Nočna 10ka 2009
Bled 10k Night Race 2009
The 10k night race at Lake Bled, Slovenia's most favoured Alpine tourist destination, has quickly become one of the most popular running events in the country. More than 1000 runners, about half of them women, took part in last year's 2nd edition of the race.
The picture postcard emerald-green lake is surely reason enough to visit the place, and few runners can resist the temptation of a kremšnita, Bled's famous cream-cake, after the race. Running one and a half laps around the lake on a mildy undulating route is not a too demanding task, and many still have the energy to dance to live music until the early hours of the morning.
If you don't feel like running 10km, take part in the 1.2km Recreational Run, for which there's no entry fee but a kremšnita to all finishers.
The fastest 10k runners in 2008 were Darja Kokalj (37:04) and Boštjan Hrovat (32:25).
Country: Slovenia
Venue: Lake Bled (Villach 53km, Ljubljana 55km)
Date: 11 July 2009 (Saturday)
Distance: 10km, 1.2km ('Recreational Run', non-competitive), 400m/800m (children, non-competitive)
Start time: 20.00 (children), 21.00 (1.2km), 22.00 (10km)
Start (10km): in the south of the lake, about 2km from the finish
Finish: Bled Rowing Centre
Race course (children): one or two laps at the rowing centre
Race course (1.2km): 3 laps at the rowing centre
Race course (10km): one and a half laps around the lake, mildly undulating
Entries: online (first name - surname - address - postcode - town - club - email - country - year of birth - sex - distance - expected time - ChampionChip); foreigners can pay the entry fees on the dayEntry fees (children and 1.2km): no entry fees
Entry fees (10km): 17 EUR (until 1 July), 20 EUR (until 7 July); 5 EUR less if you bring your own (yellow) ChampionChip
You get (children): T-Shirt, medal, kremšnita, souvenir
You get (1.2km): T-Shirt, kremšnita
You get (10km): T-Shirt, headlamp, kremšnita
Prizes (10km): First 3 M/F; medals to the first 3 in the categories
Showers: yes (and there's a lake as well)
Presentation: ca. 23.30
Prize raffle: after the presentation
Number of finishers 2008: 428 women, 493 men, ca. 100 in the Recreational Run, and 150 children
Event Website: 3. Nočna 10ka 2009
Tourist information: Bled


