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NCT-RUNning against cancer

Normally, once a year, thousands of people set out to take part in the NCT run and make their mark against cancer. Under the motto NCT-Running against caner: Alone. Together! we launched a collective action in 2020. Thus, our charity run could take place despite the pandemic and was a complete success! Almost the whole world moved for the first virtual NCT run. From Iceland to Antarctica, from Honolulu to Japan, 9,000 people were on the move. In 2021, more than 8,000 runners ran for a good cause at over 1,000 locations on all seven continents. Last year, more than 4,750 runners worldwide took part and raised a total of 65,000 euros for cancer research!
The run was visible on social media in countless stories and picture posts with the hashtags #nctrun and #nctrun.

What are we running for?

The NCTRun never was about athlic performance but rather about supporting the fight against cancer! The particular motives are as individual as all of us: the disease of a beloved one, the loss of a family member, social commitment, to promote one's own health and so on. And each one is doing a good because the run has a huge and long-term influence- it makes people think about the consequences of a cancer diagnosis, it connects society and research and it demonstrates solidarity for all patients.

Review 2022

In 2022 we also received beautiful pictures and posts, stories and fates, motivating words and reasons to continue! We are happy about every submission.

The tenth anniversary - looking back and forward

In 2021, we also celebrated 10 years of NCT-LAUFend gegen Krebs. Since the first starting signal, a total of 429,000 km have been run-this corresponds to the distance from the earth to the moon and another four orbits around the moon! This could only be achieved by the overwhelming number of runners who together would fill the Bundesliga stadium in Leipzig. Every single one of them raised a total of 850,000 euros - money that makes an important contribution to cancer research at the NCT Heidelberg and makes research projects possible that could not otherwise be implemented!

NCT-Run 2021 in pictures

At the anniversary run, the second virtual NCT run, people from all over the world were also on the move for the NCT Heidelberg to collect valuable kilometres!

NCT-Run 2020 in pictures

We were sent lots of photos of motivated runners from all over the world. Get some inspiration here!

>> Find the photos here


Virtual distance: World Map 2020

Explore the locations of the NCT running community with our map!

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>> View map

Andreas Klein (NCT fundraising) gives the starting shot for the NCT run