The popularity of races for various distances is growing from year to year, as is the popularity of running. The Gatchina Half Marathon is one of such competitions, in which professional athletes and amateurs take part.
Read about where the competitions are held, what are the features of the distances and how to become participants in the Gatchina Half Marathon, read in this material.
Half marathon information
Organizers
The organizers of the competition are:
- Sylvia Race Club
- With the support of the Committee for Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Administration of the Municipal Formation "City of Gatchina".
Place and time
This half marathon is held annually in the city of Gatchina, Leningrad Region. Runners will run through the streets of this beautiful city.
Time: November, every fourth Sunday of this month. The races take place in the suburban part of the city: from the intersection of Roshchinskaya and Nadezhda Krupskaya streets, then they go along the Orlova Roshcha forest park and continue to
Krasnoselsky highway. The distance is divided into five laps in total. One circle is one kilometer and 97.5 meters, and the other four are five kilometers.
Participants run on the asphalt.
Since the competition takes place in the rainy and gray month - November - not only runners can take part in it, but also representatives of other sports:
- skiers,
- triathletes,
- cyclists,
- fitness trainers.
In a word, professional athletes can maintain their athletic form with the help of a half marathon, and amateurs can enjoy a run among the beautiful landscapes of suburban Gatchina.
Also pacemakers take part in the races. With their help, runners can show higher results, and in addition, they can achieve their own personal record.
History
The competitions have been held since 2010, and every year the number of athletes participating in them is increasing. At the same time, sometimes the marathon is held in rainy, slushy and cold weather, sometimes in sub-zero temperatures. So, the first race, which took place on 28 November 2010, was held at a temperature of minus 13 degrees.
The runners participating in the half marathon showed excellent results. So, the athletes who finished first among men ran this route in less than half an hour. By the way, every year, since the beginning of the competition, these results have improved.
Distance
The following distances are provided for in these competitions:
- 21 kilometers and 97 meters,
- 10 kilometers.
The control time for recording the results of the participants is exactly three hours.
How to get involved?
Anyone can take part in the races.
The conditions are as follows:
- the athlete must be over 18 years old,
- the runner must have the right training.
Also, as a rule, pacemakers start at a half marathon distance. They will run for a target time of 1 hour 20 minutes to 2 hours and 5 minutes.
All participants of the half marathon who have reached the finish line will be awarded with commemorative signs: medals, a finishing package, as well as electronic diplomas.
The cost of participation, for example, in 2016 ranged from 1000 to 2000 rubles, depending on the moment of registration (the earlier you registered, the lower the fee). In 2012, the limit of participants in races was 2.2 thousand people. On the eve of the day of the marathon, children's races are also provided separately, including even four-year-olds.
Interesting information about the Gatchina half marathon
- In 2012, this competition became the seventh in our country and the first in the Northwestern Federal District in terms of the number of participants who reached the finish line. Their number then amounted to more than 270 people.
- In 2013, the competition was included in the three largest half marathons in our country. The number of participants reached 650 people.
- In 2015, more than 1,500 people registered for the half marathon.
The Gatchina half marathon is gaining more and more popularity every year, and the number of participants in these competitions is growing proportionally.
Therefore, the number of participants in the competition is limited. If you want to take part in this event, you need to think about it in advance. The next competition is scheduled for the afternoon of November 19, 2017.
