The 1st 48.5km GERAKI ROAD RACE “BYZANTINE CASTLES” from MYSTRAS to GERAKI.
The SPARTIAN RUNNERS with the help and assistance of the Municipality of Eurotas, the Sports Organization of the Municipality of Sparta, the local community of Geraki, theGeraki Cultural Organization and under the auspices of the Peloponnese Region – P.E. LACONIA announce:
THE FIRST GERAKI ROAD RACE . A 48.5km long distance race called “Byzantine Castles”from Mystras toGeraki.
Date: Saturday 28th March 2020 (starting time around 4pm)
The race starts atMystras (Mystras Castle, Southern Gate)
It finishes at Geraki of Lakonia (Central Square).
First general information concerning the Race: The wholerace will be on an asphalt route starting at Mystras and finishing at GerakiLoconia! This new race will take place alongside the longest 130km race. - 2nd LAKEDEMONIAN ROAD RACE, BYZANTINE CASTLES MYSTRA - GERAKI - MONEMVASSIA! The runners of both races will start together, and continue to the community of Geraki, where the runners of the longer race will continue to Monemvasia, while the smaller ones will end there!
• DATEOF RACE: Saturday,28th March 2020.
• STARTING TIME: 16:00 (4pm)
• STARTING RACE: Mystras - Mystras Castle (Mystras Castle Southern Gate, this gate is about 1.5 km after the community of Mystras, on the road to Kalamata,it is the first gate you encounter after Mystras).
• FINISH: Geraki, Municipality of Eurotas(Central Square).
•TIME LIMIT: 8 hours, until 00:00!
• RACE DISTANCE: 48.4 km ALL of it on asphalt track.
• RACE INFORMATION: The race will take place every year from 2020 onwards! The whole race will be on an asphalt route starting at Mystras (Central Southern Gate at Mystras) and ending at the local community of Geraki (Central Square !!!) It will essentially link the 2 Byzantine Castles of Laconia - Mystras, andGeraki, which flourished during the Byzantine period and were used to communicate with each other, since via the castle of Geraki, they could both have visual contact ! The route to follow is as follows: Mystras - Sparta - Chrysafa - Kalloni - Goritsa - Ag. Anargyri-Geraki.
The Race distance is 48.5km!
• RACE TIME LIMIT: The time required to complete your race is 8 hours! You must have finished by midnight on Saturday March 28th through Sunday March 29th.
• Race Altitude: The race starts at 420 meters above sea level, and again ends at about 400 meters above sea level! The maximum altitude it reaches is 650 meters on the ascent to Chrysafa and up to km 21.5.
• EXCLUSION POINTS! ALL drinks stations after the station at Chrysafa - EVERY station is a cutter.
• DRINKS STATION: The race has 8 supply stations ALL manned by volunteers!
These 8 stations are:
1. 7th km FIRE BRIGADE STATION at SPARTA, only with water (not an exclusion point).
2. 12.5th km BUGA LIMESTONE FACTORY, with water and coca-cola (not exclusion point).
3. 16.8 km. AgiaParaskevi Crossroads, with water, Coca-Cola, isotonicdrinks (not an exclusion point).
4. 21.5th km CHRYSAFA - Square, with water, Coca-Cola, isotonic drinks, salty confectionery, fruit (1st exclusion point - You must be there by 19.00).
5. 25.5km KALLONI, with water, Coca-Cola, isotonic drinks, salty food and pastries.(Must be there by 19.30).
6. 32.3km. GORITSA, with water, Coca-Cola, isotonic drinks, salty food, pastries, spaghetti and boiled potatoes.(Must be there by 20.30).
7. 38.5th km St. ANARGYROI (bus stop) , with water, Coca-Cola, isotonic drinks, salty food, pastries, fruit (You must be there by 22.15).
8. 45.0 km CROSSROADS TOWARDS KALLITHEA - Provincial Road to Geraki, with water, Coca-Cola, isotonic drinks (You must be there by 23.30)
9. 48.5km GERAKI (You must be there by 00.00)
• PARTICIPATION CRITERIA: To be eligible to participate in the 1stROAD RACE GERAKI THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC CRITERIA AS LONG AS YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF CAPABLE OF COPING WITH THE DEMANDS OF SUCH A LONG RACE.
• SIGNALLING: The race will be signaled in yellow with the known arrows and the corresponding X’s, while the kilometer markers of the route will be reported every 5 km. The signaling will be visible after you have left thecity of Sparta about 8 km! As far as that point THERE WILL BE NO SIGNAL, AND YOU WILL BE DIRECTED BY THE POLICE.
