This week marks four months since the first BiegamBoLubię sessions in Bolesławiec. Attendance showed that there was strong demand for this form of physical activity in our city. The sessions were and still are addressed primarily to those who want to spend pleasant time exercising outdoors.
– We are not targeting runners who train “professionally”, but rather those who want to get moving and begin their running adventure. This format of sessions proved to be the right one. We focus primarily on general development exercises that help improve physical fitness to a higher level. Running itself accounts for approximately 20% of the sessions. Some residents of Bolesławiec who had not exercised for many years joined us and are very pleased with these workouts – says coach Bartosz Gruman.
Entire families attend the sessions, and grandparents with their grandchildren also sometimes come. The coaches prepare suitable sets of exercises for everyone, depending on their age and level of physical fitness. They also help those who want to prepare for a particular race – even with creating a training plan.
– One of the participants wants to prepare for a marathon, and we are helping him with that. He receives a training plan depending on the time available to him and his current level of training – say the organizers of the initiative.
– Over the four months, the participants in our sessions have become friends, and we also meet as a group with our families outside the stadium. I probably will not reveal a secret by saying that two of our participants met through BiegamBoLubię and are now a couple – says coach Dariusz Łomański. – We must also mention that last Sunday, thanks to the kindness and involvement of our athletes and their loved ones (Iwona, Piotrek, Leszek and Bartek), we had the opportunity to try rock climbing in Żerkowice. It was an amazing experience. After climbing, there was time for a barbecue and a bonfire.
On Saturday, part of the BiegamBoLubię team will take part in the mountain II Wielka Pętla Izerska Half Marathon in Szklarska Poręba. – Two weeks ago, we took part in training for the loop. We spent a pleasant weekend. Some of us ran, while others cheered us on from bicycles – the coaches add.
The organizers of BiegamBoLubię invite everyone, young and old, every Thursday at 5:00 p.m. and every Saturday at 9:30 a.m..
(information: Dariusz Łomański/ii)