J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge - 2009

I would like to share you all my experience running the JP morgan corporate challenge - 2009 on 16th April 2009, thursday evening 6:00 pm. The J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge (Marathon) is all about creating an environment where companies can come together, engage in healthy competition, and feel pride in their place of work and their community. The theme is "Teaming up for a Greener tomorrow" - This is to ensure that every human on this planet is responsible for the environment to ensure a Green earth for tomorrow - knowing how to keep our environment clean and green, so that our planet's atmosphere is healthy and we present the greener and non-polluted earth to our next generation.

Event : J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge - 2009

Date : 16-April-2009

Time : 6:00 pm

Venue : Start point : Esplanade Drive; Finish point : F1 pit, singapore

We assembled near Esplanade drive, singapore around 5.45 pm. Priya also accompanied me till the start point as a spectator, She was accompanied throughout the evening by Renuka, My friend - tukaram's wife. They both joined the cheering spectators for this great event along with thousands of other family members.

Sharp 6:00 pm , we started our run. With no practise for this run, I could able to run only for the first 2 km non-stop. then walked for the next 1 km and again ran till completing the 5.6 km. I reached the finish point at 6:48 pm with the great joy.

To add fun to this event, there was a T-shirt design contest. wherein many corporate companies who participated in this great event designed their own T-shirts with the Greener concept. Each one of them have their own colors, designs, wordings and logos. My company - Perot systems also participated and was shortlisted in the t-shirt design competition and won a prize. Our logo in t-shirts is - Front side with wording - "Preventing and sustaining the environment" and backside with wording - "Running towards a greener tomorrow" (the one which I am wearing).

Its a great feel being part of a huge crowd - all with positive energy and joy together at one place. Seeing them all itself a great enrichment to mind and soul. I was not a sportsman until few years back, however, this is the third marathon, which i participated in the last 2 years. Feeling proud of myself :)

Eager to participate more events like this in future !

Woodball

Hello friends,

Those who doesnt know - about - Jolly Walkers / our Saturday meeting, let me give them a quick intro. Few of my colleagues meet every Saturday morning, just to walk together and talk something apart from official stuff (a day to think - we are not just colleagues , but friends), A good experience to inhale fresh and chilled oxygen, a day to think we are not lazy but health consious........you may feel these are symptoms of getting old, but not - its a transformation of our inner soul expanding its experience in life.

This week when we meet at Pasir Ris Beach for a cycle ride, I noticed few senior citizens happily shouting and playing some game on a lawn. Their enthusiasm at this age made me to stop and watch what they are busy with. They were getting ready for a second game, slowly I started talking to one of the gentlemen to know - what the game is. He said , "This is 'WoodBall' - like your Indian Cricket and a substitute for Golf", he added - this is poor man's Golf and started laughing... (ha ha ha !!!! ). he continued.. we old people come here and pool in 2 dollars each, play this game, then have breakfast or tea and then leave... its good time pass". Hmm this is a nice inspiration - i thought to myself. that what we do now at 30's should continue even at and after 60's. You all might have noticed that whatever, if we do in a group with complete involvement will always multiple the joy within us.

Then I stood there for a while and watched their game and took few pics in my friend's mobile camera. After returning home, the curiosity towards the game made me to search Google for this woodball and found few things about this. It's interesting.

These items are the gadgets/materials for this game.

MALLET: This is something like a Bat, they do the same stroke like GOLF.

GATE: This is something like a Golf pit. It comprises of Two bottle shaped tower - to be anchored on ground and one inverted wooden cup hanging in-between in a metal rod, which swings 360 degrees when hit by the ball.
BALL: Here comes the main man of the game. A wooden ball similar to the cricket ball.

Rules of the game can be viewed here - http://www.woodball.net/

Guys - If anyone interested we can play this a day :)