IMMORTALS' RACE 142 KM
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The Prefecture of Peloponnesse, the Municipality of Tripolis, the Municipality of Sparta, the Municipality of Kalamata along with the Runners' Club of Messinia and Spartan Runners, release the ultra running race of 142 km which is called Immortals' Race. The ultra running race will take place on the 21th of October 2023 from Tripolis to Kalamata via Sparta and Mystra.
This race connects the statues of 4 Greek Heroes, from which the runners will pass by: - The statue of the General Theodoros Kolokotronis in Tripolis. - The statue of King Leonidas in Sparta. - The statue of the last Byzantine Emperor Konstantinos Palaiologos in Mystras. - The statue of Victory with Grigorios Dikaios (Papaflessas), Theodoros Kolokotronis and Petrompeis Mavromichalis in Kalamata. The race is almost next or through mountain Taygetos. The route Tripolis-Sparta is next to the peak line and through the villages of north Taygetos. |
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Date of the race: 21th October 2023
Starting point: 21th October 2023, Tripolis in Arcadia prefecture, Statue of Kolokotronis (Areos Square) Start time: 14:00 Km: 142 Finishing point: 22th October 2023, central square of Kalamata at 14.00pm Race time limit: 24 hours. |
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This race connects the statues of 4 Greek Heroes, from which the runners will pass by:
- The statue of the General Theodoros Kolokotronis in Tripolis. - The statue of King Leonidas in Sparta. - The statue of the last Byzantine Emperor Konstantinos Palaiologos in Mystras. - The statue of Victory with Grigorios Dikaios (Papaflessas), Theodoros Kolokotronis and Petrompeis Mavromichalis in Kalamata. The race is almost next or through mountain Taygetos. The route Tripolis-Sparta is next to the peak line and through the villages of north Taygetos. The whole race is on a public road. DOES NOT ENTER TRAIL OR PATHS AT ANY POINT. The race will start in front of the statue of Theodoros Kolokotronis in Areos square of Tripoli. After crossing the first meters on the square, you will run about 2km inside Tripoli and you will exit it, turning into the old National Tripoli - Kalamata. After crossing about 18km on the old National Road passing CP1-CP2-CP3, and reach the village of Kato Asea, shortly after that at CP4 you will turn left, towards the village of Paparis, which you will meet at the 24th kilometer of where CP5 is. After the village of Paparis and after crossing a few kilometers, you will enter the mountain range of Taygetos and you will move parallel to its ridge. At 30km you will arrive at the village of Skortsinos CP6-CP7 and after 7km at 37km you reach the springs of Evrotas CP8, where it is the first large central station. You must arrive at this station within 5.30 hours of the start of the race. Closing time of the station is set at 19:30. Also after this point all athletes will have to bring a headlight in order to continue, and will be checked in this regard! After the springs of Evrotas you enter for good in Taygetos and you start to cross, all the beautiful villages of Taygetos. Successively you will cross the following villages where in most there will be CP stations: -Kipparissi -Loganikos CP9 -Αgoriani CP10 -Georgitsi CP11 -Αleurou CP12 -Κastorion CP13 -Κastri -Vordonia CP14 -Servou while ATTENTION at some point on the main road leading to Sparta, you will turn right (there will be several signs - white arrows on the road on both sides) and you will enter the community of Karavas CP16, where there will be the station. 5 km after Karavas, you reach the capital of Laconia - Sparta, at about the 80th km. Now you have reached the second statue of the race, that of King Leonidas. There in front of the statue there will be the second central station CP17, under the supervision of the Spartan Runners, who will take over the staffing of the station! At the statue of King Leonidas in Sparta, you must have arrived within 12 hours, by 02:00 in the early hours of Sunday 30/10/2022! Now you move inside Sparta, which you cross through Konstantinou Paleologou Street and turn right on Lykourgou Avenue, in the direction of Mystras. At about 85 km you have reached Mystras CP18, and the 3rd statue of your destination - that of the last Emperor of Byzantium, Constantine Paleologos. After Mystras you start to run vertically the mountain range of Taygetos, and to have in front of you, the most difficult point of the race-the ascent of Taygetos, with final destination Kalamata. You pass the settlement Pikoulianika CP19 where the view of the city of Sparta at night compensates you after the prolonged uphill to there, Trypi CP20 and the historic Kaiada, (it will be especially good in this part of the route to be equipped with a windbreaker since the wind and the cold during the hours you will spend are usually