Press release
"Gazeta Wyborcza" and action Poland Runs" received a special award from Polskie Stowarzyszenie Biegów (Polish Jogging Association) for its cycle of events promoting jogging. The Association appreciated "Gazeta Wyborcza's" contribution and organizers of the action Poland Runs in education of new generation of joggers and promotion of healthy lifestyle.
The award was handed during the conference organized by the Association in Rytro on November 4-6, 2011. Małgorzata Smolinska, coordinator of the action Poland Runs, received the award from the President of the Association Henryk Paskala. Polish Jogging Association was created in 1995 and it unites organizers of long distance jogging. The main objective of the association is to coordinate the calendar of the largest Polish competitions and uniting the organizers of foot races and jogging clubs. More information can be found at:
www.psb-biegi.com.pl
Different actions under the title Poland runs started in 2006. The action is more and more popular - this year during a weekend organized by Poland Runs (May 13-15, 2011) in 616 foot races participated about 120 thousand Poles. Competitions are organized by local authorities, schools, orphanages, prisons, fire stations, companies, sports clubs and amateur jogging clubs. An important part of the action is preparation of the participants to marathon. This year, under the supervision of Wojciech Staszewski, "Gazeta Wyborcza" reporter and athletics trainer, the readers prepared themselves to three marathons: in Wroclaw, Warsaw and Poznan. The accounts from the trainings were described in "Gazeta Wyborcza" and at www.polskabiega.pl. In 2011, the action Poland Runs was awarded by International Newsmedia Marketing Association (INMA) - it was second in the category "Public relations & Community Service".
The action is organized by "Gazeta Wyborcza". The main partners include Powerade and Garnier, the equipment partner - Adidas, media patrons: Sport.pl and Radio TOK FM. The honorable patron of the Poland Runs action - Minister of Sport and Tourism. More information at
www.polskabiega.pl. Photo by Filip Klimaszewski.