INVITATION
THE WAY OF KNOWLEDGE half marathon - road running race
SPORT - SCIENTIFIC & CULTURAL EVENTS
University Europe Open Cup FISU/UEC
National Championship HUSF/MEFOB
for students of higher education
as well as the
Education Europe Cup
for professors / lecturers & high school teams
Budapest Open Championship BASZ/BOC
for professional athletes - individual and teams
Wheelchair Racing
HALF MARATHON
Distance: 21097.5 m
Time limit: 2:25
Accompanying competition:
ACADEMIC SIX RUNNING
Demonstrative health promotion race
Distance: 6000 m
Time limit: 42 min
MEMORIAL RUN FOR DECEASED ATHLETES
THE GOAL OF "THE WAY OF KNOWLEDGE":
Promote health education, Science of health, Exemplary conduct, Commemoration, and connecting Continents by recognition of the competition on international level. Patronage: IOC, IAAF, FISU, EUSA, HUSF, and HAA.
CATEGORIES of 21 km
A - university students:
individual competition and team (3 male+3 female) competition
B1 - teachers:
individual competition
B2 - professional runners:
individual and team (3 male or 3 female) competition
B3 - wheelchair racing runners:
individual competition
C - high school students:
team (3 male+3 female) competition SU/ E US A / H U SF
PRIZES:
individual:
female and male students:
University Half Marathon Open EU CUP places I - III
Medals and gift prizes (worth approx. 800 Euro)
female and male teachers:
Half Marathon Open EU CUP for teachers places I - III
Medals and gift prizes (worth approx. 800 Euro)
team: 3 male + 3 female (based on time results)
University Half Marathon Team
University Half Marathon Team Open EU CUP places I - III
Medals, cups and gift prizes (worth approx. 1000 Euro)
High School Half Marathon Teams
"The Best European High School Half Marathon Team"
Cups and gift prizes (worth approx. 600 Euro)
Information subject to change without notice!
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS:
1. In accordance with the FISU ruling, both amateur and professionals may take part in the UEC Half Marathon championship provided they are enrolled students of a higher education institution, or not more than 12 months have elapsed since completion of their studies, and the relevant NUSA/F or Institute office of their country nominates them by the deadline with the organizing committee and they comply with the rules of AIMS.
2/a. Professors, lecturers and high school teams may participate in the Half Marathon Education Europe Cup provided they are eligible to qualify through their respective NUSA/F or institute offices and their nominations reach the offices of the Organizing Committee.
2/b. Professional runners may participate in the Half Marathon Budapest Open Championship, if they have medical and federation license and their nominations reach the offices of the Organizing Committee.
2/c. Out of Championships all other runners may participate in the "Other Category", if provided their nominations reach the Organizing Committee by the given deadline.
3. All runners may participate in the "Academic Six" demonstration 6 km race, provided their nominations reach the Organizing Committee by the given deadline.
4. Agree to the IAAF-AIMS ruling.
5. Pay registration fee for start number.
In compliance with the FISU and EUSA rules, registration may take place through the National University Sport Association/Federation (NUSA/F) Offices, or directly through our Organizing Committee.
These offices and Institute offices have to validate the status of the university student or teacher. The list of addresses of FISU member countries is given in the website www.fisu.net
BOARD OF COMPETITION
Program director: József Blazsek dr.
HUSF-control: Csaba Hédi dr
HAF-control: Márton Gyulai
HOC-control:
Director of Competition: László Sátor,
Technical Director: László Gál
Doctor of Competition: Szilveszter Rózsa dr.
Sport-Ambulance: OXYTEAM (László Grécsy)
TIMING:
How to fix the chip!!
ROUTE:
Between the Start and Finish, the route leads through the centre of Budapest along World Heritage sites, by the historically renowned universities, along the Parliament and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (6 km) then turn back and cross the Danube over the Petôfi Bridge to new university campuses and at the last third of the distance comes back from the Buda side to the Pest side on the "Lágymányosi" Bridge.
Meanwhile it crosses and symbolically binds the old and new university centres, hence the name "The Way of Knowledge".
Terrain: flat, with the exception of the river embankment and the parts of the bridges leading up or down
Road surface: bitumen (asphalt)
REFRESHMENT:
Water and ion substituting sport beverages every 6 km
"MEMORIAL RUN FOR DECEASED ATHLETES"
This competition will commemorate athletes world wide who passed away recently.
The idea to remember runners of the recent past was started at our 2006 event in memory of the tragic and premature death of István Gyulai (1943-2006), preeminent athlete and general secretary of IAAF.
"FOCUS" SCIENTIFIC & CULTURAL EVENTS
1. INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL MEETING CONCERT & EXHIBITION for students and teachers
2. SCIENTIFIC ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE
with some invited Hungarian and foreign participants
within the series of events "Science Forum"
organized by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
3. SEMMELWEIS FORUM FOR HEALTHY LIFE
with a few diagnostic instrument (ECG, Ultrasonic-, Breast- and Melanoma-monitoring, food- counsel, etc.)
ACCOMODATION AND BOARD
Accommodation together with meals will be in medium category
3 and 4 star hotels 500-1500 m from the Racing Center.
You must contact the reservation office of hotels:
TULIPINN BUDAPEST MILLENNIUM and Hotel PLATANUS
www.hunguesthotels.hu
Hotel FORTUNA www. fortunahotel.hu
| Hotel | |
|---|---|
| Tulipinn Budapest Millennium****(500 m) | Hotel Fortuna*** (800 m) |
Organizing Committee (NOC)
address:
Semmelweis University TF Faculty Dept. of Athletics
H-1123 Budapest, Alkotás u. 44., Hungary,
e-mail: halfmarathon@sote.hu
Web-site: www.halfmarathon.sote.hu
Budapest Athletic Federation
e-mail: bpatletik@freemail.hu
Web-site: www.bpatletik.hu
Hungarian University Sports Federation
e-mail: husf@ella.hu
Web-site: www.mefs.hu
