5th Batuje Cross 2011

Batuje (Slovenia), Saturday 12 February 2011

The Batujski kros races form part of a series of four cross-country running events, held every year over the winter in Slovenia's Primorska region, not far from the Adriatic Sea.

All events are mainly meant to test your shape and meet people. Entries on the day are 4 euros.

Competitors run several loops around the green fields of Batuje, a small village in the fruit- and wine-growing Vipava Valley. The distance depends on the age category of the runner:

• 300m-2km: children
• 4km: juniors (born 1992-1995)
• 6km: men (born 1965 and older); women (born 1991 and older)
• 8km: men (born 1966-1991)

Country: Slovenia

Venue (Map): Batuje (42km from Trieste, 54km from Udine, 91km from Ljubljana)

Date: 12 February 2011 (Saturday)

Start time: 11.00-11.40 (children); 12.00 (4km); 12.25 (6km); 13.00 (8km)

Entries: on the day from 9.00am at the sports field in Batuje

Entry fees: 4 euros; 2 euros (18 years and under)

You get: tea and fruit

Prizes: medals and product prizes to the first 3 in each category

Number of finishers 2010: 98 children, 52 adults

Event website (in Slovene): filipides.net

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