• DOCTOR: On the way there will be specialized doctors to intervene where needed!
•Souvenir Presents: Gifts will be given to EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATES, whether they finish or not! Gifts will be a souvenir t-shirt, backpack and more. These prizes will be given at the race secretariat when you receive your entry package! Everyone who finishes will be given a medal of the race as well as a commemorative diploma! Cups will be given to the first 6 men and the first 3 women!
• Meals: A PASTA - PARTY will be given before the start of the race, at the XENIA MYSTRAS CAFÉ - RESTAURANT, which is approximately 700 meters away close to the start of the race, on the provincial road Mystras - Kalamata, and approximately one km after the community of Mystras, on the provincial road Mystras - Kalamata! The PASTA - PARTY will start at about 12.00 and will be over by 15.00. At this restaurant you will also find the race secretariat, where technical updates and speeches will be made! A light meal will follow after you have finished at Monemvasia Castle!
THE SECRETARIAT & RACE TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
The race secretariat will open at 12:00 on the day of the race (28thMarch), and will be open until 15:00! The secretariat will be located at the XENIA MYSTRAS CAFÉ - RESTAURANT, which is approximately 700 meters close to the start of the race, on the provincial road Mystras - Kalamata, approximately 1 km after the Communityof Mystrastowards Kalamata! In this area you will be able to leave whatever you wish to find in one of the stations of the race, also at this pointyou will be provided with the corresponding useful sachets in order to better serve you! At the same place and immediately after the closing of the secretariat and the completion of the Pasta party, the technical update of the race will take place, at approximately 15.00, one hour before the start of the race!
• START OF THE RACE: The start will take place at 4pm from the Central Southern Gate of the Mystras Castle, once we have already gone there after hearing the Technical Updates.
• Personal Belongings for the stations:
At the race secretariat, you'll be able to store whatever you want to find at some stations! There will be special bags for ALL stations where you can put your things, except for the first two stations! For All the others you will be able to leave whatever you wish! Also on your way,upon reaching a station, you will be able to leave anything you wish which will be returned and handed out to you at the finish, and after the race has officially been closed - after 00.00!
• Dropping out of the race:
There will be a car or van at the end of the race to pick up those who might drop out of the race, whichever the motive.
•Race Awards: The awards will be shortly after the first 6 men and first3 women have finished - by 23:00! Every finisher will receivea medal upon finishing their race!
• Accommodation:
The Organizers the race are not at all involved with the athletes' stay. Athletes, who wish, can stay either on the eve of the race atMystras or even in Sparta, or afterwards wherever they want at their own expense. However, the event organizers will have taken care of an adjacent hotel near the end of the race for the athletes to take a shower if they wish!
• How to sign up for the race:
To register you must click on the following link:
https://results.chronolog.gr/registrationc1.aspx?h=bee5a5686a08b15335f1fa1e29714b10&l=GR Until Sunday, 22ndMarch 2020, 23.59 at night! On the day of the race NO REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED
• Cost of Participation:
The cost for anyone who wishes to participate in the 2ndLAKEDEMONIAN RACE is the following for the following 2 cases:
1) €20 to anyone who comes in their own vehicle, and does not use the race coach!
2) €30in case you use the race coach of the event for your trip before and after the race is over.
You are requested to deposit this until Monday, 23rdMarch, 2020 in order for your participation to be considered valid, in the followingPIRAEUS BANK account number : 5073-063798-547, IBAN: GR08 0172 0730 0050 7306 3798 547
Beneficiary Name: GORANITIS PAVLOS (Please state your name in the depositreceipt,by doing so you will enable us to crosscheck your settlement).
Otherwise, you can bring the race fee to the OLYMPUS Sports Prize Shop, located at 124,AlexandrouPapanastasiou Avenue, PIRAEUS, from 09.00 - 17.00 every day, except weekends (tel. +30 215 5408840).
Anyone who has not paid the entry fee until the due date (23/03/2020) is considered invalid and cannot participate in the race.
Payments on the race day will not be accepted!!!
•Athletes’Escorts:
By all means, any athlete who wants it can have a companion with their own vehicle! Of course, these escorts will be able to follow their athlete ONLY AT THE DRINKS STATIONS, AND NOT DURING THE RACE, OR ALONGSIDE THEM! The escorts must be fully aware of the rules of the race, and must comply with the guidelines of the organizing committee! FOR YOUR ESCORTS, NO EXTRA COST IS REQUIRED!
• Transportation from Athens:
Athletes will be transported from and to Athens for the race. The race coach will set out from Athens at 9.00 am, on March 28thfrom Karaiskaki Square (Metaxourgio). The return will take place on Sunday morning after the athletes have finished and awards in Geraki, around 00.30 - 01.00, with a stopover atMystras, in order for those athletes to get their vehicles if they may have left them there!
