{"320541":{"#nid":"320541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Registration Open for Annual Kaiser Permanente Run\/Walk","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EEach year, more than 16,000 people gather downtown for the culmination of a weeklong health and fitness program at the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run\/Walk.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EThe event is designed to get employees at companies across Atlanta engaged in regular physical activity, and provides a chance for them to participate in such an activity together by signing up for the race.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003ELast year, more than 400 Atlanta companies participated in the 5K.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EWhile approximately 16,000 runners participated in last year\u2019s event, Tech\u2019s own Victor Breedveld, associate professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, won the race with a time of 16:40.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EWinning isn\u2019t the reason to sign up, though.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EElisha Smith, fitness coordinator of G.I.T. FIT Programs and organizer of the Tech team, encourages all faculty and staff to sign up, along with their friends and family, no matter their level of walking or running.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Police Department Captain Randy Barrone has made it to five races.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cI like challenging myself to run faster each year,\u201d he said. \u201cMy advice for others is to set a personal fitness goal ... and don\u2019t be nervous or intimidated. Just go at your own pace, and have fun.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003ERegistration for this year\u2019s race, which takes place on Sept. 11 at 6 p.m., is $33 and is open through Sept. 10. Participants receive a Georgia Tech team T-shirt. Tech employees are encouraged to sign up and join the Georgia Tech team at \u003Cstrong\u003Ekpcorporaterunwalk.com\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaculty, staff, friends and family are encouraged to join the Tech team.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Faculty, staff, friends and family are encouraged to join the Tech team."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-09-02 11:00:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"221071":{"id":"221071","type":"image","title":"Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run\/Walk","body":null,"created":"1449243508","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:38:28","changed":"1475894888","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:08","alt":"Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run\/Walk","file":{"fid":"197260","name":"kpteam2012.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kpteam2012_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kpteam2012_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":281125,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kpteam2012_0.jpg?itok=2FnBSQZS"}}},"media_ids":["221071"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/kpcorporaterunwalk.com\/","title":"Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run\/Walk"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.crc.gatech.edu\/content\/555\/2014-kaiser-permanente-corporate-run-walk-fitness-program","title":"Georgia Tech Race Details"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4073","name":"fitness"},{"id":"22161","name":"GIT FIT"},{"id":"69151","name":"Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run\/Walk"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EElisha Smith\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:elisha.smith@crc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eelisha.smith@crc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.385.1651\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}