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The Wings for Life World Run is a running competition held on the first weekend of May since 2014 to collect funds for the not-for-profit foundation Wings for Life. The entry fee goes completely to the foundation.

The Wings for Life World Run is particular in that participants don't have to run a specific distance like in comparable competitions. A car rides on the track half an hour after the start. Overtaken participants are eliminated until just one, the winner, remains.

Another characteristic is that the run takes place in 34 or 35 locations around the Earth at the same time.

The Wings for Life Foundation and the Wings for Life World Run

The not-for-profit foundation Wings for Life was established by the two-time motocross world champion Heinz Kinigadner and the Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz in 2004.[1] It's goal is to find a treatment for spinal cord injuries and paraplegia. Therefore the foundation supports research and studies about spinal cord and spinal cord injuries financially. Anita Gerhardter is CEO. Founder Kinigadner himself is concerned because his brother and his son, both motocross riders too, are bounded to wheelchairs after injuries.[2]

After two years of preparations the first Wings for Life World Run was started on May 4, 2014 to raise funds and at the same time arouse attention on limitations and medical problems of paraplegic persons. Following the success of the first edition the race is now an annual event. According to the official Website the idea to organize a worldwide race where the last man standing would be the winner, came during a lay-over at the airport in Moscow.

The race is open to everybody, professionals as well as members or non-members of running clubs. The entry fee is donated entirely to the foundation, the main sponsor Red Bull covers the costs of the event. The fees vary somewhat depending on the choice of location and the time of sign up. 40.00 GBP are due to take part in Great Britain, 50.00 USD to take part in the United States, but it is also possible to augment the donation during the registration process. So far 3 million and 4.2 million euro of donation have been collected in the two first editions.[1]

The Motto of the race is:

"Running for those who can’t."

"World" Run

The name Wings for Life World Run comes from the fact that the race takes place in 34 or 35 different locations around the Earth at the same time. That means that runners in Europe or Africa run around noon while participants in Asia and Australia in the afternoon or evening. In the Americas the race is early in the morning or even during the night.

The "Catcher Car"

The Wings for Life World Run is outstanding because there is no prescribed distance to cover for example 10 kilometers or 42.195 km like in a marathon. Thus runners of very different levels can equally take part.

100 km are prepared at each location. All participants start at the same time, a so-called "Catcher Car" rides on the track 30 minutes after the start. The speed is 15 km/h at first and increases step by step. Once a runner is overtaken by the car, the race is finished for him. Busses bring eliminated participants back to the start area. Thus what counts on the sport side is not the time needed to cover a given distance but the distance covered before the Catcher Car overtakes one.[3]

The last remaining female and male runners at each locations are the local Wings for Life World Run winners and gain the right to start the following year at a location of their choice. The woman and man that ran the longest distance worldwide are the Wings for Life World Run Global Champions and are rewarded with a trip around the world as special prize.[4]

The conditions and tracks vary quite a lot. The Catcher Cars are steered precisely using global satellite navigation hence a comparison between the different locations is nonetheless possible. The following table show how fast the car rides at what time after the start and how far it is at each speed change.

Speed of the Catcher Car [3][5]
Time after the start HH:MM Speed Equals the distance
00:00 to 00:30 0 km/h 0 km
00:30 to 01:30 15 km/h 0 to 15 km
01:30 to 02:30 16 km/h 15 to 32 km
02:30 to 03:30 17 km/h 32 to 50 km
03:30 to 05:30 20 km/h 50 to 90 km
from 05:30 on 35 km/h more than 90 km

Wings for Life World Run 2014

The first Wings for Life World Run took place on May 4, 2014 in 34 locations around the Earth. The start was given at 10:00 UTC everywhere. The british track and field world champion Colin Jackson was race director.[6]

The competition became a success. Especially the men's race for the global title was very close. In the end Lemawork Ketema from Ethiopia won with 78.58 km he ran in Austria. That distance was just 90 m more than the Peruvian Remigio Huaman Quispe who ran in Lima and 180 m more than Evgenii Glyva from Ukraine who ran in Austria together with Ketema.

