You are invited to take part in the Iron Run – which is the Cup of the Running Festival for runners who are in „iron” form.
IRON RUN is a sprint race taking place in stages, where the prize pool reaches PLN 100 000, while the main prize in two age categories of men - under 40 and above 40– is PLN 15 000. During three days, the runners will compete in five races with the total length of 60 kilometres, taking place on extremely selective routes of Beskid Sadecki Mountains.
Friday, 6 September – Krynica’s Mile and Night Run
Saturday, 7 September – Lifetime Ten and Fast ”3”
Sunday, 8 September - Koral Marathon
The most interesting and thrilling part for competitors will be that after the second stage, it is the Night Run, all races will have the form of sprint – competitors will begin with the time advantage gained earlier. The current leaders in general classification of men will wear a special yellow leader’s T-shirt in the second and all subsequent stages. The entire cup will be won by the runner who achieves the best result in all five runs.
Prizes:
Age category: under 40
1st place: purse - 15.000 zł.
2nd place: purse - 10.000 zł.
3rd place: purse - 6.000 zł.
4th place: purse - 5.000 zł.
5th place: purse - 4.000 zł.
6th place: purse - 3.000 zł.
7th place: purse - 2.000 zł.
8th place: purse - 1.000 zł.
Age category: above 40
1st place: purse - 15.000 zł.
2nd place: purse - 10.000 zł.
3rd place: purse - 6.000 zł.
4th place: purse - 5.000 zł.
5th place: purse - 4.000 zł.
6th place: purse - 3.000 zł.
7th place: purse - 2.000 zł.
8th place: purse - 1.000 zł.
The persons planning to take part in the Iron Run are asked to fill in a form – start fee is 100 zł.
Competition rules
a/ IR takes place in stages.
b/ In order to become eligible for the next stage, the runners must complete all stages within the time limits.
c/ During Krynica’s Mile, runners will be divided into groups.
Subsequent stages, it is Night Run, Lifetime Ten, Fast „3” and Koral Marathon will have the form of sprint – competitors will begin with the time advantage gained in earlier competitions. The current leader in one of the categories will wear a special yellow leader’s T-shirt in the second and all subsequent stages. d/ The entire cup will be won by a runner who achieves the best result in all five runs and thus appears first on the finish line of Koral Marathon.
e/ performance of runners in IR will not be evaluated (classified) in individual runs, except of competitors falling out of the time limit. A runner taking part in IR, whose result is below the time limit for one of the races of the Cup of the Running Festival, will be evaluated (classified) in that run.
6. Time limits:
Krynica’s Mile – 6:30.
Night Run – 45:00.
Fast „3” – 12:30.
Lifetime Ten– 48:00.
Koral Marathon – 4:30:00