quite intense) and you start to go up for good now, through several turns of the asphalt mountain road of Taygetos where you will meet the CP21. You will also go through the legendary holes that the road passes where at about 100km you will find the CP22, it is an opportunity to see your performance at 100km, and then you will head to the ridge. After about 27 kilometers from Sparta, you have reached the ridge of Taygetos and the Tourist Shop, where you find the last central station CP23, about 107th km of the route. From there, the descent begins, as you descend Taygetos and nothing stops you, until your final destination, which is Kalamata! For the fact that the prolonged uphill has tired you physically and the downhill will be quite painful for the feet, especially the next 4 stations we tried to have a satisfactory time limit for exclusion. So going down you will meet CP24 at 112km, you will pass the village of Artemisia CP25 at 117th km and you have about one half marathon left, until you reach Kalamata. You cross the last kilometers on Taygetos, with most of the route being downhill except for the point at about 130km where you see a difficult part uphill, but now the finish line when you go up this part is only 10km and the view of Kalamata from above and CP27 rewards you 100%! Leaving from there you now reach the 136th km of the route, where there is also the last stop of the CP28 race! Now Kalamata is below you, and you see it almost all the way, until you reach your final destination. Enter Kalamata, somewhere in the 140th km. After doing about 2 km in Kalamata, you reach the center of Kalamata, and the central square of the city, where the statue of Gregory the Righteous, stand proudly. You have already finished, after more than 142 kilometers, making a painful and at the same time beautiful race. Start time: 14:00, 21 Οctober 2023 -Finish: Kalamata, within 24 hours, until 14:00 Station 5 and from station 8 and every station until the end will be checkpoints and they all have closing time which will be strictly observed and you can check in the table at the end. -1st Station: 5,0km.ΕΚΟ(water) -2nd Station: 10,5km. Wind turbines- start of uphill (water) -3rd Station: 14,7km. Intersection to Sparta - Vlachokerasia (water, isotonics, Coca Cola) -4th Station: 19,3km.Intersection to Paparis, train lines (water, isotonics, Coca Cola) -5th Station: 24,2km.Paparis (water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices) -6th Station:30,0ο km. Intersection Paparis: (water) -7th Station: 35,0km Skortsinos:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices) -8th Station: 37,0km Evrotas Springs:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices, pasta). -9th Station: 45,0km Logganikos:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices) -10th Station: 48,8km Agoriani:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola) -11th Station: 52,0km Georgitsi:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola) -12th Station:56,0o km Alevrou (water) -13th Station: 60,0km Kastori (water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices, pasta). -14th Station: 62,0km Kastri (water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices). -15th Station: 66,3km Vordonia:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola) -16th Station: 70,0km To Sparta:(water) - This station is not with people -17th Station: 74,8km Karavas - central square:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices) -18th Station: 80,0km Sparta (king Leonidas statue) :(water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices, pasta).This station is also the third checkpoint at 02.00 (12 hours) -19th Station: 85,7km.Mystras, king Palaiologos' statue:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices, rice, soup) -20th Station: 89,5km Pikoulianika, Mazaraki cafe':(water, isotonics, Coca Cola) -21th Station: 92,4km Trypi Kaiadas:(water) -22th Station: 94,6km Uphill of Taygetos after Kaiadas:(water). This station is not with people -23th Station: 100,7km Panagitsa:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices) -24th Station: 106,7km Touristikon :(water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices, pasta, soup).This station is also the third checkpoint at 08.00 (18 hours) -25th Station: 112,0km Downhill to Kalamata:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola) -26th Station: 117,5km Artemisia:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices, pasta) -27th Station: 125,0km Open Area: (water, isotonics, Coca Cola, sweets, juices) -28th Station: 132,0km Open area with view to Kalamata:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola) -29th Station: 136,0km Road to Kalamata:(water, isotonics, Coca Cola) -Finish line: 142th km Mobile Station: From Sparta to Kalamata throughout the route there will be two mobile stations with water, Coca-Cola and isotonics. So