AU RUN has 560 participants signed up – expects to sell out if the weather forecast holds true
This year, AU RUN takes place on Saturday 31 May, and the organisers report that 560 participants have already signed up. A total of 800 tickets are available, but they’re likely to sell out, says Johan Obenhausen Selmer, a student assistant at AU Sport. At the same time, he unveils a new and tasty expansion of the concept this year.
Where do you sign up?
You sign up via this website.
How much does it cost?
It costs DKK 80 for students and DKK 150 for non-students. Anyone can participate.
Where?
The University Park.
When?
Saturday 31 May at 12:00. The race starts at 13:00.
Programme for the day:
12.00: Arrival
12.30: Welcome
12.40: Group warm-up
13.00: Runners get into place
13.05: 10 km runners set off, and 5 km runners prepare
13.10: 5 km runners set off
14.05: Award ceremony
14.20: Games and activities in the park
On Saturday 31 May, the paths in the (hopefully) sunlit University Park will see a bit more wear and tear. Here, up to 800 students and staff will be able to take a kind of brain break from exam studying and work by running distances of five and ten kilometres around the green park.
The students must pay DKK 80 to participate, while employees and other participants must pay DKK 150.
The price includes a t-shirt, bib number and the opportunity to win prizes for fastest time, median time, as well as the best costume.
AU RUN is a collaboration between the Student Council, Studenterhus Aarhus and AU Sport.
The run started during the COVID lockdown in 2020, when the Student Council encouraged students and staff to run individually and upload their times and pictures to social media.
AU RUN is now in its fourth year as a physical group race.
Johan Obenhausen Selmer, who is a student assistant at AU Sport, says that AU RUN is mainly aimed at the average running enthusiast.
"We want to make sure that everyone can participate, so that's why we award the prize for median-time," he says.
"There are some really fast men and women from AGF-Athletics and Aarhus 1900, so we must also focus on the average runner," Johan Obenhausen Selmer says.
Sold out in previous years
At the time of writing, 560 tickets have been sold out of a possible 800.
And Johan Obenhausen Selmer expects it to be sold out, as it has been in previous years.
"People usually sign up a week before the event when they have seen the weather forecast," he says.
"So I have full confidence that it will sell out," he says.
In the last few years, the fastest runner, the average runner, and the runner with the best costume have been able to win everything from a new bike, an espresso machine, to new running shoes. What the prize is this year, Johan Obenhausen Selmer does not want to disclose.
An event for both runners and spectators
As usual, there is the opportunity to buy something cold to drink and linger in the park with various activities after the race is over.
This year, the organisers are trying to expand the concept even more.
"There will be a food truck, so you actually have the opportunity to stay in the park and get something to eat," Johan Obenhausen Selmer says.
This text is machine translated and post-edited by Cecillia Jensen.