends are coming together as they battle to be crowned the fastest team.

A race within a race, the challenge is set to be a popular feature of the Asda Foundation Sheffield Half Marathon on April 8.

The challenge is open to teams of at least four members – there is no upper limit – with the times of the first three runner’s home used to calculate the winners.

Georgia Featherstone, sponsorship & marketing assistant from event organiser Run For All, said: “It’s great to welcome local businesses and groups from the Sheffield area to join us for our very first Half Marathon Team Challenge, we can’t wait to see who’s going to be crowned champions!”

TheBusinessDesk.com is the official media partner for this year’s team challenge and team members will be running each of the Yorkshire challenge runs this year.

Kayley Worsley, Yorkshire editor at TheBusinessDesk.com, said: “Run For All’s Corporate Challenges are well established and exciting events, it is great that they continue to raise money for so many deserving causes. We look forward to supporting a great calendar of events and hope to see lots of corporate teams on the starting line.”

Team Arm will be taking part in the Sheffield Half Marathon Team challenge on Sunday 8 April, in a bid to promote health and well-being within the office by pushing themselves both mentally and physically, all whilst raising money for their four partner charities.

Sam Mellor, one of the five runners representing Team Arm has told us what taking part means to him: “They say that there’s a miracle cure that if taken it dramatically reduces the chances of developing long term chronic ailments that plague western societies. That miracle cure is exercise. Running does not have to be a slog, for me it’s is a source of enjoyment and relaxation that leaves me feeling happier and healthier. It’s a place to park the stresses of the day, to calm a restless mind and for a brief moment be transported elsewhere. That’s why I run, and I’d like to encourage others to do the same.”

Entry is open to teams of four or more, and your team will receive the following:

  • Allocation of team pins to manage yourself
  • A point of contact that can arrange all of your race day information
  • Pre and post-race PR involvement
  • Publicity on our website and with local press to support your reasons for running
  • Added post-race celebration discount for your team
  • Half Marathon team training t-shirts
  • Trophies for the winning teams
  • Team souvenir
  • Social media support pre and post-race
  • Involvement in our team blogs

Entry, including all of the above benefits, is £180 for a team of four additional team members can be added for £45 per person.

To find out more about our Corporate & Team Challenges taking place in 2018, click here or contact georgia@runforall.com

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