Time is running out fast and it will be necessary to register for the Volkswagen Ljubljana Marathon 2016. Already the 21st Ljubljana Marathon, which has grown from a local event into an internationally renowned event due to its attractive route, will take place on October 30, 2016, when it will be held in Ljubljana next to the Ljubljanica river. also the river of male and female runners, who flood the streets of Ljubljana and the surrounding areas in larger numbers every year. Have you been training?
Volkswagen Ljubljana Marathon 2016 will be the twenty-first in a row (continuously held since 1996). This time you did the biggest running event in Slovenia, Franja of running events with us, booked 29 and 30 October 2016, when Ljubljana will again be occupied by male and female runners for two days.
The start of the marathon (42,195 m) and half marathon (21,098 m) will be on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 10:30 a.m on Slovenska cesta in Ljubljana. The terrain will be prepared for the marathoners by the 10-kilometer runners (recreational run), which start at 8:30 a.m. In between, those competing with handbikes and rollerblades will compete (both starting at 10.20am).
Traditionally, a whole bunch is also on the program the day before accompanying runs of a recreational nature. October 29, 2016 will be as follows:
- Lumpi run – run for children born after 2010 (200 m, at 11:00 a.m.),
- promotional run - run for male and female students from 1st to 5th grade. elementary school class (600 m or 1600 m, 12:50 p.m.),
- elementary school run - run for male and female students from 6th to 9th grade. elementary school class (2000 m, 1:45 p.m.),
- high school run (4100 m, 4 p.m.) and
- FUN run (4 km, 5:00 p.m.) – a run reserved for those who do not want to be timed, but still want to participate in the event.
At the jubilee 20th Ljubljana Marathon, which was attended on Sunday alone by approx 20 thousand runners, a new track record was also set, amounting to 2:08:21, and it was set up by an Ethiopian Tin Getachew. The women's record is a little less recent, and it has to be set in 2009. It is owned by the Kenyan Caroline Cheptonui, who then ran the course in 2:25:24. Last year, Ethiopian Melkam Gizew won with a time of 2:25:42, narrowly missing the best mark.
More information:
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