Colfax Marathon Awards Banquet

June 20, 2018 in Company Culture, Community Outreach

This past May, the runners of Studio PBA, who featured three relay teams, the Revit Crashers, Rum Runners, and Team Slow Down for What?, participated in the Colfax Marathon relay for the fifth year in a row. The Colfax Marathon is one of the largest charitable races in the country, with over $100,000 in prize pool for those who align themselves with a non-profit partner. Our charitable partner for the second year in a row was Food for Thought Denver, a Colorado non-profit whose mission is to eliminate weekend hunger for children in the Denver area by providing food PowerSacks, because they believe that no child should go hungry. We have been working with Food for Thought for years, helping to bag “PowerSacks” for kids several times a year.

This year our team placed second in the Colfax Marathon Corporate Relay group in the Construction, Engineering and Development category, earning a second place plaque, and most important, $1000 for Food for Thought Denver. The awards ceremony was held June 19 at the DaVita building in Downtown Denver. Studio PBA representatives Tearar Chan and Gina Metge were on hand to accept the check on behalf of our team of runners and sponsors.

The training has already begun for 2019!

Studio PBA Runs the Colfax Marathon Relay!

May 21, 2018 in Company Culture, Community Outreach

Studio PBA had three teams run the Colfax Marathon Relay Sunday morning! Despite the cold and rainy conditions, all 15 runners crosses their respective finish lines. The teams ran to benefit our charity partner, Food for Thought. The PBA Rum Runners, PBA Revit Crashers and Team Slow Down for What? all surpassed the estimated race times. Good job teams!

Studio PBA Athletics Mid-Season Update

June 15, 2017 in Company Culture, Community Outreach

Work hard, play hard is a term used frequently around the office and it seems pretty literal when it comes to our athletics. This year, we have a kickball team (Paul's Ball Army), a volleyball team (Bumps like a Truck) and three marathon relay teams that ran in the Colfax Marathon's Corporate Cup (Team PBA: Slow Down for What, The PBA Revit Crashers, PBA Rum Runners). Here are our weekly recaps of how the teams are doing.

The Colfax Marathon relay teams all finished with great times and had a blast with every team finishing before their pre-race estimates. The PBA Revit Crashers finished 2nd in the Construction/Engineering division winning $1,000 for our charity partner Food for Thought at last night's award ceremony.

PBA’s volleyball team (B.L.A.T.) rose above team Hot & Code (City of Denver). Out of the 4 games we got in before sundown, PBA was able to take 3 wins and steal the match. Game 2 was an intense back and forth, both teams were neck and neck. PBA rallied together with a bump, set, and incredible spike by Derek- which won us the game 27-25. Tadd & Bridget were a great tag team last night, pulling off some acrobatic moves to keep the ball in play. Team B.L.A.T. continues to improve this season, showing strong potential for the upcoming mid-season tournament next Saturday June 24th at Washington Park.

Paul's Ball Army continued its magical sophomore season last night, but dropped the match against those pesky engineers from Anchor. Team Orange, despite not gaining a single lead in the game, had the largest turnout in the history of PBA’s beer-in-hand kickball!! The final score was 14-8, but Team Orange trailed 10-8 heading into the bottom of the inning when the game was called. Paul's Ball Army is currently ranked 11th with a 3-4 record for the season.

Studio PBA Runs the Colfax Marathon Relay

May 22, 2017 in Company Culture, Community Outreach

Left to Right: Chris Fuller, Jill Reilly, Josh Grote, Desirae Zamora, Kathy Parker, Adam Acree, Seth Wealing, Derek Westby, Tearar Chan, Aaron Rule, Chris Vulcano, Gina Metge, John Payne and Rachel Bek.

Studio PBA had three relay teams (5 runners for each team) that competed in the Colfax Marathon Relay: The PBA Rum Runners, The PBA Revit Crashers and PBA: Slow Down for What. This yearly PBA tradition had our biggest turnout for runners wanting to participate.

Bright and early at 6 am, Sunday morning runners took off from City Park toward Mile High Stadium with all three runners of the first leg finishing with faster times than expected. Through multiple hand-offs throughout the city including Sloan's Lake, Lakewood and Mile High Stadium, all of the runners did an amazing job and once everyone crossed the finish line with all teams finishing ahead of our estimated times. Good work everyone!

For the first time, we choose to run to benefit a nonprofit and we chose Food for Thought (http://foodforthoughtdenver.org/). You can read more about our work with them in previous posts. This was Food for Thought's first year of being involved as a charity partner with the Colfax Marathon. We met the FFT team after the race and were greeted with lots of gratitude and awesome running shirts they gifted us.

We are still waiting on the final results to determine if our teams placed in the top 3 of the Construction/Engineering/Development category. A top 3 finish would mean we would win funds for our charity partner. Regardless of the outcome, we had a great time running and look forward to future races to come!