PIM Corporate Relay Races 2009

CORPORATE RELAY RACES IN 2009

Dear sport friends!
Come and take part in the 4th edition of the Hervis Corporate Half Marathon (relay) on March 28th and also in the 2nd edition of the Volkswagen Corporate Marathon (relay) on May 10th, both followed by Award Ceremony Party!

We are opening a NEW category for experienced runners, the team race, where all members of the team run the same distance.
 
These races are 4-member relays accompanied by AWARD CEREMONY PARTY (bigger then ever) at the hotel Hilton with cultural program, refreshment and lots of fun.

Hervis Corporate Half Marathon (Relay)
28. 3. 09
Relay Race  3 × 5,0 km + 1 × 6,097 km
Team Race  4 × 21, 097 km
Start:  Rudolfinum Concert Hall at 12:10 p.m. (TEAM RACE at 12:00 p.m.)
Finish:  Rudolfinum
Time limit: 3 hours
Entry fee: 6000 CZK (4 members)

Start number pick up
Half Marathon Expo, March 26 to March 28, 2009
Exhibition tent in the center of Prague
Opening hours – Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27: from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.,          Saturday March 28, the Race day, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Start numbers pick up only!.

Volkswagen Corporate Marathon (Relay)
10. 5. 09  
Relay Race 3 × 10 km + 1 × 12,195 km
Team Race 4 × 42, 195 km

Start:   Staroměstské namesti Old Town Square at 9:10 a.m. (Team race 9:00)
Finish:   Staroměstské namesti
Time limit: 6 hours (possibly 8)
Entry fee:  5 500,- CZK  (200 EUR) per team (4 members)  

Start number pick up:
Marathon Sport Expo 7. – 9.5. 09
Incheba Expo Praha, Prumyslovy palac, Prague 7 – Holesovice
(Prague´s historic exhibition center).
Opening hours: Thursday, May 7 – from 12 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9 – from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

GALA EVENING
An award ceremony will close the Corporate Races season. I will be held in the Hilton hotel in May to honor the fastest teams and individuals. Prizes and diplomas will be awarded. Nice cultural program, great food and lots of fun!

TRAINING PROGRAM
PIM prepared an interesting offer to all who are registered to participants of  PIM Corporate races in 2009 and want to prepare for the races under guidance of experienced trainers. Come and attend regular common running trainings. All corporate runners can participate in the PIM Running club regular trainings with professional experienced runners for free!

· start number with electronic chip
· start bag
· official adidas T-shirt (Response Collection)
· refreshment points (every 5 km) + finish
· bus transportation to the change over points and back
· commemorative medal
· diploma + result book (within 3 weeks after the race)
· deposit bag & changing room
· e-mail with performance info of the team
· SMS with finish time of the team
· live tracking, on-line ranking on www.praguemarathon.com 
· Marathon Magazine
· free Czech beer
· free public transport during the race day
· 50% discount for the local Czech train transport 
· free massage before and after the race
· discount coupons from adidas, Hervis sport shops and other partners
· discount entry into selected museums and historical sites
· Marathon Music Festival along the course and at the start/finish

Qualification
Corporate Half Marathon and Marathon are open to corporations, government and non-government organizations and agencies, private and state-owned corporations. Each organization is welcomed to register an unlimited number of teams consisting of four members (men, women, mixed) with at least 1 representative of the organization.

Corporate personalized team start numbers
Specifications of the logo located on the teams start numbers: The size of the logo located on the start numbers should not be larger than 10 x 7 cm (width x high), the graphics resolution not less than 300 dpi in the scale factor 1:1. You can send the logo files in data format: ai, eps, cdr, pdf, tiff or jpg. In one layer and CMYK color scheme.
Used text parts should be in graphics. 
Please send the data to corporate@pim.cz or on a CD to the PIM address.
Possibility of placing the logo is when registering one month before each race! 

