Celje (Slovenia), Tuesday 24 June 2014

The Maraton Državnosti (‘Marathon of Statehood′) commemorates Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991.

The event features a 10.5km race (one lap) and a half marathon (two laps).

Both races begin and end at the ‘Dvorana Zlatorog’ handball arena on the northern edge of Celje, a town of about 38,000 residents, located on the railway line between Ljubljana and Maribor.

The route is undulating out and back through rolling countryside. The turning point is at the very pretty reservoir of Šmartinsko jezero (pictured).

Country: Slovenia

Venue (Map): Celje (53km from Maribor, 78km from Ljubljana, 114km from Zagreb, 122km from Graz)

Date: 24 June 2014 (Tuesday)

Race distance: 10.5km; 21.1km; children 350m-700m-1050m

Start time: 16.00 (children); 18.00 (10.5km, 21km)

Start and finish: at the sports hall ‘Dvorana Zlatorog’, Opekarniška cesta 15, Celje

Entries: online (up to 20 June 2014); late entries on the day

Entry fees (10.5km): € 10 (up to 20 June 2014), € 15 (on 24 June 2014)

Entry fees (21km): € 17 (up to 20 June 2014), € 22 (on 24 June 2014)

Entry fees (children's races): no entry fees

You get: T-shirt, drinks and a meal after the race; T-shirt and drinks to all children

Prizes (10.5km, 21km): to the first 3 M/F and to the first 3 in each category

Number of finishers 2013: 97 (10.5km), 21 (21km)

Event website (in Slovene): www.drustvo-maratoncev-celje.si

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