Pace Setter : June 2019

2019 CDPHP WTC FAQs

Compiled by Christine Bishop

The Hudson Mohawk Road Runners Club (HMRRC) organizes the CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge each year.  The proceeds of the race go to the HMRRC to fund its non-profit activities and to two charities of choice chosen by members.  Enormous in scope, the race usually comprises over 500 corporate teams and 10,000 participants most running but some waking.  Race day turns Albany Plaza into a bustling city of its own with runners, organizers, volunteers, and viewers creating a riot of color with their t-shirts of every color.  The energy is contagious.

History

1980-84 Manufacturers Hanover Capital Challenge ("Manny-Hanny)

1985-91 Manufacturers Hanover Corporate Challenge  

1992-95 Chemical Bank Corporate Challenge 

1996-2000 The Chase Corporate Challenge  

2001- JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge

2002-2009 GHI Workforce Team Challenge

2010 on-CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge .

HMRRC Event Directors

1980-82: HMRRC Committee

1983-92: Carter Andersson-Wintle

1993-2003: Al Maikels

2004-05: Mark French

2006-11: Pete Newkirk

2012: Mike Rabideau

2013 on: Mark Warner

The Course

1980-94: Two loops around the Empire State Plaza (a killer hilly course!) ending on the plaza near the "pool of reflections."

1995:  The race adopted the "Up Madison Ave, around the Park and back to the Plaza" route, more or less.

And…

2013- Chip Timing started

2015- Record number of 10,237 entrants.

2016- Entrants capped at 10,000

Most Wins-Men

14-Tom Dalton 1982-86, 1988-89, 1992-94, 1998, 2002, 2004-05

4- Chuck Terry 2007-08, 2010-11

4-Rich Coughlin 1988, 1990-91, 1993

Most Wins-Women

6- Emily Bryans 2000-05

5- Linda Kimmey 1993-96, 1999

4-Karen Bertasso 2015, 2017-19

4- Denise Hartman  1984-87

Click on topics for data

2019 Results   CEO Results   Male Teams  Female Teams  Co-Ed Teams

Largest Participation Award Winners    

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T-Shirt Contest Winners

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MOST CREATIVE: 1ST ASPIRA

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MOST CREATIVE: 2ND - WINK

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MOST COLORFUL: 1ST - TOWNSEND LEATHER

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MOST COLORFUL: 2ND - THRUWAY AUTHORITY

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MOST CORPORATE: 1ST - REGENERON

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MOST CORPORATE: 2ND  - PLUMBERS & STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 7

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MOST HUMOROUS: 1ST - NYS MUSEUM

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MOST HUMOROUS: 2ND - NORTHERN RIVERS

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MOST MOTIVATIONAL: 1ST - COMMUNITY CARE PHYSICIANS

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MOST MOTIVATIONAL: 2ND - NYS OFFICE OF INDIGENT SERVICES

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BEST USE OF CDPHP WTC LOGO OR NAME: 1ST - LEADING AGE

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BEST USE OF CDPHP WTC LOGO OR NAME: 2ND - YMCA

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Click here to see all 58 T-shirts entered in the 2019 contest

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