Elise Selvikvåg Molvik from Norway covered 54.79 km in Stavanger to claim the women's global championship. It's worth mentioning that, according to the official website, she was just 18 years old at that time and had never run more than 30 km in competition. 54.79 km meant also the 42nd place in the combined male and female ranking. Nathalie Vasseur from France became second with 51.26 km in Hennebont, the Moldovian Svetlana Shepeleva became third with 48.29 km in Alanya.[7]

All in all 35397 men and women, among them several celebrities like Mark Webber and Aksel Lund Svindal, took part and ran 530928 km together.[8]

Male winners of the Wings for Life World Run 2014 [9]
Location Winner Age group Distance (in km) Global rank
Turkey Alanya Turkey Murat Kaya M40 55.93 38
New Zealand Auckland New Zealand Braden Currie M25 45.34 140
Spain Barcelona Spain Chema Martinez M40 55.56 40
Slovakia Bratislava Slovakia Boris Csiba M30 50.22 68
Romania Bucharest Romania Eugen Constantin Sorop M25 58.86 21
Australia Busselton Australia David Kennedy M35 43.89 168
Mexico Cancún Mexico Crisanto Grajales M25 43.17 185
South Africa Cape Town South Africa Coolboy Ngamole M35 59.88 16
Portugal Comporta Portugal António Sousa M40 46.82 119
Germany Darmstadt Germany Markus Mockenhaupt M30 56.87 32
United States Denver United States Hunter Paris M30 55.37 41
Austria Donautal Ethiopia Lemawork Ketema M25 78.58 1
Netherlands Drenthe Belgium Fréderique Lotin M25 54.31 44
Brazil Florianópolis Brazil Cesar Miguel Momesso dos Santos M30 44.78 151
India Haryana Kenya Isaac Kipernoi M25 41.11 250
France Hennebont France Thibaut Baronian M25 59.35 18
Taiwan Hualien Taiwan Chih Chun Li M35 48.05 103
Georgia (country) Kakheti Georgia (country) Anatoli Oleinikovi M30 52.65 53
Sweden Kalmar Austria Thomas Pechhacker M30 50.50 65
Republic of Ireland Kerry Republic of Ireland John O'Regan M45 49.24 76
Peru Lima Peru Remigio Huaman Quispe M30 78.49 2
Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenia David Plese M30 59.74 17
Switzerland Olten Switzerland Marco Kaminski M50 56.51 34
Argentina Pinamar Argentina Ignacio Ilarregui M35 57.08 31
Poland Poznań Poland Grzegorz Urbańczyk M25 49.08 77
Canada Prairies Canada Ryan King M25 46.79 120
United States Santa Clarita Canada Calum Neff M30 58.52 22
Chile Santiago Chile Pablo Gonzalez M35 57.40 30
United Kingdom Silverstone United Kingdom Paul Martelletti M35 69.37 5
Norway Stavanger Norway Svein Ove Risa M40 63.36 12
United States Sunrise United States Michael Wardian M40 57.75 27
Italy Verona Italy Giorgio Calcaterra M40 72.96 4
Belgium Ypres Belgium Wouter Decock M30 65.11 7
Croatia Zadar Croatia Goran Murić M30 49.52 73
Female winners of the Wings for Life World Run 2014 [9]
Location Winner Age group Distance (in km) Global rank
Turkey Alanya Moldova Svetlana Shepeleva F45 48.29 3
New Zealand Auckland New Zealand Antonia Elliot F25 31.38 94
Spain Barcelona Spain Miriam Garcia Heredia F30 42.91 11
Slovakia Bratislava Slovakia Jana Zatlukalová F25 39.26 24
Romania Bucarest Romania Liliana Maria Danci F18 39.03 25
Australia Busselton Republic of Ireland Laoise Thuama F25 36.30 39
Mexico Cancún Mexico Anahi Inzunza F25 26.99 213
South Africa Cape Town South Africa Mfunzi Ntombesintu F30 47.57 4
Portugal Comporta Portugal Mária Santos F35 25.35 321
Germany Darmstadt Germany Lea Bäuscher F30 46.23 5
United States Denver United States Erlena Josifi F18 33.53 66
Austria Donautal Austria Julia Moser F18 34.87 53
Netherlands Drenthe Netherlands Linda Vliet F25 31.75 85
Brazil Florianópolis Brazil Ana Borba F30 37.40 30
India Haryana India Wahida Raheman F25 29.17 137
France Hennebont France Nathalie Vasseur F45 51.26 2
Taiwan Hualien Taiwan 汪, 旖文 F30 29.58 127
Georgia (country) Kakheti France Marielle Carmagnolle F55 25.34 323
Sweden Kalmar Sweden Maria Lundgren F40 45.24 9
Republic of Ireland Kerry Republic of Ireland Alison Kirwan F30 30.19 115
Peru Lima Peru Ayde Quispe Ortiz F18 40.83 17
Slovenia Ljubljana France Sylvie Tramoy F40 33.82 62
Switzerland Olten Switzerland Daniela Ryf F25 44.44 10
Argentina Pinamar Argentina Laura Gordiola F40 36.56 34
Poland Poznań Poland Aga Głomb F18 38.81 27
Canada Prairies Canada Chrissy Magneson F25 32.97 69
United States Santa Clarita United States Jeannie Rutherford F35 35.64 46
Chile Santiago Chile Gabriela Cerda F18 31.82 83
United Kingdom Silverstone United Kingdom Joanna Zakrzewski F35 45.39 7
Norway Stavanger Norway Elise Selvikvåg Molvik F18 54.79 1
United States Sunrise United States Haley Chura F25 45.61 6
Italy Verona Austria Astrid Kaltenboeck F40 35.49 48
Belgium Ypres Belgium Nele Louwagie F35 34.68 54
Croatia Zadar United States Kimberly ReMine F18 41.02 16

