The Nike+ Human Race

The Nike+ Human Race is a global 10 km race series participating in 25 global cities. It was established in 2008. The race is strongly associated with The Nike+ and iPod range and seems to be achieving a great deal of success in its first year. Over 1 million runners are taking part in each race and helping raise money for The UN Refugee Agency, Lance Armstrong Foundation and The WWF. Runners are treated to performing bands such as Pendulum, Moby etc. The run is advertised as a perfect opportunity to enjoy all that the world has to offer as well as keeping fit and healthy and raising money for charity.

The marketing campaign consists of a series of Commercials featuring animals, most of which don't agree with the name "Human Race".

Overall winners

Male

  • 2008 Gunther Weidlinger Munich 29:25

Female

  • 2008 Angela Roerkohl Munich 31:09

The 25 global race cities

They have planned the cities based on the best geographical locations to showcase some of the most famous landmarks and unique race courses in the world. Runners in Istanbul will cross the bridge connecting Europe to Asia. Runners in the UK will race through central London. Taipei’s course will wind past the Taipei 101- one of the world’s tallest buildings. NY takes the race out of Manhattan and onto Randall’s Island – where there is a completely renovated park that’s said to be one of the city’s best park and recreation areas outside of Central Park.

Race sites were also selected to accommodate the largest number of runners. Strategic cities from all over the world have been selected with these considerations in mind.

North America

  • Austin, United States
  • Chicago, United States
  • Los Angeles, United States
  • Mexico City, Mexico
  • New York City, United States
  • Vancouver, Canada

South America

  • Bogota, Colombia
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Caracas, Venezuela
  • Lima, Peru
  • Quito, Ecuador
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil

Europe

  • London, United Kingdom
  • Madrid, Spain
  • Munich, Germany
  • Paris, France
  • Rome, Italy
  • Istanbul, Turkey
  • Warsaw, Poland

Asia

The runners in Singapore at the starting line
  • Mount Fuji, Japan
  • Seoul, South Korea
  • Shanghai, China
  • Singapore, Singapore
  • Taipei, Taiwan

Oceania

  • Melbourne, Australia

References

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