Batavierenrace: How students run 175KM and throw a party afterwards? | Zoëlle van Bommel

52 years ago a group of students went to Sweden and joined a running race. After they came back they had a strange urge to run 175KM. So they organized the biggest student relay race in the world. In 2012, the race was recorded in the Guinness World Records as the relay race with the highest number of participants (8,509).
Want to hear all ins and outs of this journey? Tune in to this episode!

Link:
https://www.batavierenrace.nl/

Timecode:
00:00 Introduction
01:34 What is Batavierenrace
11:14 A day of a board member
21:35 Fun fact about board composition
33:35 How to apply for a board?

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