“I was in the Running Club at my previous job and I thought it would be nice to create something similar at Beko. Since March, we were all working in the remote mode and did not see each other, and we were all very tired of being within four walls. I wanted to have some joint activity together with my colleagues,” says Natalya.

Then Natalia invited a pacer. This is a person who motivates to run, teaches how to run correctly. This is both a coach and an inspirer at the same time. It was Olga Klenovskaya who won the first place among women in the Running Hearts Marathon at the distance of 42 km in 2019. At one of the weekly online meetings, she gave a presentation on running.

For participants the challenge took place in their streets or in the parks close to their houses. It was not safe even for those who lived in the same city to meet for jogging together.

After running until November inclusively, the athletes took a break for winter, and this year they restarted jogging in May. Now monthly challenges are launched using the Nike Running mobile app, which sets the distance and the time to cover it.

At the moment, the running challenges involve office employees from different regions and Moscow where Natalya lives. "I'd love to involve the factory as well. They have people there who jog and take part in all kinds of competitions. After all, we are one company and it would be interesting for us to unite," Natalya shares her plans. "It also brings people together to some extent: it is like a team-building event, constant team building. And the relationship built not only on working aspects helps at work: it becomes easier to communicate, negotiate, ask for help and help. Therefore, I strongly advise everyone to become a part of our Club".

"All the participants are very interesting guys,” says Natalya. Max Chekashov is engaged in ice hockey, Anton Kashirin plays basketball, Kirill Klimov and Volodya Volkov are football players, Kirill Vetrov is engaged in fitness, Olya Kholodkova - in martial arts and stretching, and Katya Pugacheva goes in for boxing. We have very experienced runners. For example, Orhan Sayman went in for track and field athletics, Tanya Dumnova ran semi-marathons and Anya Gushchina already ran two trails of 30 km each. There are people who try to run from time to time, for example Marina Pak. Lera Kozlova has just started but she is so tough that she can run 15 kilometers at + 30 °C. And there are those who go jogging with their whole families, for example, Alexey Zarudnev".

If you have no counter-indications try at least once to run at a slow pace listening to your favourite music, in good weather, and you will see that running is cool!"