Wings for Life World Run 2015

The second edition of the Wings for Life World Run was held on May 3, 2015 in 35 locations. This year the start was given at 11:00 UTC. The race director was as in the year before the british track and field world champion Colin Jackson.[10]

This year 72224 women and men, among them again numerous internationally knwon sportsmen like Marcel Hirscher and Gregor Schlierenzauer, started. Aksel Lund Svindal, who ran in 2014, drove the Catcher Car in Stavanger this time. Like him some other celibrities did the same for example Felix Baumgartner (in Bucharest) and David Coulthard (in Silverstone).[1]

Concerning the sport side, the two best of the preceding edition Lemawork Ketema and Remigio Huaman Quispe ran at the same location in Austria. Ketema improved his performance up to 79.90 km and remained global champion. Quispe ran nearly as far as in 2014, namely 78.20 km, for a third place worldwide. The race developed again to a duel over distance, this time with the Chilian César Díaz Hernández, who became second with 78.31 km in Santiago, and with Giorgio Calcaterra who repeated his win in Italy and improved quite a lot up to 78.06 km (4th global rank).

Elise Molvik, global champion in 2014, ran again in Stavanger. She claimed the local title but 45.02 km were far from the worldwide best women. The podium was Yuuko Watanabe from Japan (56.33 km in Takashima), Riana van Niekerk from South Africa with 55.21 km in Cape Town and Nathalie Vasseur (second in 2014) with 52.18 km in Sunrise this year. All in all just 81 men ran further than the first woman.

