Povežimo Soline 2009
Let's link the salt pans
An interesting and scenic route along the Slovene coast connects the large salt pans of Sečovle in the Bay of Piran, right on the Croatian border, and the much smaller salt pans of Strunjan. Both have been mostly abandoned and turned into nature reserves.
You run 9350 metres on mixed terrain, partly on roads but also on twisty and narrow footpaths. A short section takes you through the disused tunnel of the former narrow gauge Trieste-Poreč railway line.
The race attracts a growing number of runners and walkers, and more than 500 are expected to take part this year.
Country: Slovenia
Venue: Strunjan (on the Slovene coast, between Piran and Izola)
Date: 15 March 2009 (Sunday)
Start time: 10.30 (walkers), 11.00 (runners)
Distance: 9.35km
Buses to the start leave from Strunjan between 8.00 and 10.20
Start: Seča, at the Sečovlje salt pans (Sečovljske soline), about 3km from the Croatian border
Finish: Strunjan
Race course: course map; short film of the course
Race centre: at the Hotel Krka in Strunjan
Entries: online until 6 March 2009; on the day from 8.00 to 10.20
Entry fees: 10 EUR (advance entries); 15 EUR (late entries)
You get: bus transport to the start, medal, pasta party after the race
Prizes: First 5 M/F
Presentation: 13.30
Number of finishers 2008: 460
Event Website: www.skid.si
Tourist information: Sečovlje salt pans
