Project RunCyprus

Description

Project ‘RunCyprus’ has been in the planning stages since 2011. It is now delivering practical results hence the current entries by some of the active members involved in the project, on Cypriatoday.com

Please consult the materials to consult, refer to and download.
It is a project with active runners, amateur members from both Cyprus and abroad-currently Switzerland and Germany, contributing incrementally from year to year to develop. This is taking place both in their home environment and by visiting Cyprus.

It would however be a nice development if friends from other countries also became involved in ways that made the project come alive in their countries as well. The international running community is quite extensive without a doubt with active runners of all abilities and motives for practicing the sport of running.
One thing though they all have in common, is the love of the activity of running itself finding it a ‘fun thing to do’.
In the runners’ own words , ‘feeling free’, ‘close to nature’, ‘for fitness and stamina’ , ‘marathon racing preparation’…an endless string of reasons why running is so popular and so enjoyable.
Cyprus offers the natural conditions to make running even more enjoyable especially when in the rest of Europe nature is not making it easy-running on frozen ground and in wet cold conditions is not exactly fun. We encourage you to seek a period for a visit to Cyprus either with your own friends and running mates or to join one of the organized smaller size groups part of this project, towards the end of 2012 or in 2013.

The descriptions uploaded are by experienced runners able to also answer your questions, so please feel free to consult and refer to them as much as you like.
You may also download material and share it with friends-we only ask that you quote the source the materials originated from-Cypriatoday.com.

Runners from our project have already visited the following areas of Cyprus.
A 1. Akamas-Baths of Aphrodite-Polis
A 2. Akamas-Paphos
P 1. Pissouri area
L 1. Limassol town and outskirts
T 1.Troodos square-Platres general vicinity
L 2. Limassol-Amathus-Governor Beach
T 1. Tochni-Kalavasos-Alaminos area
S 1. Skarinou-Lefkara-Macheras monastery area
AN 1. Ayia Napa-Protaras areas.

It was decided to begin with organizing the first group-visit with Tochni as the base for the period October/November 2012-please let us know if you would like to know more about these running group visits.
Running is of course a main component of the visit but the Cyprus food, wines and traditional local hospitality round up the itinerary making it a greatly enjoyable social affair. For more info please follow the links to other entries and relevant content entered by the ‘Running leaders’, themselves.

.If your next visit to Cyprus has been more fun because of info you read on Cypriatoday.com then we will have succeeded !

Keep on Running !