Corporate teams are being urged to sign up for The Children’s Centre Race The Sun, one of the Island’s toughest challenges and also a great event for team building. It is a relay race which raises money for the charity with teams running a clockwise lap of the Island’s Raad ny Foillan 98 mile coastal footpath before the sun sets. Starting from Peel Promenade at 5am on Saturday May 18 teams will aim to complete the lap of the Island and finish in Peel before the sun goes down. It is sponsored by Mann Made Group and the average distance for each leg is 10 miles based upon a maximum number in each team of ten. The minimum number allowed in each team is five and the entry fee is ?300 per team. Sally Burman, Managing Director of the Search & Select recruitment agency, says the event has many benefits for business teams:
“I have taken part in Race the Sun for the last four years and it is addictive! I ran the first year for a client and every year since then a Search & Select team has taken part. Last year we entered two teams as we had so many people wanting to join in based on all the excitement before and after the event. We’re hoping to have two teams in this year’s Race The Sun. It is a good personal challenge but also great for building a team atmosphere and cheering each other on. Organising two teams, and the logistics involved in supporting 20 runners all running at different times, is hard work but a lot of fun. I’d highly recommend the event – it gives your training a focus, builds camaraderie, takes you along the beautiful coastal footpaths of the Island whilst raising money for a fabulous charity.”
Race the Sun is now in its sixth year and has raised over ?40,000 with money going directly to support vulnerable children and young people in the Isle of Man through The Children’s Centre’s Mobex project. Last year 22 teams took part and the race was won by a team from the Department of Education - competing as Team Ed - in a time of 13hrs 18mins. There was also a ‘Golden Shoe’ prize to the team which raised the most money for the charity and this went to the AXA squad which collected more than ?800 in sponsorship. There will be a Golden Shoe award to the top fundraisers in this year’s event too. The Up & Running store in Bucks Road, Douglas, has kindly donated prizes for the fastest runner on each leg of the race and for the team that finishes in Peel closest to sunset. To secure your place in Race the Sun 2013 go to www.thechildrenscentre.org.im and click on the ‘Events’ section, or contact Mark Eastham by emailing markeastham@thechildrenscentre.org.im or by calling 01624 631917.
Photo - Mark Burman running for the Search & Select team during the Race The Sun event in 2011.