REGISTRATION
Teams can register for the race in one of the following ways:

· On-line through our on-line registration form at www.praguemarathon.com
· By e-mail: filling the entry form and sending to corporate@pim.cz
· By fax or post: by sending the filled in entry form together with a copy of payment confirmation to the fax number: 00420 / 224 923 355 or to address Záhořanského 3, Praha 2, Czech Republic.
· In person at the office in Záhořanského 3, Praha 2, Czech Republic / 4 days prior to the race day

PAYMENT OPTIONS

Runners can pay in one of the following ways:
· By Credit card (filling in the necessary details in the entry form or in the on – line registration form on www.praguemarathon.com)
· By Bank transfer:
 BAWAG Bank CZ a.s., Vítězná 1/126, 150 21, Praha 5, CZ
 For EUR: account number: 5381650017,
 bank code: 4000, SWIFT CODE: BAWACZPP
 IBAN: CZ594 000 000 000 5381650017
 For CZK 5381650009, bank code 4000
 Variable codes:
 Corporate Half Marathon 200933, Corporate Marathon 200955
 Corporate Half Marathon + Corporate Marathon 200958
· By cash at the PIM office
· Upon invoice – IMPORTANT: If you pay upon invoice it is essential to fill in the number of invoice as variable code!

The changeover points
The Changeover points will be located at three equidistant points (5 km, 10 km, 15 km / 10km, 20 km a 30 km). Last (captain) section will be evaluated separately. Transportation to 5/10 km 15/20 km and 30km will be provided by bus as well as from those points to finish. The runners should run in the order that they have put down on their entry form! The captain is the last runner of the race.

Time keeping
The race times will be read by a chip. Each member of the relay will get own chip that is part of the start number. Chips cannot be exchanged with other members of the team. The chips are property of the corporation Timing Data Service, which lends them out on a deposit of 500 CZK. The chips have to be returned immediately after the race in the technical area. 

The technical area
The technical area will be placed near the start. You can find refreshment and toilets there, also bag deposit, cloakroom, massages, and you will get back the chip deposit there (this part is approx 500 meters far from the start).

Categories
The following categories will be awarded:
· 10 fastest teams
· age categories (separate men/women):
– up to 34
– 35-44 years
– 45-54
– 55 and more
Divided on professions (see the table of professions attached).

PROFESSIONS:

A. Labor, craft, agriculture profession:
1) Craftsmen
2) Servicemen
3) Electricians
4) Mechanics
5) Agriculture and forestry profession
6) Builders
7) Shop assistants

B. Administrative profession, traveling:
8) Assistants
9) Administrative staff
10) Travel agencies staff
11) Hotel employees

C. Executive profession:
12) Business owners
13) Directors
14) Managers
15) Brokers

D. Creative and inventive profession:
16)      Artists (actors, musicians, dancers)
17) Scientists
18) Journalists
19) Writers
20) Photographers
21) Radio and TV employees
22) Editors
23) Film makers
24) Architects
25) PR, marketing and media agencies staff
26) Graphic designers

E. Health care and ambulance service:
27) Doctors (dentists, psychiatrists, etc.)
28) Health care (medical nurses, physiotherapists)
29) Pharmacists
30) Ambulance service
31) Fire brigade

F. Finance, consulting and legal profession:
32) Accountants
33) Economists
34) Financial analysts
35) Bankers
36) Bank brokers
37) Consultants
38) Insurance agents
39) Lawyers, advocates
40) Judges

G. IT & telecommunication profession:
41) Programmers (system analysts)
42) System administrators, IT managers
43) Telephone operators, postal workers
44) Engineers (electrical engineers, mechanical engineers)

H. Common profession:
45) Sales representatives
46) Teachers
47) Trainers
48) Librarians
49) Hairdressers (Beauticians)
50) Barmen, Waiters (Catering Employees)
51) Brew master
52) Drivers (Public Transport Employees, Taxi Drivers, TIR Drivers)
53) Pilots, Cabin Crew
54) Couriers

I. Government Profession:
55) Politicians
56) Parliamentarian, Senators
57) Ambassadors
58) Counselors, Mayors
59) Government Employees
60) Social workers and state employees
61) Police
62) Army

J. Students
63) Students

K. Others
64) Sportsmen
65) Housewives 
66) Retired