Corporate Cup – Joe’s Running Blog

It’s been a minute, Blog

For that matter, it’s been a longer minute than I realized. I could have sworn I did an update after Pineland. I did not. I think I’ll re-engage with a rapid-fire review of the races I’ve run since my last update, which was the Paul Mailman 10 Miler in April. The one exception will beContinue reading “It’s been a minute, Blog”

9/28/20: Virtual Corporate Cup

Ah, the Corporate Cup. My first race. My favorite race. As with everything else, the 2020 Corporate Cup was postponed to September from its originally-scheduled date in May. Then, as summer arrived, it became apparent that we would not be able to safely have a 4,000-person event in downtown Montpelier in the midst of theContinue reading “9/28/20: Virtual Corporate Cup”

5/7/20: Faux Corporate Cup

Oh, man, I was looking forward to this one. The Corporate Cup is my race. It was the first 5K I ever ran, back in 2017. 4,000 people in downtown Montpelier inspired me to try running after I had walked a couple of times. It’s one of Montpelier’s biggest parties every year. And every yearContinue reading “5/7/20: Faux Corporate Cup”

5/16/19 – Corporate Cup

As regular readers of this blog will have gathered, the Corporate Cup was a milestone race for me. It’s a big deal in Montpelier – 2,500+ runners alone, and another 1,500+ walkers – and in our office, where we regularly enter six or seven (three-person) running or walking teams. It was the first 5K raceContinue reading “5/16/19 – Corporate Cup”

I was never a runner

Ever. I loved playing sports as a kid; baseball, football, basketball. I got fat as an adult and then unfat. I like cycling and hiking and skiing. Not running. I moved to Vermont in 2014, and in 2015 took part in my first Corporate Cup. It’s a 5K race in Montpelier, running and walking divisions.Continue reading “I was never a runner”