I say goodbye to 2016 traditionally – with running. Yet again I participated in the Cracow Run New Year’s Eve Run. Besides the regular competition, every year there’s a competition for the best costume and runners’ imagination truly knows no limits there!
SHORT REPORT
13th edition of the run gave me additional joy, beside the obvious competition, as the income from the run will be given to Foundation for Cardiac Surgery Schola Cordis.
Owing to the laid back atmosphere and the lack of emphasis on hard competition, this is a great opportunity to get familiar with the idea or running competitions or simply begin one’s running adventure. There is no stress you’ll stay at the very end. Among runners there are many children, elderly people, groups and families, peacefully marching and enjoying the atmosphere of the event. On the other hand, for those who want to race, there will also be a chance to find suitable rivals, as well as two possible routes: 5km and 10km. This year is also the first time runners have been given the opportunity to change the route – in either direction. It was possible to register on the 5km route, but during the race you could change your mind and take the longer one. No one was disqualified.
ORGANIZATION
13th Cracow New Year’s Eve Run was completed by 1,969 participants (last year it was 1957, so there was an attendance record again). The competition took place at two distances – Dragon five (5 km) and Joyful ten (10 km). The route led from the market square, through the commons and to the Wawel castle where the route split into 5 km (back through the commons, Floriańska Street and to the finish line on the market square) and Joyful Ten (through the Vistula boulevards, with a reverse point next to the Kazimierz shooping Center and back to the market.
Everything played well – great atmosphere created by the hundreds of masqueraders, who came rather for fun than for sports competition. The route was well marked and protected and at the finish line everyone were smoothly wrapped in NRC blanket, given the commemorative medal and sent away to make room for the next finishers.
Polish rye soup with sausage is not really the meal vegetarians will like, but it’s the standard for the New Year’s Eve Run – I learned my lesson through the subsequent editions and took care of my own post-race meal.
RESULTS
At respective distances, the results of the best runners were as follows:
Dragon Five – women:
1. Katarzyna Broniatowska 00:16:00
2. Karolina Giza 00:17:21
3. Sandra Michalak 00:18:08.
Dragon Five – men:
1. Adam Czerwiński 00:15:25
2. Mateusz Wyszomirski 00:15:29
3. Damian Połeć 00:15:52.
Joyful Ten – women:
1. Paulina Golec 00:36:27
2. Ewa Kucharska 00:36:30
3. Agnieszka Szwarnóg 00:36:46.
Joyful Ten – men:
1. Maciej Lubieniecki 00:33:53
2. Roman Przybylski 00:33:56
3. Andrzej Lachowski 00:34:07
…
58. Marcin Suski 00:40:33
Full restults list can be found here.
BEST COSTUME COMPETITION
Individuals:
1. Pony Blue Smile – Magdalena Sala-Tlałka
2. Wacek Gacek – Wacław Śliwa
3. Highlander with a teddybear – Anna Bilska
Children and adolescents under the age of 18:
1. Kitty– Mateusz Magdaliński
2. Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood – Pola i Piotr Kaszowscy
3. Teodor Beetle – Szymon Gizler.
Pairs:
1. Snowflakes– Gabriela Kociok i Mirosław Kobylański
2. Alice in Wonderland– Roksana Wójcik i Tomasz Śliwa
3. Key and Lock – Dominika Witkiewicz i Wojciech Witkiewicz
Groups:
1. Plemię rozbiegane Dobczyce,
2. Chciałem se pobiegać po Marsie
3. Winogrona Francuskie
