This was the Animal Welfare Run 2023 on the Prater Hauptallee in Vienna

Around 1000 animal welfare enthusiasts were in Vienna on 1 October 2023 when it was time for the animal welfare run 🤩

On 1 October 2023, the animal welfare run took place for the 12th time in various distances in the Prater Hauptallee in Vienna. The fantastic event was organised by the Vegan Society Austria together with the Vienna Animal Welfare Association Tierschutz Austria and my Sports club Team Vegan.at.

Unfortunately, I couldn't run myself due to my cold 🤧, but I was still there for you and brought a great Instagram reel with me 😁.

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Introduction of Team Vegan.at

In my Veganmania & Veggie Planet reports I have already gone into more detail about the Vegan Society Austria, which is why today I am writing this part of the blog post my association Team Vegan.at dedicate.

Team Vegan.at is the first vegan sports club in Austria and serves, among other things, to promote the sporting activities of vegan athletes in both competitive and popular sports.

(Source: Team Vegan.at website homepage 2023)

You can see this sentence at first glance when you visit the club's website. Various sports disciplines, team training, athletics sessions, running groups, vegan get-togethers and much more are what make up the club and bring the team members closer together every day. 

As a new member, I was given a very warm welcome and am delighted to be part of the incredibly great and friendly team.

By the way: there are already some team members in Upper Austria, which is why we can also hold regular get-togethers here. If you would like to join us, please come along!

Brief key data on the animal welfare run:

• ✅ Participation in 5 competitions possible 
  • 100 m toddler run (2015 or younger) 
    • free of charge
  • 850 m school run (age group 2010 - 2015)
    • from € 10,-
  • 5 km main run
    • from € 18,-
  • 10 km main race
    • from € 21,-
  • 5 km Nordic Walking
    • from € 18,-
• ✅ Around 1000 participants 😳🙌
• ✅ Great warm-up with the chairman of the Vegan Society - Felix Hnat
• ✅ Vegan cuisine from NomNom by Melli, Jablonski and Espressomobile

Starting signal - the Animal Welfare Run 2023 got underway straight after the warm-up!

Beaming faces and motivated runners waited at the start for the countdown to end. While the toddler and school run had already taken place in the morning, the „starting shot“ (without a shot, of course) for the main competition was fired at 1.30 pm. 

The 5 km Nordic walkers started 5 minutes later and really got going. To be honest: I had absolutely no idea that you could Nordic walk that fast 😳

15 minutes and 27.6 seconds after the start of the main race, the first athlete crossed the finish line - absolutely amazing! 🏃‍♀️💨

All the athletes gave their all on the day and put in an absolutely fantastic performance. ⚡️ I was really flashed - I normally take part in races myself and don't really notice when the first ones cross the finish line. 🤩

Click here for the list of results.

My summary of the Animal Welfare Run 2023 on the Prater Hauptallee in Vienna

It was a shame that I couldn't run with them myself - but it was still a really great day for me. I was able to accompany all the athletes from the relaxed run-in to the warm-up, through the start and then to the finish - with my camera. It was a new experience for me to see such an event from the other side and it gave me the motivation to take part as a runner next year.

Thanks to the organisers, to the organisation team, but above all thanks to all animal welfare enthusiasts who made the day what it was: an important sign for animal welfare!

With this in mind: see you at the start together in 2024! 🤩

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