adidas Runners Saigon – the running community that spreads life values

adidas Runners Saigon (AR Saigon) was established in 2018, operating in the Ho Chi Minh City area. At that time, the number of members was quite modest, each training session had only about 30 runners. After four years, this number increased tenfold. "Currently we have 3 training points, each point more than 70 people, each week has nearly 300 participants. When we look back at the early days, we are proud to have grown so far," Nguyen Duc Nghia said. , Marketing Director, representative of AR Saigon shared.

Not only practicing to improve their own health, community members consider spreading and developing the running movement in Vietnam a mission. Currently, in addition to those who practice directly in Ho Chi Minh City, on the online group, they have 18,500 members, coming from all over the country.

"All members in the group consider each other like family, regardless of the experienced or just starting. All have the same goal to help each other better. Some people started from zero, now they are regulars. top in official tournaments," Nghia said proudly.

Accompanying from the first day of establishment, Mr. Dau Van Ngoc, the coach of the group, clearly saw the change. "The number of members is larger. Going to races in remote provinces is recognized and helped by runners everywhere. That makes us feel very proud," said Mr. Ngoc.

At the MetaSports Marathon tournaments, runners easily recognize the characteristic black shirt image of this community. From the very first VM seasons, their members were enrolled in the important award category. At VM Quy Nhon 2019 and VM Hue 2020, Le Quang Hoa was crowned the 42km champion. Other coreteam members such as Nguyet Do, Nguyen Thao, Hung Vo, Xuan Diu, Nga Vo, Dau Ngoc... are familiar names competing in the age category of the VM tournaments.

Coming to VM Hanoi Midnight 2022, the team of coaches and coreteams do not focus on achievements. "Members participate in the tournament to socialize, connect and learn. This is a great opportunity to test fitness and training stats. This tournament brings together a lot of great runners, we don't book It's very comfortable to talk about achievements, "said Mr. Ngoc. However, they still plan to practice so that the runner gets used to the night time frame.

"This is a challenging tournament because the starting time is 0:00, the coaching staff reminds everyone to practice at night to get used to them. We encourage the members, if they have time, to go to Hanoi early to get used to the weather and to get used to the weather. learn how to run," said coach Dau Van Ngoc. Because of the psychological comfort, most of the members completed their goals at the Hanoi night run.

Not only operating in Vietnam, they regularly participate in exchanges with the international running community. In 2019, Nguyet Do and Luu Chi Hung participated in the Berlin Marathon. Also at this tournament, in 2022, Hung Vo is the representative of AR Saigon to compete.

In addition, members who have the opportunity to go on business trips abroad all contact AR in their country to exchange and exchange experiences. Through those activities, they have brought back to Vietnam good ideas for community development.

Always curious, ready to learn, AR aims at diversity, professionalism and identity in the Vietnamese running village. With the motto "sports can change lives, communities can change the world", AR Saigon hopes to be the destination of runners, regardless of level, religion, skin color or color. sex.