Today, free children’s races were held in Lviv as part of the two-day half marathon under the slogan “Don’t stop!”.
This is the second half marathon since the beginning of the great war dedicated to the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, rescuers, medics, volunteers and everyone who brings Ukraine’s victory closer. 100% of the participants’ contributions will be used for the rehabilitation and adaptation of people at the NESLAMNI centre.
According to the organisers, 6 100-metre races and 5 500-metre races took place today. A total of 700 children took part in them.
“In each race, 3 boys and girls were awarded, meaning that 66 children were awarded in total. For safety reasons, the children were divided into groups and awarded gradually, after each race, to avoid crowds,” said the race organisers.
Today we also handed out starter packs for the participants who will run tomorrow.
On Sunday, 12 May, there will be races for 1, 5, 10, 21 km and a team five. The event will also feature a special 1km race, the Thanksgiving Run.
The half marathon will be attended by Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and veterans who were seriously injured in the war, rescuers, volunteers, doctors and people undergoing rehabilitation at the NESLAMNI centre. Special guests will also be running alongside the participants: co-founder of Nova Poshta Inna Popereshnyuk, chef Yevhen Klopotenko, showman Anatoliy Anatolich and blogger Melissa Sadik.
We would like to remind you that during the race on Sunday, 12 May, some streets will be closed to traffic, and some public transport routes will be changed. More details are here.
The event is organised by Nova Poshta and NewRun with the support of the Lviv City Council.
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Download photoNewRun is a company that has been organising the largest running events in Ukraine since 2016. During this time, the company, together with Nova Poshta, has organised 66 half marathons and marathons with 155,000 participants.
Co-organiser and general partner of the event: Nova Poshta.
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