City Trail is a nationwide series of five cross-country runs taking place over a six-month period in 10 cities across Poland, including Lodz.
In the individual women's classification, in each age category, the highest places were taken by:
- Dr Izabela Różańska-Bińczyk (Faculty of Management, University of Lodz) – 2nd place in the K 45 category with the best time in the cycle: 00:25:14
- Dr Anna Maszorek-Szymala (Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Lodz) – 2nd place in the K 50 category with the best time in the cycle: 00:25:26
- Joanna Muras (Faculty of Management, University of Lodz) – 3rd place in the K 45 category with the best time in the cycle: 00:25:16
- Renata Olender-Bartosik (Science Centre, University of Lodz) – 5th place in the K 40 category with the best time in the cycle: 00:23:27
- Dr Edyta Masierek (Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lodz) – 7th place in the K 45 category with the best time in the cycle: 00:29:52
In the individual men's classification, in each age category, the highest places were taken by:
- Piotr Masierek (a member of the University of Lodz Running Section) – 12th place in the K 40 category with the best time in the cycle: 00:20:00
- Dr hab. Łukasz Arendt, Associate Professor (Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz) – 15th place in the K 40 category with the best time in the cycle: 00:20:32
Additionally, in the team classification, the University of Lodz team took a strong 10th position out of a total of 21 classified teams.
Results of the City Trail Lodz
Dr Piotr Kędzia from the Sport Teachers Training Centre at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Lodz is the coach of the University of Lodz representation.
We would like to offer our congratulations to all the race participants!
At the same time, we encourage all employees of the University of Lodz to participate in running training sessions, which take place on working Thursdays of the month at 5:30 p.m., alternately in two locations: Park 3 Maja and Park na Zdrowiu – details are provided via the FB Biegacze UŁ group.
The training sessions are run by Dr Piotr Kędzia from the Sport Teachers Training Centre at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Lodz, who is an athlete and Olympian from Beijing and Athens. Currently, they are carried out as part of the "Uwolnij Energię 2.0!" project, which received funding from the Minister of Science and Higher Education from the Social Responsibility of Science programme.
Source: Running Section, Universty of Lodz