Romans' Run 2010
Kaindorf an der Sulm (Austria), Saturday 24 July 2010
Walking Pace!
The Römerlauf, held on a summer evening in July, pays tribute to the Romans who founded the city of Flavia Solva around the year 70 AD, close to the modern city of Leibnitz in the south of Austria.
Many runners dress up as Romans, and the teams with the best Roman costumes get a prize.
The event offers a half marathon (21.1km, two laps), a quarter marathon (10.55km) and a 6k run.
The start/finish area is at the Naturparkzentrum Grottenhof, a redeveloped estate near Leibnitz.
Most of the route is flat but after about 3 kilometres the race crosses the Seggauberg, a wooded hill with a castle on top. The elevation gain/loss is approximately 80 metres.
Participants then run a loop around the Sulmsee bathing lake, and finally on a dirt road along the River Sulm back to the finish.
In 2009, the half marathon winners were Erich Kokaly (1:14:15) and Karoline Dohr (1:30:04).
Parts of the course are on trails.
Country: Austria
Venue (Map): Leibnitz (Maribor 33km, Graz 39km, Vienna 220km)
Date: 24 July 2010 (Saturday)
Race distance: 6km (run and nordic walking), 10.55km, 21.1km; 0.5-2.1km (children)
Start time: 17.15-18.15 (children), 19.00 (6km run), 19.15 (6km walking), 20.15 (10.5/21km)
Entries: online ("Anmeldung") or by post or fax until 18 July (?); late entries on the day 14.00-17.00
Entry fees (6/10.5/21km): 20 EUR (until 17 June), 25 EUR (late entries)
Entry fees (children): 5 EUR (until 17 June), 10 EUR (late entries)
Timing: ChampionChip - use your own chip or rent a chip for 3 EUR (25? EUR deposit)
You get: medal, finisher T-shirt; outdoor headlamp to 21k runners
Prizes: a pair of running shoes to the first 3 M/F in each category
Presentation: 23.00 (?)
Number of finishers 2009: 82 (6km), 369 (10.5km), 150 (21km), 72 (nordic walking), 83 children
Event website (in German): www.roemerlauf.at
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