'Ultrabalaton Race', Balatonvilágos, 19 - 21 May

  • 12 May 2017 7:04 AM
'Ultrabalaton Race', Balatonvilágos, 19 - 21 May
Aim of the race: To run or cycle around our beloved Lake Balaton, the biggest lake of Central Europe and to explore ourselves, our team mates and the beautiful rural scenery along the route.

Date: 19-21 May 2016

Race centre: Club Aliga Balaton, 8171 Balatonvilágos, 1 Aligai út .

Distance: One lap around Lake Balaton J (220 km)

Route: Balatonaliga – Balatonfüred – Pécsely – Badacsonyörs – Keszthely – Fonyód – Balatonboglár – Siófok – Balatonaliga.

Categories:

Individual Women’s
Individual Men’s
Women’s Double
Men’s Double (if the team has a male member, the team is classified here)
Women’s Triple
Men’s Triple (if the team has a male member, the team is classified here)
Women’s Four
Men’s Fouur (if the team has a male member, the team is classified here)
Women’s Five
Men’s Five (if the team has a male member, the team is classified here)
Overall Women’s relay for 6-12-member teams
Overall Men’s relay for 6-12-member teams (if the team has a male member, the team is classified here)
Section champion (The fastest female or male competitor to complete a given section of the race)
UB Individual Women’s Half Marathon
UB Individual Men’s Half Marathon

Separately evaluated team categories:

Company team category for 6-12- member teams (Teams must be formed from employees working at the same company and their relatives). Company teams are also evaluated in the overall 6-12-member team relays).

Cycling Tour: As its name suggests, the cycling tour is not a race. Bikers do not compete against time, the tour is an opportunity to experience the atmosphere of Ultrabalaton.

Cut off time: Individual runners and teams have 32 hours from the start time to complete the race.

Start times: Please provide your estimated finish time when you register your team for the race as start times are calculated based on this data. Submitted finish times can be modified until 1 April. Please use the section calculator to help you estimate your lap time. The slowest teams will be assigned to the first wave and the fastest ones to the last wave. Average speed teams will be assigned to waves in between the two in order to prevent congestion and collision. Unfortunately road infrastructure around the lake wasn’t planned with an UB type race in mind. We will need your cooperation in submitting correct lap-times, so that we can plan ahead. A free UB 2017 team registration will be raffled off among those teams who provide us with the most precise finish time.

Individual competitors: 5:00 a.m. on 20 May 2017
Slower double and triple teams: 5:30 a.m.
Slower 4-member teams: 8:00 a.m.
Slower 5-member teams: 8:30 a.m.
Faster double and triple teams: 9:30
Faster 4-member teams: 10:00
Faster 5-member teams: 10:30
6-12-member teams: between 6:30 a.m. and 14:50 p.m.
Cycling Tour: 10:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 a.m. on 28

The exact start times of the teams will be announced on 21 April the latest.

Finish area will be open: from 16:00 p.m. on 21 May 2017.

Sections and relay points: At this year’s Ultrabalaton, the lap will be made up of 37 sections. The shortest section will be only 3 km long, while the longest will be over 10 km. We felt it important to include a comparatively short distance into the route so that first timers or inexperienced runners could also get the hang of the Ultrabalaton race. There will be mobile toilets set up at each relay point.

Source and further info: ultrabalaton.hu

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