The Roparun (Rotterdam Paris run) is a non-stop relay run between

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

and

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. The race has been organised annually from 1992, over a distance of 530 kilometres. From its origin the run has been a charity event, aimed to raise funds for cancer patients. In its 25-year history (until 2016) over 73 million euros have been raise

History

In the first run in 1992 13 teams participated. Since 1993 there is a 72 hours live report on RoParunRadio. The Slogan of the Roparun: ' Add life to the days, when no more days can be added to life.' From 2004 onwards, the run start in Paris with the finish in Rotterdam. In 2008 253 teams made it to the finish at the Rotterdam

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. This edition raised an amount of 4.3 Million Euros. In 2009 a record 275 teams (6,500 participants) started in Paris raising 4.7 Million Euros for care to cancer patient

The donations beat those of the previous (record) edition by about 10% in spite of the

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External links

* {{Official website, http://www.roparun.nl Athletics competitions in France Athletics competitions in the Netherlands Long-distance relay races