Albania
Mire se erdhe ne shqiperi!
Welcome to the Albania section of the relay, which covers 430km. Along the way, we pass by historic landmarks, through countryside and cityscapes, and visit groundbreaking climate action projects. Join in and help protect the planet we run on.
Join relay runners in Albania and celebrate climate action!
Throughout the 7,767km relay route we are visiting and celebrating some of the world’s most inspirational and groundbreaking climate action projects. Discover more about these projects below.
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What do you get if you mash-up an Attenborough nature documentary and the Olympics?... Running Out of Time!
We're bringing together multiple sports, incredible climate action projects, stunning natural landscapes, mixing them all together and throwing YOU into the heart of it!
Running Out of Time is a 2,436km relay from Ben Nevis to Big Ben. There are a total of 210 stages, with stages ranging from 2-30km long. The relay runs from sunrise to sunset for 29 days and travels to 44 counties.
Our goal is for the relay baton to be passed from person-to-person and arrive in London. Most stages will be run and a small number will be cycled. We will also be kayaking, canoeing, paragliding, skiing, mountain biking, walking, wheeling and more!
The relay starts at Lochaber High School, Fort William, on Thursday 6th June and will finish at Big Ben on Thursday 4th July.
You must be over the age of 18 to sign-up to our relay and be able maintain an average pace of 7 minutes per kilometre for the duration of a stage.
If you are under the age of 18 and would like to run a stage, then please ask your parent/legal guardian to contact us at [email protected] and we will see if this can be accommodated.
What do we do when we're running out of time? We run faster!
We are calling on everyone – from national government to local government; from individuals to communities; from schools to businesses – to work together to protect our world now and for future generations.
We aim to celebrate amazing climate action, and nature protection projects, run by community groups, charities, businesses and schools, from around the UK. Hopefully by championing all the great work already being done, we can play a part in securing more support and funding for these projects and others.
National partner
Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA)
Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA) is a non-governmental environmental organization that operates nationwide, known to be the first environmental organization in Albania.
In this last decade, PPNEA has expanded its work in almost all the national parks and protected areas in Albania and in the transboundary areas with Kosovo, North Macedonia and Greece. Its work has been extensive in the protection of wetland habitats and coastal areas, very important for hundreds and thousands of breeding, wintering and migratory birds. PPNEA has been working for several years now for the conservation of endangered species such as the Dalmatian Pelican or critically endangered Egyptian vulture, in Albania.