{"id":30933,"date":"2016-05-19T07:56:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T07:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/?p=30933"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:36:39","slug":"wings-for-life-world-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/wings-for-life-world-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Wings for Life World Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"evm-last-updated\"><em>Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">NEWS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>It all started on the 8th of May at 1 pm: the unique running event took place on 5 continents in more than 33 countries. The purpose: to cure paraplegia!<\/strong>The total entry fee was donated to the Wings for Life Foundation which deals with Research\u00a0on paraplegia. It didn\u2018t matter how good people are at running, everyone could be part of this event and run until he was overtook by the catcher car. In addition to the Olympiapark in Munich, nearly 137 000 people at 40 different\u00a0locations in Germany were part of this run. Make sure you don&#8217;t miss next years event on May 7th 2017! <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Picture Source: Screenshot YouTube, ganz-muenchen.de<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>You might also like<\/h4>\n[custom-facebook-feed]\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">Sonja H\u00f6slmeier<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">STATEMENT<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be part of this unique event on May 7th back in 2017.<\/p>\n<h4>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 8th at 1am it started: on 5 continents and in 33 countries the race was on and the unique running event started. 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