Running for Clean Air in Warsaw

 

Running for Clean Air reached its final phase in Warsaw. The Warsaw Marathon 2024 took place on 29 September and the campaign report is now available.

 

 

Air quality measurements

For six months, we monitored air quality and heat stress with our sensor located in Pole Mokotowskie

The monthly environmental reports below offer insights into local trends in temperature, humidity, and concentrations of gaseous and solid pollutants.

 

Activities in Warsaw

After the official project launch in March, we started organizing regular training sessions around the sensor and cooperated with local organizations on other events.

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Training sessions

The very first training session took place on May 8 in Pole Mokotowskie.  We had a group of enthusiastic runners and two elite athletes: Dominika Stelmach, the winner of this year's Wings for Life, and Dariusz Nożyński. This was followed by a training session on June 3. In July, another two Polish running personalities came to lead the warm-up and subsequent 5km run: a former marathon runner Jerzy Skarżyński and a former sprinter Marek Plawgo. And in August, it was Mariusz Giżyński, Polish marathon runner, who led the programme. The very last training was a 10km run taking place just one week before the marathon.

 

Other events

On May 24, we joined Clean Cities Campaign for their air-quality-awareness event Street for Kids with a local school. We had the chance to do some fun sport activities with kids and show that physical activity is important and fun and could become a part of their days through an active commute.

 

Running for Clean Air kicked off the World Athletics Road Races Webinar's latest episode. The recording is available on the Mass Participation World's YouTube channel. Listen in to hear direct experience of our project participants both from Warsaw and Lagos. 

 

Have a look at the below photo gallery from all past Running for Clean Air events in Warsaw.

Activities in Warsaw

 

Local partner organisations

 

Our main project partners in Warsaw are:

The Warsaw Marathon Foundation

Polish Athletics

The City of Warsaw

ASICS Poland

 

Further project supporters in Warsaw are:

Clean Cities Campaign

Polish Smog Alarm

Warsaw Running Tours

Biegowe.pl

Rodzice dla klimatu

Project timeline in Warsaw

 

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