Runday: weekly 5km runs for Odessans and foreigners

Runday in Odessa – weekly amateur runs and joint breakfasts by the sea with Odessans and local foreigners.
The runs are organized by the Odessa Speaks English initiative, which aims to create an English-speaking environment in Odessa to improve language skills, and the all-Ukrainian Runday initiative, successfully implemented in Kyiv, Ternopil and Lviv.

First run: 01.04.2017 (Saturday). After: every Saturday.

Starting point: Shevchenko monument.

Start time: 08:30 warm-up, 09:00 run start. After: joint breakfast.

Distance: 5km.

Thematic Runday run on Channel 24, with Ian Bearder's New Year 2017 wishes:

1) Lack of a platform combining sport, self-development and useful contacts for exchanging thoughts and experience, and joint activities for Odessans, foreign residents and tourists;
2) Lack of intercultural communication skills and desire to acquire them, and opportunities for free English learning or improvement;
3) Unused tourist potential of the city in terms of new interesting acquaintances and English practice;
4) Weak involvement of Odessa residents in the running movement, and weak development of physical culture oriented inter alia on English-speaking residents and tourists of Odessa.

Creating a platform for weekly communication and experience exchange between Odessans, city guests from other Ukrainian regions and foreigners; through practicing common interest – easy 5km running, and English as a tool. All this: free, safe and easy!

This is how Runday launched in Kyiv:

More about Runday initiative: https://runday.org/en/.

Runday FB: https://www.facebook.com/runday.org/?fref=ts

Runday Kyiv FB: https://www.facebook.com/trukhaniv.runday/

Runday Lviv FB: https://www.facebook.com/lviv.runday/?fref=ts

Runday Ternopil FB: https://www.facebook.com/ternopilrunday/?fref=ts