Symphony Hall team pick up running baton
THE city’s Town Hall & Symphony Hall staff are being encouraged to keep their work-life balance in harmony – by entering the Simplyhealth Great Birmingham 10k.
Chief executive Nick Reed has passed the running bug on to four colleagues and inspired them to join him on a Town Hall & Symphony Hall (THSH) team competing in the PKF Cooper Parry Business Challenge at the Sunday, April 30 event.
Kat Hodgkinson, production manager, Toks Dada, programming coordinator, Chris Smith, operations assistant, and Sarah Taylor, production liaison officer, have even been joining Nick on training runs along the city centre’s canals during their lunch hour.
Mr Reed, with multiple marathons and ultra-distance races under his belt from 30 years of running, is hopeful his staff will use the Great Birmingham 10k as a stepping stone for either the Simplyhealth Great Birmingham Run half marathon or inaugural Birmingham International Marathon on October 15.
Firms across the Midlands are invited to join the THSH team in entering the PKF Cooper Parry Business Challenge, which is open to small, medium and large businesses in men’s, women’s and mixed categories.
Mr Reed, aged 54, said: “As CEO and a regular runner myself, I was keen to get the THSH staff involved in something healthy and fun.
“The Business Challenge is such a good idea because it brings the business community together to raise money for good causes and gets staff active.”
To enter the Great Birmingham 10K Business Challenge: www.greatrun.org/great-birmingham-10k/ business-challenge