Many runners still want to take part in the first virtual city run.
Therefore the deadline has been extended again - until May 1st.
Geretsried
- The virtual city run is being extended.
"Because of the positive feedback and the increasing number of participants, we decided to add a fourth week to it," said Sebastian Dorn, main organizer of the charity campaign and TuS department head for athletics at a press conference.
Three sponsors spontaneously found each other to support the run financially for another week:
the industrial community Geretsried, the city and the Sparkasse Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen.
Before that, Pulcra Chemicals, the Rudolf Group, Isar-Loisachbote / Geretsrieder Merkur, Ehgartner disposal and the AOK had each contributed several hundred euros to the event since April 3.
Everyone can run their own routes
As reported, with the 36th city run, TuS combines the joy of exercise with support for the local economy in times of Corona.
All participants stop their times themselves and post them on the club's internet portal.
Jogging or walking, the athletes can cover distances of one, five or ten kilometers whenever they feel like it.
There are suggested routes, but everyone can also use their own route.
So far, according to TuS chairman Mirko Naumann, around 400 sports enthusiasts have participated, from ambitious professionals or semi-professionals to amateur runners - even though the weather wasn't exactly inviting at the beginning.
"The youngest was five years old, the oldest around 80," said Naumann.
"For many families, the event is an incentive without an entry fee to move outside together and have fun," added Sebastian Dorn.
Some get ambitious when they see the times of the "competitors" in the list.
There is hardly any cheating, because you are only cheating yourself. Best times do not play a role in the weekly raffle among all participants.
There are shopping vouchers to be won
You can win shopping vouchers worth between five and 25 euros, contributed by the named sponsors.
The vouchers can be redeemed in the Isarkaufhaus, at Intersport Utzinger, at Bücher Osiander, Schmuck Frankenberger, Spielwaren Krömer, in Restaurant Italy, in the L'Arena ice cream parlor, at Schmid Bäck 'or for an event in the Ambush culture stage.
"For shops and restaurateurs, we would like one or the other to spend more than the voucher value," said Dorn.
The lottery pot from April 25th now contains 60 more prizes with a total value of 700 euros.
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Second Mayor Sonja Frank thanked the organizers for the win-win campaign, from which both the participants and the retail trade benefited.
“Sure, the city supports that,” she said.
Florian Fichter, branch manager of the Sparkasse on Handelstrasse, said that some employees would also do their rounds diligently at the end of the day and at the weekend: “You just have to go other ways in these times to motivate people”.
Tanja Lühr
Information on the Internet:
www.geretsrieder-stadtlauf.de