We got over it!

“We” being the 35,000+ runners, joggers and walkers that travel from near and far to participate in the annual Cooper River Bridge Run. Founded in 1978, the Bridge Run is now the 3rd largest 10k in the United States. Approximately 75% of the participants travel over 60 miles to experience this event, which has an economic impact of $30M on the Charleston, SC community. This year, I participated with a group of friends who contributed to that 75% – traveling to Charleston from Charlotte, Indiana, and Kentucky!

As a second year bridge runner, I was determined to beat my time from last year, but was running out of steam in the last mile. As I made the second-to-last turn onto King Street, I noticed an all too familiar window ajar and recognized my coworkers-turned-friends cheering me on from the KCG office! I ended up finishing the race 6 minutes faster than my previous year and set a new personal record for my mile pace. The Cooper River Bridge Run is now a race I look forward to every year.

Sometimes all I need to stay energized during a long stretch is encouragement from my team. When you’re burnt out, what keeps you motivated to beat your best?


About the Author
Chrissie Hamilton
Manager

Chrissie Hamilton, Manager, joined KCG in Fall 2018. Her experience and interests align with engagements that drive operational or financial efficiencies and improvements. Notable projects include: the development of strategic and operational plans for 15 service lines within an academic health system and, subsequently, the creation of a robust accountability process to measure progress and drive alignment across the institution, the organizational redesign of a health system and a number of functional areas to support health system expansion, and the establishment of a formal recruitment forecasting process to more proactively identify and secure strategic hires for a growing academic health system.

Prior to KCG, Hamilton spent six years in commercial banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Washington, DC area. As a Portfolio Management Officer, she was responsible for underwriting credit requests for a portfolio exceeding $900 million in loan commitments to 20+ public and private clients across various industries. Collaborating with her team, Hamilton worked with clients to understand their credit needs and deliver solutions to help meet their business goals.

Hamilton earned an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and a BS in Business Administration from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.