Male winners of the Wings for Life World Run 2015 [11]
Location Winner Age group Distance (in km) Global rank
Denmark Aarhus Denmark Brian Hansen M30 61.48 37
Turkey Alanya Spain Jose Requejo Santos M30 68.04 18
Spain Aranjuez - Madrid Spain Chema Martinez M40 59.19 48
Brazil Brasilia Brazil Juan Pablo de Lima Costa Salazar M35 52.61 122
Slovakia Bratislava Austria Philipp Aigner M25 68.65 16
Netherlands Breda Austria Kevin Pletz M18 50.29 172
Romania Bucharest Belgium Wouter Decock M30 61.72 36
South Africa Cape Town South Africa Eric Ngubane M30 68.86 14
Germany Darmstadt Germany Florian Neuschwander M30 74.56 6
United Arab Emirates Dubai Oman Sami Al Saidi M30 44.92 323
Republic of Ireland Dublin Republic of Ireland David Sheehy M35 52.64 121
India Gurgaon India Amit Dhankar M18 57.38 70
Georgia (country) Kakheti Georgia (country) Anatoli Oleinikovi M30 57.39 69
Sweden Kalmar - Öland Sweden Aron Anderson M25 64.82 30
Russia Kolomna - Moscow Russia Nikolay Yanalov M30 70.19 11
Peru Lima Peru Emerson Trujillo Flores M30 72.15 9
Slovenia Ljubljana Croatia Robert Radojkovic M30 69.36 13
Australia Melbourne United States Michael Wardian M40 70.66 10
Germany Munich Germany Matthias Baur M18 61.10 41
Canada Niagara Falls Canada Blaine Penny M40 65.41 26
Austria Niederösterreich Austria Lemawork Ketema M25 79.90 1
Switzerland Olten France Michael Boch M30 70.14 12
Portugal Porto Portugal Daniel Pinheiro M30 67.39 20
Poland Poznań Poland Bartosz Olszewski M30 73.46 8
France Rouen France Simon Munyutu M35 73.51 7
United States Santa Clarita France Thibaut Baronian M25 55.15 90
Chile Santiago Chile César Díaz Hernández M25 78.31 2
United Kingdom Silverstone United Kingdom Thomas Payn M35 61.09 42
Norway Stavanger Norway Jarle Risa M35 58.80 50
United States Sunrise Norway Svein Risa M40 54.88 93
Japan Takashima Japan Kazuhiko Oki M25 67.68 19
Italy Verona Italy Giorgio Calcaterra M40 78.06 4
Taiwan Yilan Taiwan Chih Pin Su M35 57.62 66
Belgium Ypres Belgium Pieter Rijnders M35 61.99 35
Croatia Zadar Croatia Matija Grabrovečki M35 57.36 71
Female winners of the Wings for Life World Run 2015 [11]
Location Winner Age group Distance (in km) Global rank
Denmark Aarhus Denmark Lone Nielsen F35 48.97 10
Turkey Alanya Moldova Svetlana Shepeleva F45 50.31 8
Spain Aranjuez - Madrid Spain Mª Cruz Parras Morcillo F25 31.89 193
Brazil Brasilia Austria Astrid Kaltenböck F40 44.28 22
Slovakia Bratislava Slovakia Romana Komarnanska F25 41.85 30
Netherlands Breda Netherlands Sandra Laros F40 37.70 60
Romania Bucharest Romania Liliana Danci F18 45.76 17
South Africa Cape Town South Africa Riana van Niekerk F35 55.21 2
Germany Darmstadt Germany Laura Chacon Biebach F25 51.78 4
United Arab Emirates Dubai United Kingdom Katie Sloane F25 30.08 281
Republic of Ireland Dublin Republic of Ireland Orna Dilworth F30 39.54 45
India Gurgaon Kenya Linah Chirchir F25 44.90 20
Georgia (country) Kakheti Netherlands Linda Vliet F35 32.01 191
Sweden Kalmar - Öland Sweden Frida Södermark F35 42.09 29
Russia Kolomna - Moscow Russia Irina Antropova F30 51.33 5
Peru Lima Peru Rocio Carrion F45 35.13 107
Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenia Žana Jereb F30 45.05 18
Australia Melbourne Australia Kelly-Ann Varey F35 50.75 7
Germany Munich Germany Ingalena Heuck F25 49.54 9
Canada Niagara Falls Canada Lyne Bessette F40 47.44 13
Austria Niederösterreich Austria Bernadette Schuster F30 47.06 15
Switzerland Olten United Kingdom Karen Sobrino F40 43.04 24
Portugal Porto Portugal Doroteia Peixoto F30 41.70 32
Poland Poznań Poland Dominika Stelmach F30 41.84 31
France Rouen United Kingdom Leaharna Marsden F30 35.93 95
United States Santa Clarita United States Shannon Rahlves F40 37.01 72
Chile Santiago Chile Karen Torrealba F30 47.68 12
United Kingdom Silverstone United Kingdom Kate Carter F35 34.73 115
Norway Stavanger Norway Elise Molvik F18 45.02 19
United States Sunrise France Nathalie Vasseur F45 52.18 3
Japan Takashima Japan Yuuko Watanabe F25 56.33 1
Italy Verona Italy Chiara Moras F30 39.48 46
Taiwan Yilan Taiwan Pei-Yu Cheng F25 37.45 64
Belgium Ypres Belgium Deborah Ghyselen F25 40.63 38
Croatia Zadar Croatia Nikolina Šustić F25 48.15 11