• Where to leave your own vehicles:
Those athletes who wish to come to the race in their own vehicles, and in order to better serve them, will be able to leave them at Mystras, in the parking lot of the XENIA MYSTRAS Restaurant! After the end of the event, the race coach will be able to take you back to your vehicles at Mystras, while the rest of the athletes who do not have a vehicle will be able to return to Athens on the same coach!
• Rules of the Race:
In the race site (www.lakoniaultrarunning.com), there are detailed race rules that you must abide by, which are in line with the rules that apply to all long distance races! Please read themconscientiouslyin order for the race to function smoothly!
• MedicalExaminations:
All athletes are required to have recently undergone medical examinations and to be in good health. Everyone who wishes to participate in the race MUST GET THE NECESSARY MEDICAL CERTIFICATIONFROM A CARDIOLOGISTOR GENERAL PRACTITIONER. Also those who take part in the race and upon receiving their number must sign the necessary statement, that they are running at their own risk.
RACE PROGRAMΜΕ:
Saturday, 28th March:
• 09.00 am: Coach Departure from Athens (Karaiskaki Square)
• 12.00 pm: OPENINGOF SECRETARIAT AT XENIA MYSTRAS, EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF COACH AND PASTA PARTY AT THE SAME PLACE.
• 15.00: CLOSING OF SECRETARIAT.
• 15.15 pm: TECHNICAL RACEUPDATESAT THE XENIAMYSTRAS .
• 15.30 pm :ENDING OFTHE TECHNICAL UPDATES.
• 15.35 pm :ON THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN GATE OF MYSTRAS CASTLE.
• 4 pm : START OF THE FIRSTGERAKI ROAD RACE .
• 8pm: ESTIMATED ARRIVAL OF THE 1stATHLETE.
• 23.00:ESTIMATED TIME OF THE AWARD CEREMONY.
Sunday, 29th March:
• 00.30 - 01.00 am DEPARTURE FROM GERAKI TO RETURN TO MYSTRA & ATHENS
• FURTHER INFORMATION:
You can refer to the race website, www.lakoniaultrarunning.com
You can reach on: 6955985506 or 6936853165 (GorantisPavlos)
or email us at lakoniaultrarunning@gmail.com.
The SPARTIAN RUNNERS with the help and assistance of the Municipality of Eurotas, the Sports Organization of the Municipality of Sparta, the local community of Geraki, theGeraki Cultural Organization and under the auspices of the Peloponnese Region – P.E. LACONIA announce:
THE FIRST GERAKI ROAD RACE . A 48.5km long distance race called “Byzantine Castles”from Mystras toGeraki.
Date: Saturday 28th March 2020 (starting time around 4pm)
The race starts atMystras (Mystras Castle, Southern Gate)
It finishes at Geraki of Lakonia (Central Square).
First general information concerning the Race: The wholerace will be on an asphalt route starting at Mystras and finishing at GerakiLoconia! This new race will take place alongside the longest 130km race. - 2nd LAKEDEMONIAN ROAD RACE, BYZANTINE CASTLES MYSTRA - GERAKI - MONEMVASSIA! The runners of both races will start together, and continue to the community of Geraki, where the runners of the longer race will continue to Monemvasia, while the smaller ones will end there!
• DATEOF RACE: Saturday,28th March 2020.
• STARTING TIME: 16:00 (4pm)
• STARTING RACE: Mystras - Mystras Castle (Mystras Castle Southern Gate, this gate is about 1.5 km after the community of Mystras, on the road to Kalamata,it is the first gate you encounter after Mystras).
• FINISH: Geraki, Municipality of Eurotas(Central Square).
•TIME LIMIT: 8 hours, until 00:00!
• RACE DISTANCE: 48.4 km ALL of it on asphalt track.
• RACE INFORMATION: The race will take place every year from 2020 onwards! The whole race will be on an asphalt route starting at Mystras (Central Southern Gate at Mystras) and ending at the local community of Geraki (Central Square !!!) It will essentially link the 2 Byzantine Castles of Laconia - Mystras, andGeraki, which flourished during the Byzantine period and were used to communicate with each other, since via the castle of Geraki, they could both have visual contact ! The route to follow is as follows: Mystras - Sparta - Chrysafa - Kalloni - Goritsa - Ag. Anargyri-Geraki.
The Race distance is 48.5km!
• RACE TIME LIMIT: The time required to complete your race is 8 hours! You must have finished by midnight on Saturday March 28th through Sunday March 29th.
