The Nepata Group Company Run 2020 – keeping our distance but crossing the finish line together!

Our daily lives are still shaped by precautionary measures due to the coronavirus situation. But despite these exceptional circumstances, we wanted to organise a company event this year so that we could spend a bit of time together as a team. That’s why we decided to take part in the Ingolstadt Company Run. So we registered via the virtual tracking system, which was a very creative solution on the part of the organisers. The aim of the company run is to further boost physical activity and team spirit. Another positive side effect was that 50 per cent of each participant’s entry fee was donated to organisations in Ingolstadt and to Plan International Deutschland e.V.

True to the motto ‘Keeping our distance but reaching our goal together!’, all staff were motivated – whether they were runners or spectators at the event – and the atmosphere and the weather were fantastic.

The run started at 6 pm sharp. For every participant (and spectator too), we’d had some cool team T-shirts customised in advance and had made our own badges, which really emphasised the strength of our team. An absolute must, of course, for us in the advertising technology industry. Our runners had a total of 5.5 km to cover. The great thing, of course, was that nobody was fighting it out on their own. It was a race run TOGETHER from start to finish. This meant that even slower runners had a chance to keep up.

Once all our athletes had crossed the finish line safe and sound, there was, of course, a delicious buffet to celebrate. The rest of the evening was spent enjoying a lovely get-together, whilst maintaining a safe distance. Final verdict: it was a very successful and fun event, which we’d be happy to repeat in the future.