World Championships Marathon course is tested – Moscow 2013
Monaco – The IAAF World Championships, Moscow 2013, came several steps closer over the weekend with the staging of the Russian marathon championships on the course which will host the world title races in August.
The IAAF World Championships, Moscow, Russia takes place from 10 to 18 August, with the women’s Marathon held on the first day, Saturday 10 August at 14:00hrs local time (GMT +4hrs).
The first 600m of the World Championships' Marathon course is run on the track of the Luzhniki Stadium, then the runners complete four laps along the embankment of the Moskva river (from Luzhniki to the Kremlin and back) returning on the stadium’s track for the last 300m.
Click here to download the detailed course map<http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/a13812c6-2b3f-4747-91ee-aa627782cd29.pdf> (pdf) which specifies loop distances, drinks, mist stations etc….
Last Saturday, 27 April, an official test event was held with the Russian Championships races for the women ran on the course, in sunny, still conditions of about +13C. There were 27 in the women's race, with the men starting at 12pm and the women following 15 minutes later. Marina Kovalyova the women’s victor in 2:35:03.
Click here to read more about the Russian marathon championships on the Moscow 2013 LOC website<http://www.mos2013.org/en/news/6487.htm>
