Powered by Research: INESC-ID goes the extra mile at the Tejo Run 2025

It was just after 8 a.m. on a sunny Sunday, September 14, and several members of the INESC-ID running group were already warming up, chatting, and sharing laughs near Algés station — a meeting point for thousands of runners and enthusiasts of all ages ahead of the Tejo Run 2025.

For those still arriving, it was easy to spot the rest of the team. The green and blue t-shirts with the INESC-ID logo and the rallying phrase Powered by Research, proudly worn by researchers, PhD students, and members of the various support offices, stood out in the crowd.

After the brief gathering, it was time to run. For some, the culmination of weeks of hard training. For others, first-timers, it felt more like a Sunday stroll straight out of an Instagram post: 10 kilometers of coastline between Algés and Praia da Torre, in one of Portugal’s oldest and most scenic races.

On the men’s classification, researcher Fábio Passos crossed the finish line first, with an impressive time under 50 minutes, followed closely by Jorge Fernandes. Nuno Roma and Nuno Neves finished just minutes later, almost neck and neck. In the women’s classification, Sílvia Castro, Natália Costa, and Manuela Sado completed the INESC-ID podium. The rest of the team arrived at their own pace, but no one was left behind.

At the finish line, sweat, fatigue, and wide grins were the best medals — and the shared certainty that next year, “temos equipa!”