Kolín (Czech Republic), Saturday 14 June 2014

The MFB (Mezinárodní Festival Běhu - ‘International Running Festival’) is held in mid-June in Kolín, a town of 30,000 people, located 60km east of Prague on the River Elbe (Czech: Labe).

The event offers two races (7km and 15km) and a non-competitive fun run.

All routes begin at the imposing Gothic church of St Bartholomew in the town centre (pictured). Partipants run through Kolín's very pretty Old Town, along the river, and through woods and rural areas.

The finish line is on Kmochův ostrov, an island in the Elbe.

Country: Czech Republic

Venue (Map): Kolín (60km from Prague, 163km from Brno, 187km from Dresden, 250km from Vienna)

Date: 14 June 2014 (Saturday)

Race distance: 7km; 15km

Start time: 10.00

Start: at the St Bartholomew church (Chrám sv. Bartoloměje) in the town centre

Finish: at the amphitheatre on Kmochův Island (Kmochův ostrov)

Entries: online; late entries in person on the day

Entry fees (including T-shirt): 150 CZK (up to 31 May 2014)

Entry fees (excluding T-shirt): 100/150/200 CZK (up to 31 May / after 31 May / on 14 June 2014)

Exchange rate: 100 CZK = ca. 3.65 EUR

Race centre: amfiteátr, Kmochův ostrov, Kolín (on the day 7.30-9.00)

You get: chip timing, refreshments on the course and at the finish, a meal and drink after the race; entry into the post-race prize drawing

Showers and changing facilities: zimní stadion, Brankovická ulice, Kolín

Baggage storage: in the finish area

Prizes: to the winners of the 15km race and to the first 3 in each category

Award ceremony: 12.00-12.30

Number of finishers 2013: 96 (15km)

Event website: www.kolinska14.cz

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