XI Bieg Pamieci Janusza Kusocinskiego

The XI Bieg Pamięci Janusza Kusocińskiego is a memorial run organized by the military to honor Janusz Kusociński, a Polish Olympic running champion who was later murdered. The Warsaw Garrison Command organizes the event with Kampinos National Park, the Museum of Warsaw, and the Palmiry Memorial Site, making it both a race and a formal act of remembrance. The field is compact: just over two hundred runners started, including athletes from Warsaw military units and institutions. The main format is a 30-kilometer relay for five-person teams, meaning 6 kilometers per runner, matching the distance in the race results. The race is connected to Palmiry, in the Czosnów municipality near Warsaw; another listing indicates the Palmiry parking area as the start for the Palmirski Bieg version. Before the competition, participants lay flowers at Kusociński’s grave. The memorial focus also includes Poles shot by the Gestapo in Palmiry during the German occupation.