Created on May 11, 2022 | 02:18
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The LC Blattla organized an app run around the Zillingdorf sports field. The association collected 600 euros for spinal cord research.
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BThe Wings for Life run was run for spinal cord research. LC Blattla invited to the app run in Zillingdorf on Sunday.
The goal of the Wings for Life Run is huge: paraplegia should be curable. 161,892 runners worldwide put on their shoes on Sunday to raise funds for spinal cord research. In Austria alone, over 37,000 athletes started, also in Zillingdorf. The local running club LC Blattla held an app run there. So the starters were chased with a virtual catcher car, the run is over for the one who is caught
A Japanese man made it the furthest in the world (64.4 kilometers). In Zillingdorf, Helmut Mayer was the longest on the 3.3-kilometer asphalt circuit, exactly 26 kilometers. “It was a sensational team effort, pleasantly cloudy running weather, emotional moments and finally 600 euros in donations rounded up by the LC Blattla,” says the club’s chairman Andreas Kögler.
