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Registration for the Riga-Valmiera 107 km charity run is open

17/11/202529/03/2026 , Matīss Vecvagaris

We are always starting registration for the epic Riga-Valmiera 107 km run on the day of the proclamation of Latvia on November 18, in accordance with the course record time of 7.30.49, which was achieved in 2024 by Toms Komass. Next year we will run in Valmiera on May 2. We have been helping children with mobility impairments for more than 10 years, but it has never been so that the guardian angel is on the highway with everyone. This time, Jana, the mother of guardian angels Tom and Edzus...
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Homers win 107-kilometer charity run Riga-Valmiera

04/05/202529/03/2026 , Matīss Vecvagaris

Valmiera residents Ritvars Kalniņš and Karīna Lezdiņa won the 2025 Riga-Valmiera 107 km run, which was dedicated to the 107th anniversary of the founding of the state of Latvia in 1918. Several more Valmiera residents finished in honorable places. Read more on social media LSM.lv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9j-gKPuyy0
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Registration opens for Riga-Valmiera 107 km

18/11/202401/12/2024 , Matīss Vecvagaris

Continuing the tradition of recent years, registration for the Riga-Valmiera 107 km race opens on the morning of Latvia's independent day, November 18, according to the course record time. Since this year on May 4, during the Latvian Rebirth Day, Toms Komass improved his course record, registration has been open since 7:30:49 am Next year, on May 3, we will celebrate Latvia's 107th anniversary (1918-2025) on the Riga-Valmiera 107 km highway Registration – registracija.ultrataka.lv/registra...
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RV107 Children Meet at POGA

07/09/202401/12/2024 , Matīss Vecvagaris

Celebrating a decade since the Riga-Valmiera 107 km run has been held in a charity format, children who have been guardian-angels of the historic run from 2015 to 2024 met at the POGA rehabilitation center. The event was addressed by Ziedot.lv manager Rūta Dimanta and musician Kārlis Kazāks. Meanwhile, the children had fun with giant bubbles. The total amount donated over the past 10 years is 53,112.83 euros. For the work done, the “Ultrataka” association received the “Strongman” certifica...
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Diana Dzaviza breaks Latvian record in 100 km

04/05/202401/12/2024 , Matīss Vecvagaris

In the 10th anniversary of the Riga-Valmiera 107 km charity run, the winners were Toms Komass from Jelgava (7:30:49) and Diana Daaviza from Vienna (8:14:58) former from Salacgriva. Toms Komass won for the fourth time in a row, improving his previous course record by more than 10 minutes. In the Latvian Championship 100 km, the Jelgava native took home the gold medal, showing the second best result of all time (7:01:54), falling behind national record holder Aleksadrs Prokopcuks (6:50:36) by 1...
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Riga-Valmiera 107K runners in 2024 will collect money for little Regnar on the national holiday May 4

27/12/202327/12/2023 , Matīss Vecvagaris

Next year, participants and volunteer helpers of the 107-kilometer Rīga-Valmiera race will donate funds for the rehabilitation procedures of five-year-old Regnāras Bērziņa-Krūmiņa in the "Poga" children's center of the "Ziedot.lv" foundation. The charity project has reached ten years and in the nine years so far, more than 42 thousand euros have been collected for Vidzeme children with mobility impairments. In 2024, the race will take place on a national holiday - May 4. The five-year-old from ...
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Jublee Hoody only for RV107 finishers

03/04/202304/04/2023 , Matīss Vecvagaris

We are proud to announce that every Riga-Valmiera 2023 finisher will receive a special exclusive hoody (!!!) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the continuous series of races since 2014, when we revived the historic Gladiator Walk, which took place five times in 1989-1993. Yes, we didn't have to touch the door handle of Simon's Church then, but now for the tenth time we are doing more than that and it is normal to run 107 km for charity. Just 19 hours to reach the red finish carpet and cele...
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The running society donates a record amount to little Gustav – 5453 euros

17/07/202006/08/2020 , Matīss Vecvagaris

During the 107-kilometer running trip Riga-Valmiera, which took place last week, its participants and volunteer helpers collected 5453.10 euros for the guardian angel of the event, eight-year-old Gustavs Marcis Spilva from Vecpiebalga, who is a child with movement disorders from birth. The symbolic 107 euros were donated by 22 donors. At the closing event of the Riga-Valmiera children's rehabilitation center "POGA", the donated amount was announced by the head of the charity organization "Zie...
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28 years old competition record is broken

11/07/202006/08/2020 , Matīss Vecvagaris

Peteris Grivins and Diana Džaviza's on Saturday Jula 11 won the historic 107-kilometer race Riga-Valmiera, as well as both won gold prizes in the Latvian championship in the 100-kilometer distance, according to the organizers. Grīviņš became the first runner to reach the finish line in Valmiera in less than eight hours, and Džaviza also corrected the track record for the women. The Riga-Valmiera race was for the first time with a bronze quality mark awarded to it by the International Ultrason...
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Riga-Valmiera 107k will take place on 11 July 2020

11/06/202016/06/2020 , Matīss Vecvagaris

It is the first day after the end of the state of emergency in the country and we can announce the new date of the charity “Riga-Valmiera” - July 11, which will come just after a month. Currently, we are working intensively on the coordination of the event in local governments and other state institutions, so that the participants of the popular ultra race in Latvia can also enjoy the wonderful night hours. By the end of June, we will report on the situation, with a spare option for the start...
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