Mosonmagyaróvár (Hungary), Sunday 18 May 2014

Szigetköz Minimaraton, Hungary - the route runs through the village of Halászi (Copyright © 2014 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

Held in the town of Mosonmagyaróvár in the north-western corner of Hungary — not far from the borders with Austria and Slovakia — the Szigetköz Minimaraton attracts around 500 runners.

Two race distances are on offer — the 4km Dunamenti kör ("Danube Loop") and the 16km Minimaraton, which is run through rural areas and villages on the Szigetköz, a 50km-long flat tract of land that is bounded by two rivers, the Danube (Hungarian: Duna) and the Moson-Danube (Hungarian: Mosoni Duna).

 

Szigetköz Minimaraton - the route across the Moson Danube (Copyright © 2012 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

Country: Hungary

Venue (Map): Mosonmagyaróvár (Bratislava 37km, Vienna 86km, Budapest 163km)

Date: 18 May 2014 (Sunday)

Race distance: 4km; 16km; children 300m (fun run without timekeeping)

Start time: 9.20 (children); 10.00 (4km; 16km)

Start and finish: Flesch Károly Street (Flesch Károly utca), ca. 1.5km from the town centre

Entries: online (up to 14 May 2014) with payment by bank transfer; late entries on the day until 30 minutes before the start

Entry fees (children): no entry fees

Entry fees (4km): 1000/1500/2000 HUF (up to 20 April/14 May/18 May 2014)

Entry fees (16km): 1500/2500/3500 HUF (up to 20 April/14 May/18 May 2014)

Exchange rate: 1000 HUF = ca. 3.25 EUR (May 2014)

Race centre: car park at the Carl Flesch Cultural Centre (Flesch Károly Művelődési Központ), Erkel Ferenc u. 14 (on the day 7.30-9.45)

You get: chip timing, T-shirt, medal, entry into the post-race prize drawing; a pair of socks (to 16km runners)

Baggage storage: no

Prizes (4km, 16km): to the first 3 M/F and to the first 3 in each category

Award ceremony: at 12.00

Number of finishers 2013: 232 (4km), 181 (16km)

Event website: struccfutoklub.hu

 

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