Adidas celebrates success of Run for the Oceans 2018

16/07/2018
Sportswear group adidas has revealed that more than one million runners from all over the world took part in the latest edition of its ‘Run for the Oceans’ initiative.

This event, which first took place in 2017, is part of its relationship with ocean conservation group Parley for the Oceans.

Run for the Oceans 2018 took place over a month from June 8 to July 8. It included more than 13 major running events globally, including in London, New York, Paris and Shanghai, and many more smaller events. Overall, the runners taking part covered a distance of more than 12.4 million kilometres.

Following the conclusion of the event, adidas has said it will donate $1 million to mark the achievements of the runners. This will go towards the Parley Ocean School initiative, which aims to educate the next generation on how to protect the oceans.