Celje - Logarska dolina (Slovenia), Saturday 7 September 2013
The Ultra maraton Celje - Logarska dolina in Slovenia offers four very scenic and challenging point-to-point running races — 17km, 27km, 42km, and 75km long.
Start of the 75km ultra marathon is in the town of Celje, located on the railway line between Ljubljana and Maribor, Slovenia's largest cities.
The route runs along the beautiful Upper Savinja Valley (pictured) into the Kamnik-Savinja Alps. The shorter races start along the route.
Three kilometres before the finish line runners turn left into the Logarska dolina, a picture-postcard valley, surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery.
Parts of the course are on trails but most of the route is on asphalt roads (which are not closed to traffic). The route is undulating and overall uphill. The ultra marathon features approximately 2300 metres of climbing and 1750 metres of descent!
Last year, the event had about 700 participants. The 75k winners were Carsten Stegner of Germany (5:15:56) and Austria's Karin Russ (6:16:51). The time limit to complete the ultra marathon course is twelve hours.
Country: Slovenia
Venue (Map): Celje - Mozirje - Ljubno - Luče - Logarska dolina
Date: 7 September 2013 (Saturday)
Distance: 75km and 3x25km relay; start at 6.00 in Celje (on "Trg celjskih knezov")
Distance: ca. 42km; start at 9.00 in Mozirje (at the flower park "Mozirski gaj")
Distance: ca. 27km; start at 10.30 in Ljubno
Distance: ca. 17km; start at 11.30 in Luče
Finish: at the "Penzion Na Razpotju" in Logarska dolina ("Logar Valley"); runners who start in Celje can finish the race (with timekeeping) in Mozirje (33km) or in Luče (58km).
Entries: online (until 4 September 2013), payment by bank transfer (foreigners can pay the entry fees in cash in the race centre); late entries until one hour before the start
Entry fees (75km): € 30 (until 4 Sep 2013), € 35 (until 7 Sep 2013)
Entry fees (42km): € 25 (until 4 Sep 2013), € 30 (until 7 Sep 2013)
Entry fees (27km, 17km): € 20 (until 4 Sep 2013), € 25 (until 7 Sep 2013)
Race centre: Taborniško društvo Celje, Gledališka ulica 2, Celje (Friday 14.00-21.00, on the day 4.30-5.45)
You get: T-shirt; bus service from Celje to the start areas (at 7.00); transport of personal clothing to the finish; 15 feed stations along the course; massage service; lunch after the race; bus service back to Celje (in the afternoon)
Prizes (75km): to the first 6 men and 3 women; medals to the first 3 in each category
Prizes (42km, 27km, 17km): trophies to the first 3 M/F
Award ceremony: at 16.00 at the finish
Number of finishers 2012: 147 (75km), 11 (58km), 99 (42km), 16 (33km), 89 (27km), 318 (17km)
Event website (in Slovene, English, and German): www.drustvo-maratoncev-celje.si/logarska/logarska.htm
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