Survey: Half Marathon in Tel Aviv
Sport And Fitness / / December 19, 2019
On the "Run Layfhaker Run" there are a lot of reviews useful applications and web services for runners, different racing gadgetseven shoes and other equipmentAnd today we are beginning to publish reviews of marathons and half-marathon around the world. Write them are direct participants, who have run the full distance, and can tell you what they liked and what is not, based on their own experience.
The first will be to review the half-marathon in Tel Aviv, I ran on the last day of February. Virtually all of the reasons mentioned below can be attributed to the marathon, which took place on the same day, and crossed the road a lot.
General information:
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel.
Date: the last Friday of February.
half marathon start time: 8:00 and 8:15 (marathon - 6:30).
Number of participants: to 40,000.
The cost of registration of 2015: half marathon - 170 NIS (≈ $ 50), Marathon - 240 NIS (≈ $ 70).
Visa: Ukrainians and Russians do not need.
Talk and evaluate'll point by point:
- The route - the route, weather, time of.
- Organization - all that was before the start, after finish and around the track.
- Location - is there, what to look for and what to do in addition to the actual race.
track
This is something that in Tel Aviv can be safely estimated at 5 out of 5 points, because on the one side of the road rather smooth and "fast", although small hills there, but even more interesting, and on the other - a picturesque, because passes near the sea, the old Tel Aviv and along the park.
Total climb: 100 m
The share rises in the distance: 10% (2.3 km)
Marathon route in terms of environmental beauty is even better, because more than a quarter of its place on the waterfront of the Mediterranean Sea.
Marathon and half-marathon in 2014, the year transferred in February, as in 2013, when they were in mid-March, it was too hot (over 30 degrees) One of the participants had died because of the heat, and some suffered. This year the weather was great - during the start of the half-marathon (8 am, the marathon started at 6:30) about 15 degrees to the air warmed up to finish 20th.
The only drawback may be called that runs different distances (marathon, half marathon, 10 km and 5) intersect and diverge in several places, but the signs were not very well placed. Of course, at each fork I was a volunteer, I repeat, to whom and where to turn, except that he repeated it in Hebrew. But it is rather a stone in the garden of the organization, of which below.
My track
Organization
Unfortunately, the organization left a lot of questions, I expect that it will be a little better, but something was not critical, the overall impression shortcomings do not spoil.
Pros:
- A lot of water on the track and after the finish, literally every two km, and there were a few points with isotonic, after which immediately gave bottled water.
- In addition to drinking water was a few places where you can run on a refreshing "shower".
- Start on time, with so many different races and parties is very important.
- Roads were blocked completely, and not only in one direction, cars were not there at all. Route hung information boards, warning drivers about the overlap in advance.
- The start / finish area was extended bike rental, so you can come and go was no problem.
- Several scenes of the track from which to play music, sometimes live.
- At the expo you can give your account to Facebook, and then finish your photo is automatically added to the album.
Minuses:
- Ads and guidance of volunteers only in Hebrew, which is why once almost lost.
- Not (only two power points in the marathon) was eating on the road half-marathon, and after the finish had to endure a great place to take a pack of yogurt.
- It is not clear where they were storage, and whether they were at all.
- Problems with the timing, because of what had to wait for the result of almost a day and a breakdown of the split - two days.
- Medals and T-shirts were given to all the same regardless of the distance.
- People very much (40 thousand), because of this, almost the entire distance had to play in a "tag."
The starter pack except number with the chip included a cool light green T-shirt Adidas (became my main running), some energy bar, every little thing and a bunch of scrap paper.
location
Tel Aviv - a wonderful city. In late winter and early spring there is not hot, but if you are not afraid of the water temperature 17-19 degrees, it is already possible to swim and sunbathe. Just starts the season of strawberries on the market a lot of fruits and vegetables that we are either mad money or are a poor excuse for themselves. Around Tel Aviv scattered huge number of automatic bicycle rental, the cost of 70 shekels for a week unlimited number of half-hour trips (with a break of 10 minutes), we generally never used public transport for around the city.
Israel as a whole need to see a very interesting country. For a couple of hours on a bus or train you can reach Jerusalem, Haifa or the Dead Sea, and 6 hours - to Eilat, which is located on the Red Sea.
And Tel Aviv - the city running. Then run always and everywhere: in the early morning, hot day and late at night, the streets, parks and beaches.
In the coming years I plan to go back to Tel Aviv and has run a full marathon.
Personal rating: 4/5
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