• Race Altitude: The race starts at 420 meters above sea level, and again ends at about 400 meters above sea level! The maximum altitude it reaches is 650 meters on the ascent to Chrysafa and up to km 21.5.
• EXCLUSION POINTS! ALL drinks stations after the station at Chrysafa - EVERY station is a cutter.
• DRINKS STATION: The race has 8 supply stations ALL manned by volunteers!
These 8 stations are:
1. 7th km FIRE BRIGADE STATION at SPARTA, only with water (not an exclusion point).
2. 12.5th km BUGA LIMESTONE FACTORY, with water and coca-cola (not exclusion point).
3. 16.8 km. AgiaParaskevi Crossroads, with water, Coca-Cola, isotonicdrinks (not an exclusion point).
4. 21.5th km CHRYSAFA - Square, with water, Coca-Cola, isotonic drinks, salty confectionery, fruit (1st exclusion point - You must be there by 19.00).
5. 25.5km KALLONI, with water, Coca-Cola, isotonic drinks, salty food and pastries.(Must be there by 19.30).
6. 32.3km. GORITSA, with water, Coca-Cola, isotonic drinks, salty food, pastries, spaghetti and boiled potatoes.(Must be there by 20.30).
7. 38.5th km St. ANARGYROI (bus stop) , with water, Coca-Cola, isotonic drinks, salty food, pastries, fruit (You must be there by 22.15).
8. 45.0 km CROSSROADS TOWARDS KALLITHEA - Provincial Road to Geraki, with water, Coca-Cola, isotonic drinks (You must be there by 23.30)
9. 48.5km GERAKI (You must be there by 00.00)
• PARTICIPATION CRITERIA: To be eligible to participate in the 1stROAD RACE GERAKI THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC CRITERIA AS LONG AS YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF CAPABLE OF COPING WITH THE DEMANDS OF SUCH A LONG RACE.
• SIGNALLING: The race will be signaled in yellow with the known arrows and the corresponding X’s, while the kilometer markers of the route will be reported every 5 km. The signaling will be visible after you have left thecity of Sparta about 8 km! As far as that point THERE WILL BE NO SIGNAL, AND YOU WILL BE DIRECTED BY THE POLICE.
• DOCTOR: On the way there will be specialized doctors to intervene where needed!
•Souvenir Presents: Gifts will be given to EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATES, whether they finish or not! Gifts will be a souvenir t-shirt, backpack and more. These prizes will be given at the race secretariat when you receive your entry package! Everyone who finishes will be given a medal of the race as well as a commemorative diploma! Cups will be given to the first 6 men and the first 3 women!
• Meals: A PASTA - PARTY will be given before the start of the race, at the XENIA MYSTRAS CAFÉ - RESTAURANT, which is approximately 700 meters away close to the start of the race, on the provincial road Mystras - Kalamata, and approximately one km after the community of Mystras, on the provincial road Mystras - Kalamata! The PASTA - PARTY will start at about 12.00 and will be over by 15.00. At this restaurant you will also find the race secretariat, where technical updates and speeches will be made! A light meal will follow after you have finished at Monemvasia Castle!
THE SECRETARIAT & RACE TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
The race secretariat will open at 12:00 on the day of the race (28thMarch), and will be open until 15:00! The secretariat will be located at the XENIA MYSTRAS CAFÉ - RESTAURANT, which is approximately 700 meters close to the start of the race, on the provincial road Mystras - Kalamata, approximately 1 km after the Communityof Mystrastowards Kalamata! In this area you will be able to leave whatever you wish to find in one of the stations of the race, also at this pointyou will be provided with the corresponding useful sachets in order to better serve you! At the same place and immediately after the closing of the secretariat and the completion of the Pasta party, the technical update of the race will take place, at approximately 15.00, one hour before the start of the race!
• START OF THE RACE: The start will take place at 4pm from the Central Southern Gate of the Mystras Castle, once we have already gone there after hearing the Technical Updates.
• Personal Belongings for the stations:
At the race secretariat, you'll be able to store whatever you want to find at some stations! There will be special bags for ALL stations where you can put your things, except for the first two stations! For All the others you will be able to leave whatever you wish! Also on your way,upon reaching a station, you will be able to leave anything you wish which will be returned and handed out to you at the finish, and after the race has officially been closed - after 00.00!
• Dropping out of the race:
There will be a car or van at the end of the race to pick up those who might drop out of the race, whichever the motive.
•Race Awards: The awards will be shortly after the first 6 men and first3 women have finished - by 23:00! Every finisher will receivea medal upon finishing their race!
