Havířov (Czech Republic), Saturday 17 October 2015

The Havířská desítka ("Havířov 10k") is a new event, to be held in mid-October 2015 in Havířov, a town of about 75,000 people in the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic.

Havířov is a young and very green town, situated in a coal-mining and steel-producing area near Ostrava, the third-largest city in the country.

Three race distances are available — 2.5km and 10km for runners, and 15km for handbikers.

The route is a 2.5km-long loop through the town centre, which was built in the 1950s in the style of socialist realism. The start/finish area is on the main square, náměstí Republiky (pictured above).

The course is mostly flat and fast, and it will be closed to traffic during the race.

The race will take the runners through the Park Na Nábřeží in Havířov.

Country: Czech Republic

Venue (Map): Havířov (Ostrava 16km, Katowice 87km, Kraków 144km, Brno 173km)

Date: 17 October 2015 (Saturday)

Race distance: 2.5km, 10km; 15km handcycling

Start time: 10.00 (2.5km run), 11.00 (15km handcycling), 12.30 (10km run)

Start and finish: náměstí Republiky ("Republic Square")

Entries: online; late entries on the day (8.00-9.30 for the 2.5km run and for the 15km handcycling race; 8.00-12.00 for the 10k race)

Entry fees* (2.5km): 100 CZK

Entry fees* (10km, 15km): 300 CZK

*Parts of the entry fees will be donated to support disabled boccia players.

You get: chip timing, aid stations on the course, beer and goulash after the race, a souvenir gift; T-shirt to the first 150 entrants

Award ceremony: at 14.00

Event website (in Czech): desitka.skfuga.cz

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