Wings for Life World Run 2016

On May 8, 2016 11:00 UTC the Wings for Life World Run will have his third edition. As in 2014 there will be 34 locations, among them two in the USA. Colin Jackson is again the race director. The Catcher Cars will be driven by international stars like in the years before.[12]

Male winners of the Wings for Life World Run 2016
Location Winner Age group Distance (in km) Global rank
Denmark Aarhus
India Ahmedabad
Brazil Brasilia
Slovakia Bratislava
Netherlands Breda
United Kingdom Cambridge
United Arab Emirates Dubai
Republic of Ireland Dublin
Mexico Guadalajara
Turkey Izmir
Georgia (country) Kakheti
Sweden Kalmar - Öland
Russia Kolomna - Moscow
Peru Lima
Slovenia Ljubljana
Australia Melbourne
Italy Milan
Germany Munich
Canada Niagara Falls
Switzerland Olten
Portugal Porto
Poland Poznań
South Africa Pretoria
France Rouen
United States Santa Clarita
Chile Santiago
Norway Stavanger
United States Sunrise
Japan Takashima
Spain Valencia
Austria Vienna
Taiwan Yilan
Belgium Ypres
Croatia Zadar
Female winners of the Wings for Life World Run 2016
Location Winner Age group Distance (in km) Global rank
Denmark Aarhus
India Ahmedabad
Brazil Brasilia
Slovakia Bratislava
Netherlands Breda
United Kingdom Cambridge
United Arab Emirates Dubai
Republic of Ireland Dublin
Mexico Guadalajara
Turkey Izmir
Georgia (country) Kakheti
Sweden Kalmar - Öland
Russia Kolomna - Moscow
Peru Lima
Slovenia Ljubljana
Australia Melbourne
Italy Milan
Germany Munich
Canada Niagara Falls
Switzerland Olten
Portugal Porto
Poland Poznań
South Africa Pretoria
France Rouen
United States Santa Clarita
Chile Santiago
Norway Stavanger
United States Sunrise
Japan Takashima
Spain Valencia
Austria Vienna
Taiwan Yilan
Belgium Ypres
Croatia Zadar

References

  1. ^ a b c KG, Kleine Zeitung GmbH & Co. "Charity-Lauf - Ketema wieder "Wings for Life World Run"-Sieger". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  2. ^ Schweinberger, Julia. "Motocross: Weltmeister Kinigadner über Schicksalsschläge" (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  3. ^ a b "Rulebook - Wings for Life World Run 2015" (PDF). www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  4. ^ "World Run Sieger auf Weltreise bei ServusTV". www.servustv.com (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  5. ^ "Goal Calculator - Wings for Life World Run". www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  6. ^ "Courir pour ceux qui ne peuvent pas". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  7. ^ "Ethiopian wins first-ever World Run". www.wingsforlife.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  8. ^ Sturtridge, Tim. "Wings for Life World Run: The results are in". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  9. ^ a b "Wings for Life World Run 2014 - Official Results". Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  10. ^ "Wings for Life World Run, la course événement de retour le 3 mai". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  11. ^ a b "Wings for Life World Run 2015 - Official Results". Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  12. ^ http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/F1-legend-David-Coulthard-Cambridge-leg-Wings/story-28861187-detail/story.html
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