26th Pécs-Harkány Road Race 2010
The 25km road race from Pécs to Harkány in southern Hungary is a classic in the Hungarian race calendar. More than 600 runners took part in last year's 25th edition of the event. Over 200 of them participated in the relay race for teams of three runners.
The start is on the southern edge of Pécs, an old city with lots of historic sights. Pécs has been designated as European Capital of Culture 2010 (alongside with Istanbul and Essen).
The undulating course runs southwards to the small town of Harkány, which is just a few kilometres from the border with Croatia. Harkány is renowned for its large thermal baths. All participants get free entry to the spa to relax in the steaming hot pools after the race.
In 2009, Ashenafi Erkolo, an Ethiopian athlete who is based in Hungary, celebrated victory in a time of 1:17:50. Judit Nagy, two-times Olympian and winner of the Paris Marathon 1995, broke the tape as the first woman in 1:33:07.
Country: Hungary
Venue (Map): Pécs-Harkány (Osijek 90km, Budapest 202km, Zagreb 215km)
Date: 7 March 2010 (Sunday)
Race distance: 25km; relay race (3-person: 8.5/9/7.5km)
Start time: 11.00
Start: Pécs, Verseny utca (Verseny Street)
Finish: Harkány, thermal spa, Kossuth Lajos utca 7
Entries: by post, fax or e-mail (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) until 1st March; payment by bank transfer; late entries on the day 8.00-10.00
Entry fees (25km): 3300/4000/4500 HUF (until 5 February/5 March/late entries)
Entry fees (relay teams): 9600/12000/13500 HUF
< Exchange rate: 1000 HUF = ca. 3.70 EUR >
Timing: ChampionChip (1000 HUF deposit, fully refundable); relay teams use only one chip
Race centre: PVSK sports hall, Pécs, Verseny utca 2
You get: T-Shirt, certificate, free entry to the spa in Harkány, transport of personal clothing to the finish, bus service for relay runners, bus service to Pécs after the race (at 16.00h)
Prizes: first 6 M/F; first 3 in each category; first 6 teams (male and female)
Presentation: 15.00 in the lobby of the spa in Harkány
Number of finishers 2009: 416 (25km), 77 relay teams
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