Waterford Institute of Technology will partner with WLRfm Waterford Viking Marathon for this year’s race happening on June 25th. WIT are sponsoring the much sought after goody bag for the event as well as providing expert training advice and information for runners, from the wonderful Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Science, in the lead up to the event through the WIT website, the department’s blog and social media pages. WIT is fully supportive of this year’s event and many staff and students are training to take part in the Full, Half, Quarter and Relay marathon.
Olive O’Connor, Marketing & Communications Manager at WIT said, “We are delighted be to be part of the Waterford Viking Marathon 2016 and we hope that we can help build on what is already a very successful and positive initiative for Waterford and the region.” “We have a really strong sports department at WIT so this race has nice synergies for us. The staff in Health, Sport & Exercise Science are really committed to promoting healthier lifestyles and we want to leverage the event to encourage more people, including our students and staff, to get more active.” For further information and route map on WVM 2016 see www.waterfordvikingmarathon.com
