The independence running events in Poland in 2018 – motives of participation. The case study of 8th Edition of the independence run in Luboń

Malchrowicz-Mośko Ewa, Młodzik Maciej, Chlebosz Karolina. The independence running events in Poland in 2018 – motives of participation. The case study of 8th Edition of the independence run in Luboń. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(12):232-244. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2167965 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6364 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/891009 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 30.10.2018. Revised: 20.11.2018. Accepted: 10.12.2018. The independence running events in Poland in 2018 – motives of participation. The case study of 8th Edition of the independence run in Luboń Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko Maciej Młodzik Karolina Chlebosz E. Piasecki University of Physical Education, Poznań, Poland Key words: running, sports event, non-elite sport, motives of sports participation Abstract: The purpose of the study was to examine the motivations to participate in a not high class running event and evaluate the socio-demographic profile of a participant. The sample comprised 100 runners that participated in the 8th edition of the Independence Run in Luboń, which took place on November 11, 2018, on the hundredth anniversary of Poland regaining its independence. To evaluate the motivation to participate in the event, a self-constructed questionnaire was used. The results might be useful for sport managers to analyze consumer behavior and utilize the results in their everyday practice, especially in the strategic planning, marketing and implementation of massive sport events which take place outside the limits of a big city