Information below is from 2011. 2012 Information will be posted here approximately March 26, 2012.
Dear Corporate Cup Team Captain:
Once again, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to Corporate Cup 2011! Bloomsday is celebrating its 35th running and we are looking forward to another fabulous year.
All Bloomsday participants will once again start on
Riverside just east of
Lincoln, with Corporate Cup at the head of the pack (except for the elite field). To get you there and beyond smoothly, this letter contains everything your team members will need to know -- from picking up their race numbers through the Corporate Cup Party in
Riverfront
Park. However, if the thundering feet of the following yellow number runners concerns any of your team members, or if they would prefer to run or walk with family or friends, then their Corporate Cup number allows them to start in any Bloomsday color group.
CHECK-IN
Corporate Cup team members must pick up their runner numbers at the Corporate Cup check-in located at the west end of the Spokane Convention Center. All Corporate Cup team members will receive a PINK number between 1001-2600. Each team member will also receive a timing chip which corresponds to his or her runner number along with instructions on how to use it. Once again, if you wear a number of any other color with its corresponding chip you will not be permitted to start in the Corporate Cup start area, and your results will not be counted in the Corporate Cup competition. Corporate Cup check in will be open the same hours as the regular Bloomsday check-in: Friday, April 29, 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 1, 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.. Please note: Sunday check-in is for out of town entrants only.
DUPLICATE REGISTRATION
If any team member entered Bloomsday prior to entering with your team, make sure they pick up their PINK Corporate Cup number at check-in. Again, DO NOT use any other runner number. Without the PINK Corporate Cup number and corresponding timing chip, your team member will NOT be able to enter the Corporate Cup start area and will NOT be included in the Corporate Cup results. Make certain your team members do not apply for Elite Seeding because runners who wear an "Elite" number are also deleted from Corporate Cup results.
YOUR TEAM MEMBER TECH
TEES
By now you should have received your Corporate Cup package with all new tech tees for your team members. We encourage each team member to wear the tech tee. They should pin the Corporate Cup runner number to the front of the tech tee. Your team members must wear the Corporate Cup number as this will identify your team members as Corporate Cup competitors. Anyone not wearing a PINK corporate cup number will not be allowed to enter the Corporate Cup starting area. To make your tech tee distribution easier, you, as team captain, should also have received an email with a summary of your tech tee order, including the names of your team members and his or her chosen tech tee size. Please note if one of your team members registered after the registration deadline, he or she may not have his or her chosen size. Feel free to email me (carol@bloomsdayrun.org) to determine if an exchange is available.
CORPORATE CUP START
Please refer to the race map for the Corporate Cup start area. All Corporate Cup runners may start on Post and
Riverside which is accessed via
Post Street from either the north or the south. You may warm up on
Post Street to the north and south of the Corporate Cup start area prior to Bloomsday's 9:00 a.m. start. Remember, your team members must wear their Corporate Cup numbers to gain access to the exclusive "front of the pack" Corporate Cup starting area.
SELF SEEDING
As noted above, your team members may choose to "self-seed" if they do not want to start at the front of the pack, or if they are walkers. Team members are free to join friends or family who are not in Corporate Cup. With their PINK Corporate Cup Race Numbers, they may start with any color group (excluding the elite start) behind the Corporate Cup start (i.e. in yellow or any color behind yellow). Their times will still be accurately recorded as it will be determined by their chips, not the starting gun. Please note that, due to low participation in the past, there will not be a "Corporate Cup Encore" start this year.
CHIP TIMING
Each team member's time will be precisely computed by a timing chip attached to their shoes with their shoelaces. Please make sure your team members understand how important it is to attach the chip as described in the instructions they will receive. Their times -- and your team's score -- depend on it.
GEAR BAG AND GEAR BAG TRANSPORT SERVICE
Thanks to our wonderful Corporate Cup sponsor, Orthopaedic Specialty Clinic, each team member will receive a sturdy and reusable tote-bag at check-in to be used on race day. They just have to pack all of the items they will need after the race, mark the bag with their race number, and hand it to the volunteers at the gear bag truck just north of
Riverside on
Post St. Your team members' bags will be waiting for them at the Post Race Party under the Corporate Cup tent in
Riverfront
Park (see the next paragraph).
POST-RACE TENT PARTY
The Post Race party, like last year, will be held in the Gondola Meadow near the "Joy of Running" statues on
Spokane Falls Blvd. Come enjoy and celebrate with your team members and other Corporate Cup participants! The PINK Corporate Cup race numbers are your team members' tickets to the party. If your team purchased additional guest tickets, they are enclosed in your tech tee packet. If you would like to purchase additional guest tickets, please contact Arleatta at the Bloomsday Office, (509) 838-1579, x10, or you may purchase them at Corporate Cup check-in during race weekend.
TEAM PHOTOS �BRIGHTROOM PHOTOGRAPHY
Bloomsday has teamed up with Brightroom Photography again this year for team photos. Your team receives one complimentary team photo, which can be taken at the Post Race Party. You may also order additional photos through the Brightroom website. To get a preview of Brightroom offerings, please click here.
RESULTS
Corporate Cup results will be printed in the Inlander's Souvenir Results booklet available on Tuesday, May 3rd. You can also view the results by logging on to our website, www.bloomsdayrun.org, on Monday, May 2nd. If you wish, you can pre-order a copy of The Inlander's Results Book at the Bloomsday Trade Show on Friday or Saturday of Bloomsday weekend.
BEER
GARDEN
Like last year, the
Beer
Garden will be staged immediately next to the Corporate Cup tent, and Corporate Cup runners will have their own entrance. BE SURE TO REMIND TEAM MEMBERS TO PACK IDENTIFICATION IF THEY PLAN TO VISIT THE
BEER
GARDEN. NO EXCEPTIONS.
TEAM NAME CONTEST
The judges have met and the winners have been decided. Please click here to see if your team is among the finalists for this year's team name contest. The top three will be announced in the Inlander's Bloomsday Results section.
AWARDS
Trophies and plaques will be presented to the top three overall teams, division champions, and team name contest winners at the Corporate Cup Awards Luncheon. Details will be provided to those teams within a week after Bloomsday.
KEEP THE BLOOMSDAY SPIRIT
This year Corporate Cup teams registered and filled to capacity in record time - three days!!! Thank you for this tremendous display of excitement! Please remember, however, that Corporate Cup is limited in number, and every year we turn away several teams who did not get registered within those first few days. In order to maintain the integrity of the Corporate Cup competition, it is vital that your team complies with the eligibility rules. To remind yourself of the rules, please refer to the website under the "Entry and Eligibility Info" link. Bloomsday officials will disqualify any team that has an ineligible member.
I look forward to a successful and memorable Bloomsday Corporate Cup 2011! If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at (509) 747-0101, or Arleatta at the Bloomsday Office, (509) 838-1579, or you can email me at carol@bloomsdayrun.org.
Sincerely,
CAROL J. HUNTER
Corporate Cup Chair
P.S. Remember to visit the Bloomsday website at www.bloomsdayrun.org for further Corporate Cup and Bloomsday information.
