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May 11th, 2018
Back to the Hittite Land
The fourth edition of the Hittite Run, an annual event organized by Çorum Municipality since 2015, will take place on 13 May.
4th International Hittite Run incorporates a 10km race as well as a public run over the distance of 3km, both offering cash prizes to the top finishers. Depar Timing will once again provide the timing services in Çorum, where a total of 29 age groups classification is made, and the results will be delivered to the organizers as soon as each race is over. Top three male and female participants in all age groups will also receive prize money in the two races. This year, the 10km will see an inter-clubs competition for the first time.
4th International Hittite Run will start from the city centre at 10:00 on 13 May. Further event-related information is available on the website at hititkosulari.org.
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May 10th, 2018
Journey to the Island
Nearly two thousand runners will hit the course at the New Balance Bozcaada Half Marathon and 10km Run. The event is on 12 May.
Having left seven successful editions behind, New Balance Bozcaada Half Marathon and 10km Run attracted a record number of participants this year. The activities will start with the Kids Marathon at 18:30 on Friday, 11 May, and will be followed by the half marathon scheduled to 09:30 and the 10km at 10:00 on Saturday, 12 May. Cumhuriyet Meydanı, the start and finish areas of the races, will be the scene of various other activities over the two days.
Timing services at the New Balance Bozcaada Half Marathon and 10km Run will be provided by Depar Timing. Detailed information about the event as well as a list of “runner-friendly” hotels on the island can be reached at the website newbalancerun.com.
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May 1st, 2018
Run For Those Who Can’t
WFL World Run, providing funds for spinal cord research, will be held in İzmir on 6 May. The race with no finish line starts simultaneously in 12 countries.
Wings For Life World Run is organized by the non-profit Wings For Life Foundation, and the full revenue raised from the event is transferred to scientific spinal cord researches. The race will be held under the slogan “Run For Those Who Can’t” once again in its fifth year. Across its first four editions, the Wings for Life World Run attracted 441,021 people from 193 nationalities covering 4,276,640 kilometres. Besides the 12 countries that the event will be held, it is also possible to participate virtually by a smart phone application developed for the purpose. Detailed information can be reached at www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com.
In each of the cities the Wings for Life World Run is held, the competitors who are caught by a car are considered to have finished the race. The Catcher Car gives the runners a 30-minute head start, then takes off. The last runner to be caught by the Catcher Car in İzmir will be the Turkish winner, the last participant remaining in all cities will be crowned the world champion. Last year, the global winner was Aron Anderson of Sweden who covered 92,14 kilometres in Duabi before he was caught by the car. Veysi Aslan with 57,51 kilometres was the winner in İzmir.
Timing services of Wings For Life World Run in İzmir is provided by Depar Timing in cooperation with the German company Datacapo. Depar Timing utilises different timing systems that it owns, and the system used in Wings For Life World Run is ChronoTrack, which times also Paris and New York marathons.
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April 27th, 2018
Clubs To Compete in Çorum
International Hittite Run will see a clubs classification in its fourth edition. The event, organized by Çorum Municipality, is on Sunday, 13 May.
Being staged since 2015, the International Hittite Run attracts national and foreign elite athletes in the 10km race while a 3km run receives large participation from the locals. This year will be the first time that an inter-clubs competition will take place within the 10km. The finishing times of the best placed three runners of each club will determine the classification, in which the top three teams will be awarded trophies. The individual male and female winners of the 10km race will pocket 5,000 Turkish Liras, and the master athletes are offered prize money in a total of 15 age categories. There is also prize money in 14 age groups in the 3km public run.
Detailed information and the entry form can be found at www.hititkosulari.org, the official website of the event.
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April 25th, 2018
528 Guests For Carettas
Dalyan Open Water Swimming Race will be held on 29 April. A total of 528 swimmers will participate in the event, promoted as “Swimming with the Caretta Carettas”.
The entries for the Dalyan Open Water Swimming Race were closed on 30 March, and 528 swimmers were qualified to take part. The event is scheduled to start on Sunday morning, 29 April, from the İztuzu Beach where the Caretta Caretta sea turtles go ashore to lay their eggs. The participants will make a turn around Delikada, the island across the beach, and swim back to where they started.
In the race organized in 12 age categories, Hüseyin Levent Aksüt, who has turned 88 last month, will be the oldest participant. The youngest of the entrants is Ceyda Şevval Çelenli who will be 14 next July.
Dalyan Open Water Swimming Race is staged by Dalyan İztuzu Tourism and Introduction Foundation, and the timing services are provided by Depar Timing.
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