Instead of the iron birds, the Debrecen airport was noisy with runners
Sports lovers didn’t stay at home this year either: almost three thousand entered the competition organized by the Debrecen International Airport.
Before the start of the first start, deputy mayor Lajos Barcsa greeted the runners. He called the event a success, and he considers the secret of the success to be, on the one hand, the decade-long cooperation between the company and the local government, and on the other hand, the special location. The airport – from where Wizz Air has transported 1.1 million passengers from the region – was visited by several thousand people at the end of the week.
The deputy mayor pointed out that more and more people in Debrecen are voting in favor of a healthy lifestyle and running, and the city’s leadership has provided quality record surfaces for sports lovers in more and more places, including Nagyerdő, Józsa, Csapókert and Tócó-völgy. He also drew attention to the fact that the organizers of the event surprise the interested parties with something new every year.
– This time, with the support of Schaeffler, there is also an “Equal Opportunities Run”, in which people with disabilities can run a distance of one kilometer with us – added Lajos Barcsa, who, not by chance, expressed several numbers, since he himself joined the running camp and completed five kilometers in an individual race at the airport area.
András Radó, Wizz Air’s group leader responsible for air passenger recruitment, also said that out of the almost three thousand applicants, five hundred children completed the chosen distance.
Colorful programs throughout the day
The first runners of the all-day event started shortly before nine o’clock, and before that they performed a professional warm-up under the direction of fitness coach Réka Rubint. Entrants completed distances of two and a half, five and ten kilometers in an individual competition, which is why two and a half kilometer families and ten kilometer relay pairs of four could start.