• Accommodation:
The Organizers the race are not at all involved with the athletes' stay. Athletes, who wish, can stay either on the eve of the race atMystras or even in Sparta, or afterwards wherever they want at their own expense. However, the event organizers will have taken care of an adjacent hotel near the end of the race for the athletes to take a shower if they wish!
• How to sign up for the race:
To register you must click on the following link:
https://results.chronolog.gr/registrationc1.aspx?h=bee5a5686a08b15335f1fa1e29714b10&l=GR Until Sunday, 22ndMarch 2020, 23.59 at night! On the day of the race NO REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED
• Cost of Participation:
The cost for anyone who wishes to participate in the 2ndLAKEDEMONIAN RACE is the following for the following 2 cases:
1) €20 to anyone who comes in their own vehicle, and does not use the race coach!
2) €30in case you use the race coach of the event for your trip before and after the race is over.
You are requested to deposit this until Monday, 23rdMarch, 2020 in order for your participation to be considered valid, in the followingPIRAEUS BANK account number : 5073-063798-547, IBAN: GR08 0172 0730 0050 7306 3798 547
Beneficiary Name: GORANITIS PAVLOS (Please state your name in the depositreceipt,by doing so you will enable us to crosscheck your settlement).
Otherwise, you can bring the race fee to the OLYMPUS Sports Prize Shop, located at 124,AlexandrouPapanastasiou Avenue, PIRAEUS, from 09.00 - 17.00 every day, except weekends (tel. +30 215 5408840).
Anyone who has not paid the entry fee until the due date (23/03/2020) is considered invalid and cannot participate in the race.
Payments on the race day will not be accepted!!!
•Athletes’Escorts:
By all means, any athlete who wants it can have a companion with their own vehicle! Of course, these escorts will be able to follow their athlete ONLY AT THE DRINKS STATIONS, AND NOT DURING THE RACE, OR ALONGSIDE THEM! The escorts must be fully aware of the rules of the race, and must comply with the guidelines of the organizing committee! FOR YOUR ESCORTS, NO EXTRA COST IS REQUIRED!
• Transportation from Athens:
Athletes will be transported from and to Athens for the race. The race coach will set out from Athens at 9.00 am, on March 28thfrom Karaiskaki Square (Metaxourgio). The return will take place on Sunday morning after the athletes have finished and awards in Geraki, around 00.30 - 01.00, with a stopover atMystras, in order for those athletes to get their vehicles if they may have left them there!
• Where to leave your own vehicles:
Those athletes who wish to come to the race in their own vehicles, and in order to better serve them, will be able to leave them at Mystras, in the parking lot of the XENIA MYSTRAS Restaurant! After the end of the event, the race coach will be able to take you back to your vehicles at Mystras, while the rest of the athletes who do not have a vehicle will be able to return to Athens on the same coach!
• Rules of the Race:
In the race site (www.lakoniaultrarunning.com), there are detailed race rules that you must abide by, which are in line with the rules that apply to all long distance races! Please read themconscientiouslyin order for the race to function smoothly!
• MedicalExaminations:
All athletes are required to have recently undergone medical examinations and to be in good health. Everyone who wishes to participate in the race MUST GET THE NECESSARY MEDICAL CERTIFICATIONFROM A CARDIOLOGISTOR GENERAL PRACTITIONER. Also those who take part in the race and upon receiving their number must sign the necessary statement, that they are running at their own risk.
RACE PROGRAMΜΕ:
Saturday, 28th March:
• 09.00 am: Coach Departure from Athens (Karaiskaki Square)
• 12.00 pm: OPENINGOF SECRETARIAT AT XENIA MYSTRAS, EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF COACH AND PASTA PARTY AT THE SAME PLACE.
• 15.00: CLOSING OF SECRETARIAT.
• 15.15 pm: TECHNICAL RACEUPDATESAT THE XENIAMYSTRAS .
• 15.30 pm :ENDING OFTHE TECHNICAL UPDATES.
• 15.35 pm :ON THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN GATE OF MYSTRAS CASTLE.
• 4 pm : START OF THE FIRSTGERAKI ROAD RACE .
• 8pm: ESTIMATED ARRIVAL OF THE 1stATHLETE.
• 23.00:ESTIMATED TIME OF THE AWARD CEREMONY.
Sunday, 29th March:
• 00.30 - 01.00 am DEPARTURE FROM GERAKI TO RETURN TO MYSTRA & ATHENS
• FURTHER INFORMATION:
You can refer to the race website, www.lakoniaultrarunning.com
You can reach on: 6955985506 or 6936853165 (GorantisPavlos)
or email us at lakoniaultrarunning@gmail.com.
