The 2026 season traditionally closes with the only trail race of the RunCzech series – the Mattoni Liberec Trail Run. The ninth edition of the popular race leading through the city and nature will take place on Saturday, October 3, and will welcome over 4,000 runners. Two race courses measuring 13 and 23 kilometers are […]
While the women’s champion of the Ústí Half Marathon – local star Tereza Hrochová – pushed through a blistering pace from roughly the seventh kilometer, battling both the wind and the grueling solitude of running alone, the men’s lead pack eschewed a fast time for a tactical waiting game. They bided their time until German runner Simon Boch […]
RunCzech launched the EuroHeroes series in 2018 in cooperation with European Athletics, and a year later, the initiative was named European Athletics’ Running Project of the Year. The goal of EuroHeroes is to support and raise the profile of elite European runners; this year—the series’ fifth edition—saw the participation of 47 runners representing 13 nationalities. The […]
Following the final of four points-bearing half marathons in the EuroHeroes 2026 series – the September Mattoni Half Marathon Ústí nad Labem – the verdict is in. The winners of a tightly contested fifth edition of the project aimed at supporting and developing European runners are 32-year-old Spanish native Jorge Blanco and his compatriot Carolina Robles, […]
