The Nike+ Human Race

Infobox Athleticrace
bgcolour = orange


imagesize = 200px
caption =
date = 31 August 2008
location = Global
type = road
distance = 10k
est = 2008
record =
homepage = [http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/humanrace/index.jsp www.nikeplus.com]

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 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve_cDZDKhAQ Commercials] featuring animals, most of which don't agree with the name "Human Race".

Paper Route provided the music for the race trailer.

Kit

Runners will get a ticket, red T-shirt with a imprinted race number, a wristband (indicating race wave) and a championchip.

The championchip is a small device which is applied to the laces of the shoe which tracks your start and finish time.Runners in London received a white long sleeved shirt with the imprint "The Day I raced the World".

Overall City Race 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 flagicon|USA

* Chicago, United States flagicon|USA

* Los Angeles, United States flagicon|USA

* Mexico City, Mexico flagicon|MEX

* New York City, United States flagicon|USA

* Vancouver, Canada flagicon|CAN

South America

* Bogota, Colombia flagicon|COL

* Buenos Aires, Argentina flagicon|ARG

* Caracas, Venezuela flagicon|VEN

* Lima, Peru flagicon|PER

* Quito, Ecuador flagicon|ECU

* Sao Paulo, Brazil flagicon|BRA

Europe

* London, United Kingdom flagicon|GBR

* Madrid, Spain flagicon|ESP

* Munich, Germany flagicon|GER

* Paris, France flagicon|FRA

* Rome, Italy flagicon|ITA

* Istanbul, Turkey flagicon|TUR

* Warsaw, Poland flagicon|POL

Asia

* Mount Fuji, Japan flagicon|JPN

* Seoul, South Korea flagicon|KOR

* Shanghai, China flagicon|CHN

* Singapore, Singapore flagicon|SIN

* Taipei, Taiwan flagicon|TWN

Oceania

* Melbourne, Australia flagicon|AUS

References

* [http://inside.nike.com/blogs/humanrace-en_GB Race Information]

External links

* [http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/humanrace/index.jsp Official Site]
* [http://www.wwf.org.uk/core/index.asp World Wide Fund of Nature]
* [http://www.livestrong.org/site/c.khLXK1PxHmF/b.2660611/k.BCED/Home.htm Lance Armstrong Foundation]
* [http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home The UN Refugee Agency]
* [http://www.myspace.com/paperroute Paper Route]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve_cDZDKhAQ Commercials]