Picking up start numbers – Mattoni Liberec Trail Run 2026
On Saturday, September 19, the industrial heart of the north came alive with the sound of pounding pavement once again. This year’s competitive categories attracted over 6,500 runners representing 67 nationalities, while more than 2,000 additional participants took part in non-competitive events. In the day’s flagship event, the Mattoni Half Marathon Ústí nad Labem, German runner […]
On Saturday, September 19, Mírové Square in Ústí nad Labem hosted the 16th edition of the Mattoni Running Festival Ústí nad Labem. Over 5,000 runners – including 23 elite athletes from 7 countries – lined up for the day’s main event, the Mattoni Half Marathon Ústí nad Labem. Germany’s Simon Boch claimed victory in the […]
The EuroHeroes project, organised by RunCzech in cooperation with European Athletics, was created to support and raise the profile of elite European runners. Following the half marathons in Karlovy Vary, České Budějovice and Olomouc, the series moves to its final stop of the year – the Mattoni Half Marathon Ústí nad Labem. At the moment, […]
When you said Ústí nad Labem, few people would once have pictured one of the highlights of the Czech running season. Yet in 2011, a story began in northern Bohemia that would bring tens of thousands of runners from all corners of the world to the region. RunCzech was only venturing beyond Prague for the second […]
The metropolis of northern Bohemia will become the venue for one of the most important athletics events of the autumn on Saturday, 19 September 2026. The traditional Mattoni Running Festival Ústí nad Labem is continuing its successful concept of regional running festivals in full force and will attract a record number of almost 9 thousands of […]
On Saturday, September 5, Prague’s Republic Square transformed into the center of world distance running, welcoming athletes from a total of 98 countries. The 29th edition of the traditional RunCzech race was dominated by Spanish runner Rodrigue Kwizera and Ethiopian distance runner Chaltu Dida Diriba. As expected, Damián Vích and Tereza Hrochová became the fastest domestic runners. […]
The organizers of the Birell 10k Night Race Prague 2026 are issuing an official statement on the incident at the final stretch of Saturday’s race, during which the leading runner, Victor Kipruto Kiprono, made a wrong turn just before the finish (straight) line, or corridor. What happened on the course At top-level running events, official lead vehicles carrying […]
The fastest race of the year is behind us! Birell 10K Night Race delivered incredible drama, where Rodrigue Kwizera claimed a dramatic victory in the men’s field, clocking 27:15 to break the Spanish national record by 10 seconds following a costly late-race detour by leader Victor Kipruto Kiprono. Meanwhile, 19-year-old Ethiopian talent Chaltu Dida Diriba dominated the women’s race, […]
The fastest race of the year is behind us! Birell 10K Night Race delivered incredible drama, where Rodrigue Kwizera claimed a dramatic victory in the men’s field, clocking 27:15 to break the Spanish national record by 10 seconds following a costly late-race detour by leader Victor Kipruto Kiprono. Meanwhile, 19-year-old Ethiopian talent Chaltu Dida Diriba dominated the women’s race, […]
On Saturday evening, the Czech capital will transform into the epicenter of world distance running. The third-largest running event of the year in the Czech Republic, the Birell Grand Prix 2026 and its main highlight, the Birell 10K Night Race, has drawn nearly 14,000 runners from 98 countries to the starting line. Among them will […]
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