Since 1992, various festive events have been held on this day throughout the territory of our country. Among them, of course, the races dedicated to the Independence Day of Ukraine attracted my attention the most, since the main holiday of the country affects everyone, including running community.
I offer you a small selection interesting races to the Independence Day of Ukraine.
Individual races
- Venue: Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odesa, Rivne, Chernihiv, Sumy, Khust, Mykolaiv, Kryvyi Rih, Kherson
- Date: August 24th
- Distances: 10, 5 kilometers
- Route limit: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Entry fee: from 15 $
- Website: vyshyvanka.club
Run in embroidered shoes takes place in various cities of Ukraine and abroad, where the Ukrainian diaspora is present, every year on August 24. Competitions take place in two disciplines, a 10-kilometer and a 5-kilometer run.
- Venue: Kyiv
- Date: August 23
- Distances: 10, 5 kilometers
- Route limit: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Entry fee: from 15 $
- Website: –
Race in Pirogov - takes place on the eve of Independence Day on August 23 in Kyiv on the territory of the Museum of Life and Culture of Pyrogovo. The competition is held in two disciplines, a 10-kilometer and a 5-kilometer run.
- Venue: Dnipro
- Date: August 22
- Distances: 10, 5 kilometers
- Route limit: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Entry fee: from 10 $
- Website: –
Dnipro Vyshyvanky Run - another 10 and 5 kilometers competitions, which take place in the city of Dnipro every year on August 22.
- Venue: Rivne
- Date: August 24th
- Distances: 10, 5 kilometers
- Route limit: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Entry fee: from 10 $
- Website: –
Rivne Patriotic Run – a running event taking place on August 24 in the city of Rivne. It includes two races of 5 and 10 kilometers.
- Venue: Netishin
- Date: August 24th
- Distances: 21, 10 kilometers
- Route limit: 3 hours
- Entry fee: from 10 $
- Website: –
Netishyn half-marathon - a half-marathon race that takes place every year in the town of Netishyn, Khmelnytskyi region.
In addition to the usual individual races dedicated to the Independence Day of Ukraine, which take place on August 22, 23 and 24 in Ukraine, there is also a 10-day team race called "Steel Garth".
Multi-day races
- Venue: Dnipro - Kyiv
- Date: August 14
- Distances: 500 kilometers
- Route limit: –
- Entry fee: –
- Website: –
"Steel Hart" - team race over a distance of 500 kilometers or more. The holding of which begins 10 days before the Independence Day of Ukraine. One of the features of this race is that it starts every year from different cities of Ukraine (Kovel, Dnipro, Kharkiv), and the finish line is always in Kyiv.
