We celebrated 100 years since the birth of the greatest Czech runner Emil Zátopek and 70 years since his triple gold performance at the Olympics in Helsinki, where he won the Olympic marathon gold for the first time in his life. We wanted to give Emil Zátopek and all the runners of the world a gift and complete the symbolic Marathon Alley, which will consist of 4,220 trees supported by runners and nature lovers from all continents. We lacked 755 trees to meet the goal.
Thank you for helping us to raise funds for these trees at RunCzech races in 2021-2023 or directly by contributing to our donor collection.
Thank you for helping us to raise funds for these trees at RunCzech races in 2021-2023 or directly by contributing to our donor collection.
When planted trees grow, they will greatly contribute to cleaner air, which will benefit not only runners, but all of us - cyclists, skaters and pedestrians.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
In 2005, Miroslav Kundrata, then director of the Partnership Foundation, and Carlo Capalbo, director of the Prague International Marathon (now RunCzech), began working on the concept of "tree runners". Marathon runners and other runners who help nature.
Since then, RunCzech has been involved in supporting a number of other voluntary activities, but cooperation with the Partnership Foundation remains the longest and most stable.
From the beginning we managed to:
- Plant 3,465 trees and shrubs,
- thanks to the support of more than 7,000 runners,
- at more than 60 places throughout the Czech Republic.
If we put all these trees in a row with 10 meter spacing, it would create a symbolic alley 34.6 kilometers long. Each of these trees serves runners, cyclists, hikers and all of us.