The Challenge Women by Brooks charity women’s run returns to the Challenge Gdańsk event program in 2024. The ladies will run again in Reagan Park in Gdańsk on Saturday afternoon, and the aim is to help the Pomeranian Hospice for children in Gdańsk. Aleksander Matusiński, coach of the award-winning women’s 4 x 400 m relay team, is the ambassador who will lead preparations for the event. Registrations have already started!
The opportunity to announce the second edition of Challenge Women by Brooks is unique – it is, of course, Women’s Day as well as 100 days to the event. The title partner of the run is the Brooks brand, whose main slogan is Run Happy.
Register for Challenge Women by Brooks!
– The first edition of the event was very positively received by the participating ladies, who were very pleased with the opportunity to participate in a race dedicated exclusively to women. You could say that we fulfilled the slogan of our title partner, because on Saturday afternoon there were happy and smiling ladies running around Reagan Park. We want the 2024 edition to be even better and together with our partners we have prepared some surprises. I invite all ladies to Challenge Women by Brooks – says event director Adam Greczyło.
Just like in the first edition of the event, it is worth hurrying with registration. The first 100 women who register and pay the starting fee will receive a souvenir T-shirt in the starting package, but that’s not all – each woman who finishes the race will receive a voucher worth PLN 100 for the purchase of a sports bra/top at the Brooks store, and the first three At the finish line, competitors will receive vouchers worth PLN 500 for the purchase of Brooks shoes.
– We are glad that once again the Brooks brand can help promote physical activity among women. The great thing about running is that it can be done only on your own terms, covering the kilometers in a way that gives you the most joy. And that’s why we encourage all ladies to come to this year’s edition of Challenge Women by Brooks and have fun with us. Especially since we are preparing gifts for everyone, says Adrianna Jaroszewska from Brooks Running.
The entire entry fee from the first edition of the race, a total of PLN 2,700, went to the account of the Pomeranian Hospice for Children. The title partner of the event, the Brooks brand, contributed the same amount and the hospice account was credited with the amount of PLN 5,400. All fees from the second edition of the event will also go to the account of the Pomeranian Hospice for Children.
The ambassador of the event, who will help the ladies prepare for the 5-kilometer distance, will be the coach of the golden 4 x 400 m relay, Aleksander Matusiński, who will first, on Saturday morning, take part in a triathlon relay over a sprint distance with the partners who bid for this start in the charity auction of the Great Christmas Orchestra. Help.
– I am very happy that I will appear from Gdańsk again at this wonderful event and I encourage all ladies to participate, because it is the most important in the face of the charitable purpose of this event – says coach Aleksander Matusiński.
The Challenge Women by Brooks route starts at the Gdańsk Brzeźno pier and then leads along gravel paths in Ronald Reagan Park and a bicycle path along the Gdańsk beach.
Check out the Challenge Women by Brooks route
In the first edition of the event, Aleksandra Leszczyńska from Olsztyn triumphed (20:14), ahead of Weronika Wajdyk from Ostróda (21:24), the lowest place on the podium went to Anita Bonisławska from Gdańsk (21:49). However, the most important thing was the participation and help for the Pomeranian Hospice for Children, to which each participant contributed.
Detailed results of the first edition of Challenge Women by Brooks
The warm-up for all participants before the race will be led by coach Aleksander Matusiński, who set aside a weekend off especially for Challenge Gdańsk during the last stage of preparations for the Olympic Games in Paris. Coach Matusiński will not come to Gdańsk alone, but we will talk about who will lead the warm-up together with Aleksander Matusiński at the beginning of June.
Title partner of the race: Brooks #RunHappy
Partners: the city of Gdańsk, Gdańsk Sports Center, Pomeranian Voivodeship Government, AronPharma, Selgros, Transgourmet, Utilization Plant in Gdańsk, Wikoss Sport, Challenge Family
Media partners: RMF FM, RMF Maxxx, TriathlonLife.pl
