{"id":178836,"date":"2025-05-12T13:38:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=178836"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:48","slug":"roadrunners-organise-new-run-around-woudestein-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/05\/12\/roadrunners-organise-new-run-around-woudestein-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadrunners organise new run around Woudestein campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Running association EUR Roadrunners is organising a new run on campus Woudestein. The Campusrun will replace the annual Erasmus Ronde and will take place on the 17 May. Floris de Vries and Nikki de Booij explain the reason behind this change, and what to expect during the 35th edition of the run.<\/p>\n

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Runners of the 2023 Erasmusronde at the Kralingse Plas.<\/span><\/p>

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The new Campusrun will replace the Erasmusronde. The annual run was held at PAC Rotterdam and went around the Kralingse Plas for 34 years, since the beginning of the Roadrunners association, says race secretary Floris de Vries. \u201cThe association did not have enough members in September to organise the run at its usual time in November. There were only twenty members from last year that stayed this year.\u201d Because of this, the run was delayed until May.<\/p>\n

Identity<\/h2>

Floris saw this as an opportunity to reflect on the purpose behind the Erasmusronde: \u201cThe delay gave us some room to think about why we organise the run at PAC Rotterdam, what were the motivations behind that choice.\u201d To him, the run didn\u2019t \u2018uniquely highlight the association\u2019: \u201cIt was more something we needed to do every year. We wanted to do something that we 100 percent believed in.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 35th edition of the annual Roadrunners run will therefore take place around the Esch, starting and finishing on the main road of the Woudestein campus of EUR. \u201cWe study every day on campus, so we felt it was closer to our identity\u201d, said Floris. Active committee member Nikki loved this idea: \u201cI think that it\u2019s really fun to give a new dimension to the run because we are a student association, so running on campus is fitting to me and other students.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Runners of the 2023 Erasmusronde at PAC Rotterdam.<\/span><\/p>

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Loudest spectator<\/h2>

Even though the Erasmusronde became the Campusrun to tap into that student identity, it is still open to everyone: \u201cI just want everyone to join and have a fun day, to turn the campus into one big running day\u201d, said Nikki. Floris\u2019 mother will be joining the run: \u201cShe studied at Erasmus and hasn\u2019t been there for quite a while, so she\u2019d like to be back.\u201d<\/p>\n

What can you expect from participating in the Campusrun? Nikki stated: \u201cYou can run with your friends, afterwards have a drink. You\u2019ll get a medal which you can hang above your bed or sleep with.\u201d And there\u2019s a beer package for the loudest spectator: \u201cIt\u2019s fun to support the people that run on the campus, it\u2019s not only for the runners, but also for the supporters\u201d, said Floris.<\/p>\n\t

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For more information, or if you want to participate in the run, check the website of the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

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