Category: Move It

50km – that’s how far some of us will run, walk, hike and maybe even skip a bit on September 18^th as we rise to the 2010 Title Nine Company Challenge.  At least once a year T9 rallies behind an epic physical challenge encouraging all staff to participate by providing top notch physical training, motivation and financial support for race fees.  Past Challenges have included a 24 hour relay run, the New York City Marathon, Barb’s Race & Big Kahuna ½ Iron Man Triathlons, the Marin Century Ride and a 90 day fitness challenge with Crossfit  Oakland. This year we’re training for an ultramarathon trail run through the beautiful California redwoods!

Not all of us will run the full 50k, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be rising to the Challenge! Some of us are running the 10km, 20km and 30km legs of the race and there may even be a group of non-runners hiking part of the trail.  It’s all about getting off the sidelines and into the game no matter how far or fast it takes you.

If you love a good challenge as much as we do, join us out on the trail – we’d love to see you!  If you can’t make the trail run then be sure to join us at our 1st annual San Francisco Bay T9K on November 7^th.  Cindy Olivarri, our coach for the ultra, has developed a T9K training schedule to get you up and running lickety-split. The first training run in the schedule is on September 1^st so get ready, get set and MOVE IT!

Holy Fit!

Watch out! Nothing stands between the T9 crew and Fitness Fridays. Check out our photos and see some earthshaking evidence of what happens when we lock up the office for a half day. To kick off summer right there was rowing (crew), sailing, mountain biking and Zumba (dance). Hopefully you’ll find the photos as funny as we do!

And you? What are your summertime shenanigans that just can’t be denied?

Thank you runners, walkers, skippers, sign wavers, volunteers galore and everyone else who came out for the race on Sunday!  You made the 8th Annual Mother’s Day t9k one to remember. 1,785 T9ers crossed the finish line in celebration of Mother’s Day 2010! We hope you had as much fun as we did and we look forward to seeing you at the starting line again next year. Photos courtesy of Christina Kiffney Photography. For more event photos, click here.

Click here for full race results.

Top 9 Placements:

This last week marked our first Fitness Friday of 2010. For those who don’t know what Fitness Friday is, periodically throughout the year, we at Title Nine close down our offices and team up for an afternoon of sport. The activities vary and are designed to be challenging, fun and sometimes a bit whacky. All of it enhances our internal team and builds relationships with our fellow T9ers. For this last Fitness Friday, we speed skated, bowled and rock climbed. Monday morning was full of chatter about how much fun we all had and more than a few hilarious stories were exchanged. We’ve posted some photos (and video) of our adventures…now everyone’s going to know (if you didn’t know already) how silly we all are!

Do ya’ll participate in your own Fitness Fridays? We’d love to hear about how others are staying fit and building teams!