8. Szentgotthárdi Csata Emlékfutás 2010
8th Szentgotthárd Battle Commemoration Race
8. Szentgotthárd Schlachtlauf
The small and pleasant town of Szentgotthárd, located in the far west of Hungary on the border with Austria, hosts a nice little summer evening event.
The 9.5k "Battle Race" is held in remembrance of a seven-hour battle on 1st August 1664, in which Turkish troops were stopped on their way to Vienna.
The route runs across the border into Austria, up a wooded hill, around a memorial, and then the same way back to Szentgotthárd.
Most of the route is on asphalt roads, but there's a short off-road section across the former Iron Curtain.
In 2009, local athlete Zsolt Koszár won the men's race in a time of 30:18. World-class distance runner Anikó Kálovics led the women home in 33:41.
Regrettably, the event has an inconsistent policy regarding entry fees. Speakers of other languages than Hungarian are charged more. We do not agree with such pricing practices, even if the differences are small. Run International stands for equality of all runners.
Country: Hungary
Venue: Szentgotthárd (Graz 81km, Maribor 98km, Varaždin 107km, Budapest 250km)
Date: 31 July 2010 (Saturday)
Distance: 9.5km (main race); 1.66km ("Hobby Run"); 0.3-1.6km (children)
Start time: 16.00-16.45 (children), 18.00 (9.5km), 18.05 (1.66km)
Start and finish: at the Baroque church in the town centre of Szentgotthárd
Entries: online or by fax, payment on the day; late entries until 30 minutes before the start
Entry fees (until 27 July/late entries):
- 9.5km: 8/12 EUR (foreigners), 1500/2000 HUF (Hungarians)
- 1.66km: 4/6 EUR (foreigners), 600/1000 HUF (Hungarians)
- children: 2/4 EUR (foreigners), 400/800 HUF (Hungarians)
Timing: ChampionChip - use your own chip or rent a chip for 2 EUR (4 EUR deposit)
Race centre: at the start
You get: T-Shirt or towel to the first 200 entries; entry ticket to the thermal spa in Szentgotthárd (to the first 100 entries in the 9.5k race); goulash soup to all advance entries; prize raffle
Prizes (9.5km): gift voucher (worth 100 EUR) to the first M/F; certificates and trophies to the first 3 in each category
Prizes (1.66km): certificates and trophies to the first 3 M/F
Showers and changing facilities: yes
Presentation: 17.00 (children), 20.00
Number of finishers 2009: 155 (9.5km), 44 (1.66km), 104 children
Event Website (in Hungarian): Csatafutas
Details (in German): Schlachtlauf
Tourist information (in 5 languages): Szentgotthárd
