Saturday 2 November 2024

Otrokovice, Czech Republic: CHODCI - PEDESTRIANS (Copyright © 2018 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

This běžecký festival (running festival) takes place annually in November in the industrial yet very green town of Otrokovice which sits on the left bank of the Morava river in the Moravia region in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, near the city of Zlín.

Held in memory of the inspirational athlete and three-time Czech marathon champion Dr Josef Podmolík (1942-2000), it's an event for the whole family:

  • závody mládeže (children's races)
  • 21.1km Memoriál MUDr. Josefa Podmolíka v půlmaratonu (half marathon)
  • 21.1km štafetový půlmaraton (half marathon relay race for teams of up to five runners)
  • 42.2km maraton (marathon)

The start/finish area is at the dětské lanové centrum ‘Lanáček Otrokovice’, a children's ropes course situated in a sports park in the northern part of town.

Participants in the half marathon run five laps of an accurately-measured, certified and mainly-flat 4.2km-long course. The marathon is 10 laps. The route runs through a residential area and out and back along the river. The race is run entirely on asphalt.

 

Map of the venue:

 

Běžecký festival Otrokovice 2024:

Date:

  • 2 November 2024 (Saturday)

Event website:

 

Number of finishers:

  kids
21.1km 21.1km relay
42.2km 63.3km 63.3km relay
2023 94 103 47 teams 17 7 2 teams
2022 110 93 34 teams 15 1 2 teams
2021 123 77 45 teams 15 9 5 teams
2020 --- --- --- --- --- ---
2019 140 126 73 teams --- 10 7 teams
2018 98 103 52 teams --- 10 8 teams

 

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