Covid-19: post-lockdown, Bundesliga, donations/challenges... equipment suppliers facing the crisis

The running division of Asics launched the #UnitedWeRun race on 16/05/2020. "The objective is to collectively cover one million kilometers, but in a responsible manner, by running alone and respecting the distances between two runners. Once this objective is reached, the kilometers will be transformed into a donation (minimum €60,000) that 'Asics undertakes to donate for the benefit of research against the Covid-19," indicated the Japanese equipment supplier on 15/05/2020, while in four days, 83,538 kilometers were covered.

adidas presented the #HomeTeamHero virtual sports challenge on 14/05/2020. "From 29/05 to 07/06/2020, for every hour of tracked activity, we will donate $1 to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization(WHO), with the goal of reaching one million hours.Bringing together our global community of athletes to take part, the challenge is enabled by the collaboration between multiple activity tracking apps, including Garmin, Zwift, Polar, Suunto, JoyRun and our own suite of performance platforms - adidas Running and adidas Training,…