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A Successful Week for RunCzech

he last week in July for RunCzech has been marked by several accomplishments including a Czech triumph at the IAAF World Junior Athletics Championship.

With two more races to go this September, organizers expect an even greater finale of the RunCzech Running League 2014.

As a part of the 2014 RunCzech cooperation agreement with the New York Road Runners the Prague based organization received 25 guaranteed entries to the 2014 TCS New York City Marathon. Some of these entries were donated by RunCzech to locally active charities to use in their fund raising efforts. The international organization UNICEF recently awarded their entry to Milan Linhart (CR) who has already raised almost $1,000 to benefit funds supporting UNICEF education program in Iraq, Syria, or the Central African Republic. Mr. Linhart will be joining the other charity beneficiaries and an additional 20 runners who will qualify for the draw for those entries by participating in at least three 2014 RunCzech races. The drawing of the names of the eligible runners will take place Wednesday, August 13.

In reference to the IAAF World Junior Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon which concluded on Sunday, the RunCzech organizers congratulate all of the competing Czech athletes. In particular the organization is extremely proud of the efforts of the Gold Medal winning Anežka Drahotová who, as a member of the Czech Marathon Hopes team, receives support from RunCzech for equipment, travel, and training camps. Anežka set a World Junior Record in the 10,000 meter race walk which she led virtually from start to finish. Carlo Capalbo, the President of the Organizing Committee, stated "Anežka's accomplishment in Eugene is an important stepping stone in our goal of bringing more world class athletics to the Czech Republic along with our efforts to give all, whether young or old, and fast or slow the chance to participate in and benefit from the RunCzech events and programs."

The organizers also wish to remind all runners that the deadlines for entries in the IAAF Gold Label Road Race Birell Prague Grand Prix (September 6, 2014) and the IAAF Silver Label Mattoni Usti nad Laben Half Marathon (September 14, 2014), the final event in the 2014 RunCzech series before the host race – the TCS New York City Marathon, are fast approaching. As the races are being sold out well in advance don't miss the final opportunity to earn more ranking points in one of the RunCzech events 2014.


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