UNIVERSITY OF LODZ TAKES PART IN YET ANOTHER EDITION OF POLAND BUSINESS RUN

Published at: 06.09.2023

On Sunday, 3 September, the 12th edition of the Poland Business Run took place. A total of 36,445 runners from over 1,500 companies from all over Poland (over 4,000 more participants than a year ago) took place in the charity run. University of Lodz was represented by a total of ten 5-person relay teams (31 women and 19 men). This year, we also managed to gather a team consisting of the fastest running employees of our university. In the final competition, Charty UŁ [The University of Lodz Sighthounds] took 18th place out of 4293 teams from all over Poland, and 3rd place among mixed teams. Congratulations to all the participants!

Kilometres that translate into help

This year, over 9,000 contenders took part in an on-site run in Cracow, while the rest of the teams took part in a virtual competition.

The University of Lodz representatives joined the virtual formula. Our university was represented by a total of ten 5-person relay teams (31 women and 19 men). Each participant had to run 4 km on a route of their own choosing and the results had to be recorded, and sent via the application.

female participants of the run

The money collected during the run will help a total of 100 people from all over Poland who struggle with physical disabilities or have undergone a mastectomy. In addition to the noble goal of helping others, participation in the competition was simply great fun and favoured the integration of employees with the university. Sports competition was also there.

Charty UŁ team included:

Piotr Kędzia, Faculty of Educational Sciences, time 00:14:31
Piotr Fulmański, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, time 00:15:55
Łukasz Arendt, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, time 00:15:57
Marcin Michalak, Faculty of Management, time 00:17:15
Renata Olender-Bartosik, Science Centre, time 00:18:20

The other teams also did a great job taking the following places:

EKSOC RUNNERS MEN (Faculty of Economics and Sociology) – 178/4293
Uwolnij Energię z UŁ! [Free Your Energy with the University of Lodz!] (participants of the projects "Uwolnij Energię 2.0!" from the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Management, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science) – 568/4293
WZ team UŁ (Faculty of Management) – 1047/4293
B-Safe UŁ (Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection) – 1082/4293
BiegoFil UŁ (Faculty of Philology) – 1230/4293
EKSOC RUNNERS WOMEN (Faculty of Economics and Sociology) – 1245/4293
Centrum Nauki UŁ (The University of Lodz Science Centre) – 1889/4293
BiegUni – CKiPR UŁ (The University of Lodz Communications and PR Centre) – 2745/4293
(Ws)Chodzące gwiazdy CN UŁ (The University of Lodz Science Centre) – 3277/4293

Business Run 2023: results of the virtual run

Running workouts for the University of Lodz employees

At the same time, we would like to encourage everyone interested (both advanced runners as well as the beginners) to take part in free of charge, weekly running workouts which are conducted by Dr Piotr Kędzia, an Olympian from Beijing and Athens from the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Lodz. The workouts take place on Thursdays. Details about the location and time are provided via the FB group Biegacze UŁ.

Crossowa Piątka UŁ [The University of Lodz Cross Five] – Registration for the Run Is Ongoing (1 October)

Sport at #UniLodz

Source: Renata Olender-Bartosik, Science Centre

Photos: private sources

Edit: Iwona Ptaszek-Zielińska, Communications and PR Centre

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