as to participate in IMMORTALS' RACE of 142 km you need one of the following participation criteria in the last two years(2020 - 2022): - To finish SPARTATHLON or Pheidippides Run of 246 km on time. - To finish Dolichos Race of 255 km on time. - To finish Olympian Race of 180 km on time. - To finish Euchidas Race of 107,5 km or Euchidas Hyperace of 215 km on time. - To finish thw 100 km race of Psatha on time. - To finish any ultra race more than 50 km in Greece or abroad on time. - To finish any trail race of more than 40 km on time All athletes that will finish the race within 24 hours will have a medal which will be related to Greek history and the race's symbolisms, as well as a race certificate. The first 6 male athletes and the first 3 female athletes will get also a trophy. All athletes, whether they finish or not, will get souvenirs. Two meals will be offered to all athletes. The first one will be a pasta party, before the race, next to the starting point in a designated area, which will be announced in the next few months. After the end of the race another meal will be offered to all athletes in the restaurant KENTRIKON in Kalamata,near to the finish line. A transfer from and to Athens will be offered. The bus will start from Athens at 8:30 an the 29th of October 2022 from Karaiskaki square in Metaxourgeion. The bus to Athens will leave from Kalamata on the 30st of October at around 15:00, after the end of the award ceremony. Athletes that wish so, need to register their transfer by bus in your general online registration form. If you have leave a car from yourself in Tripolis, the bus after the race, in the return from Kalamata, it can leave you in Tripolis All athletes need to be medically examined within the last few months before the race. They need to have a medical certificate so as to participate. Additionally, all athletes at the collection of their bib numbers need to sign a statement that they participate at their own responsibility. In order to register for the race please follow the link: https://results.chronolog.gr/registrationc1.aspx?h=832281361d780d643b91d9f94416f5fb&l=GR The cost of the participation is 80,00€, if you need the bus transfer the cost will be 100,00€ (+20.00€). The cost needs to be deposited until 16/10/2023, so as to participate. The number of the account in PIRAEUS BANK is 50 7306 3798 547 IBAN: GR 0801 7207 3000 5073 0637 98 547 (the beneficiary's name is Pavlos Goranitis). In the deposit the name of the athlete is necessary to be written. No payment will be accepted in the day of the race. The award ceremony will start after the end of the race-about the 14.00. Τhe medals, will be given at all the runners at the finish ceremony when you will finish the race! Athletes will receive their bib numbers from 10:30, next to the starting point in Tripolis, in Mars Square at the day of the race. In case of extreme weather conditions, bib numbers will be collected in a closed area near the starting point. The Organization is not related to the overnight stay of athletes. All athletes can stay in Tripolis the night before the race at their own will. Nevertheless, the Organization will take care to provide a shower to all athletes in a nearby hotel after the race. You can leave drop bags at the following stations!The drop bags you can leave them, in the start of the race atm Tripolis and you will find them, there where you want! Those stations are: -5th Station: 24,2km.Paparis -8th Station: 37,0km Evrotas Springs -9th Station: 45,0km Logganikos -11th Station: 52,0km Georgitsi -12th Station:56,0o km Alevrou -13th Station: 60,0km Kastori -14th Station: 62,0km Kastri -15th Station: 66,3km Vordonia -17th Station: 74,8km Karavas - central square -18th Station: 80,0km Sparta (king Leonidas statue) -19th Station: 85,7km.Mystras, king Palaiologos' statue -20th Station: 89,5km Pikoulianika, Mazaraki cafe' -21th Station: 92,4km Trypi Kaiadas -23th Station: 100,7km Panagitsa -24th Station: 106,7km Touristikon -25th Station: 112,0km Downhill to Kalamata -26th Station: 117,5km Artemisia -27th Station: 125,0km Open Area -28th Station: 132,0km Open area with view to Kalamata -29th Station: 136,0km Road to Kalamata Behind the last athlete there will be a car of the Organization, that will pick up whoever will abandon the race. This vehicle, when it arrives in Sparta, it will relocate all athletes who would abandon the race to a bus directly to Kalamata after the closure of the second checkpoint at 02:00. Whoever abandons the race after Sparta will be collected by the same vehicle, which will arrive at Kalamata by the end of the race. Satyrday 21/10/2023 -8.30: The bus will leave from Athens -10.30: The secretariat of the race will be open in the starting point in Tripolis. -12.00: Pasta party -14.00:Start of the Race Sunday 22/10/2023 -14.00pm:End of the Race -14.10pm:Award ceremony -15.30pm:The bus will leave to Athens |
