Czech races ramp up

After the successful “Runway Runs” and the Prague 21.1km put on over the summer RunCzech staged the first of their regular annual races on 19 September.

The Mattoni Usti nad Labem Half Marathon, postponed from earlier in the summer, boasted 1218 finishers in the main event (1498 in total) and a modest elite field. The rest of the RunCzech calendar for 2020 will be played out over the next few weeks with events held on four of the five weekends in October:

4 October – Mattoni Liberec Nature Run (12km & 23km)

11 October – Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon

24 October – Mattoni Karlovy Vary Half Marathon

31 October – Mattoni České Budějovice Half Marathon