8th Ślęża Half Marathon 2015

Sobótka (Poland), Saturday 21 March 2015

Ślęża, Poland (Author: Proch / commons.wikimedia.org / Public Domain)

 

Almost 3,300 runners completed last year's Półmaraton Ślężański, a half marathon road race in the Lower Silesia Province in south-western Poland.

The route is very challenging. The difference between the lowest and the highest point on the course is more than 200 metres!

Starting and finishing in Sobótka, a small town of 7,000 people, located about 30km from the city of Wrocław, participants run through rural areas and woods clockwise around Mount Ślęża (718m, pictured), an ancient holy place for local tribes, and nowadays a protected area and a popular hiking destination.

The time limit to finish the race is three hours.

 

Country: Poland

Venue (Map): Sobótka (Wrocław 34km, Dresden 254km, Prague 256km, Berlin 330km)

Date: 21 March 2015 (Saturday)

Race distance: 21.1km (PZLA-certified)

Start: 11.00 on Rynek (market square)

Finish: in the sports hall of Gimnazjum Gminne, ul. Świdnicka 20a (600m from the start)

Race centre: in the sports hall of Gimnazjum Gminne (20 March 2015, 16.00-21.00; on the day 6.00-10.30)

Entries: online (up to 18 March 2015); late entries on the day; free entry for runners aged 70 years or over

Entry fees: 50 PLN (up to 15 Nov 2014), 60 PLN (up to 31 Dec 2014), 70 PLN (up to 31 Jan 2015), 80 PLN (up to 28 Feb 2015), 90 PLN (up to 14 March 2015), 100 PLN (up to 21 March 2015)

Exchange rate: 100 PLN = ca. 23.30 EUR (January 2015)

Timekeeping: bib chip timing

You get: drinks on the course, a meal after the race, finisher medal, entry into the prize drawing; free accommodation option in a sports hall (on Friday, on reservation); child care during the race

Prizes: to the first 6 M/F and to the first 3 in each category (prizes are not cumulative)

Award ceremony: at 14.15 in the sports hall of Gimnazjum Gminne

Number of finishers 2014: 3,281

Event website: www.polmaratonslezanski.pl

 

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