From Johannesburg ➡️ New York, the 2022 J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Series is underway.
Join us for a run🏃 down memory lane for our favorite road race. 👇
1977: #JPMCC begins as the Manufacturers Hanover Corporate Challenge, which debuts in Central Park despite a city-wide blackout in NYC 🌃. 200 runners from 50 companies cross the finish line at the inaugural race.
Off to the races…
1983: The event becomes a series with races around the United States. Runners laced up for the first time in San Francisco 🌉 where participants were promised post-race ice cream 🍦.
2 historic mergers changed the race in the ‘90s.
1992: ✍️ Manufacturers Hanover + Chemical Bank = Chemical Bank Corporate Challenge.
1996: 🤝 Chemical Bank + Chase Manhattan Bank = Chase Corporate Challenge.
Time to break some records!
2001: The Series has its first year as the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge with over 200K racers for the first time 🎊.
2008: Frankfurt race hits a record 73,719 participants, which was the largest number of participants in road race history 🏃.
The race expands around the globe… 🌎
2011: The Series name changes to the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge - now in 13 locations across 7 countries.
The race continues to hit milestones 🎉
2017: JPMorgan Chase donates over $800,000 to nonprofit organizations in 13 Corporate Challenge cities.
2018: Chicago hosts the largest single-night 🌃 Corporate Challenge in U.S. history with 27,777 total participants.
We’re ready to make history again this year.
2022: After two years of virtual races, #JPMCC is back this year in 15 cities in 8 countries around the world. 🌎
Learn more at 👇: jpmorganchasecc.com/en/home/history
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