Press Guide Eng Birell Prague Grand Prix 5 September 2015
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CZECH YOUR RUNNING STORY! PRESS GUIDE ENG BIRELL PRAGUE GRAND PRIX 5 SEPTEMBER 2015 THE RACE IS A PART OF THE RUNCZECH RUNNING LEAGUE BIRELL PRAGUE GRAND PRIX MEDIA INFORMATION Dear sports friends, Welcome to the 20th edition of Birell Prague Grand Prix. The Press Guide, which you are holding in your hands contains basic information for journalists relating to the Birell Prague Grand Prix. Other important facts about the race and elite athletes are presented in the Event Guide. We hope you find everything you need to cover this year’s event, but please do not hesitate to ask anyone of the Press Team if you need anything else. THE PRESS TEAM The Press Team is based at the Hilton Prague Hotel (Pobřežní 1), on the race day at the Hilton Prague Old Town (V Celnici 7). Zdenka Pecková PR & Media 777 537 981 [email protected] Tereza Velhartická Press Centre 606 781 115 [email protected] Martin Martinec Race & Digital Marketing 775 443 642 [email protected] Alena Balcarová Hospitality 777 746 802 [email protected] Filip Remenec International Promotion 724 089 853 [email protected] Jim Moberly International Media Liaison 737 186 997 [email protected] Pavel Kaidl Marketing & Communications 777 770 022 [email protected] Petr Kostovič Media Support 773 407 114 [email protected] PRESS CENTRE Press Centre is place where members of the media can pick up their accrediation passes. The latest information about the race will be available there as well as internet access. On the race day the Press Centre is based at the Hilton Prague Old Town. It provides all accreditated media comfortable indoor location, wireless internet access, live results and live broadcasting of the race. After-race Press Conference takes place at the Hilton Prague Old Town as well. Thursday, Sep 3 – Friday, September 4: Saturday, September 5 – Race day: Hilton Prague Hotel Hilton Prague Old Town Hercovka Hall (Level M) Liszt Hall (1st floor) Pobřežní 1 V Celnici 7 Prague 8, Karlín Prague 1 Opening hours: Thursday, September 3 11:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Hercovka (Level M), Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobřežní 1 Friday, September 4 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Hercovka (Level M), Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobřežní 1 Saturday, September 5 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Liszt (1st floor), Hilton Prague Old Town, V Celnici 7 2 PRESS GUIDE LIVE BROADCAST AT ČT SPORT All information at www.runczech.com #PragueGrandPrix 3 BIRELL PRAGUE GRAND PRIX PRESS CONFERENCES Thursday, September 3 Pre-Race Press Conference 1:00 p.m. Cloud 9 sky bar & lounge, Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobřežní 1 Saturday, September 5 After-Race Press Conference 8:30 p.m. Chopin (1st floor), Hilton Prague Old Town, V Celnici 7 MEDIA PROGRAM Monday, August 31 — Wednesday, September 2 Grand Prix Expo 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. RunningMall, Františka Křížka 11 Praha 7 - Holešovice Thursday, September 3 Grand Prix Expo 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. RunningMall, Františka Křížka 11 Praha 7 - Holešovice Press centre 11:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Hercovka (Level M), Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobřežní 1 Pre-Race Press Conference 1:00 p.m. Cloud 9 sky bar & lounge, Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobřežní 1 Friday, September 4 Grand Prix Expo 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. RunningMall, Františka Křížka 11 Praha 7 - Holešovice Press centre 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Hercovka (Level M), Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobřežní 1 Pre-Race Run with athletes 5:30 p.m. Grand Prix Expo, Running Mall, Františka Křížka 11, Prague 7 Saturday, September 5 Grand Prix Expo 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. RunningMall, Františka Křížka 11 Praha 7 - Holešovice Press centre 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Liszt (1st floor), Hilton Prague Old Town, V Celnici 7 Strart of the program 4:00 p.m Start adidas Women’s Race 5 km 6:00 p.m. Republic square Award Ceremony - adidas Women’s Race 5 km 6:30 p.m. Republic square Start Birell 10 km Race 7:30 p.m. Republic square Award Ceremony - Birell 10 km Race – men 8:05 p.m. Republic square Award Ceremony – Birell 10 km Race – women 8:10 p.m. Republic square Award Ceremony – Birell 10 km Race – Czech men and Czech women 8:15 p.m. Republic square After-Race Press Conference 8:30 p.m. Chopin, (1st floor) Hilton Prague Old Town, V Celnici 7 Finish of the last runner 9:00 Republic square 4 MAPS 1 GUEST AREA 5 2 PRESS AREA 3 START/FINISH 4 TECHNICAL AREA 5 COURSE OBECNÍ DŮM 6 CEREMONY AREA 3 7 RACE HEADQUARTERS 6 8 FIRST AID 9 ELITE RUNNERS AREA ONLY 17:50 – 18:50 2 19:20 – 19:40 20:00 – 20:30 7 1 START/FINISH 9 8 2 ONLY 18:10 – 18:45 4 19:50 – 21:00 6 MAPS V Celnici U Prašné brány TRIBUNE TRIBUNE Prašná MAP – START / FINISH AREA brána GUEST AREA Senovážná Malé nám. Start Finish Na Příkopě Ovocný trh Železná Award ceremony Nekázanka Melantrichova Return of the chips Panská Havířská Medals Havelská Michalská Na Příkopě Finish bag, Mattoni water Refreshment point Havelská Rytířská V Kotcích Provaznická Na Můstku First aid Massage Technical area Uhelný (16:30 – 22:00) Changing rooms trh 28. října Deposit for 5 km race (16:30 – 20:00) Bag deposit Perlová Politických vězňůMedal engraving Deposit for 10 km race Toilets (18:00 – 22:00) Jungmanovo Martinská náměstí Legend Showers Jindřišská Národní Race course (start, finish, course route) Taping Václavské náměstí Way to start Entrance Národní Way to Technical area (from Finish) Exit Line Up Birell Prague Grand Prix Stands Technical area In start/finish area there will be a place reserved for accreditated media for photo shooting. The reserved place for media at finish will be available from 7:45 p.m. to 8:20. p.m. 7 CHARITY RUN FOR A GOOD CAUSE Running and charity are connected together, even if it is not clear at first glance. For a good cause is going to run 275 runners. • Main charity partner of the Birell Prague Grand Prix is non governmental organization Light for the world, with a special focus on eye health and prevention of blindness. More inforatmation at www.svetloprosvet.cz • RunCzech cooperates approximately with 25 non-profit organizations that buy start numbers for discount- ed price and then sell them for their own price. • In 2014 ran 3,867 runners for a good cause who contributed to the non-profit sector by85,470 EUR. • Virgin London Marathon is considered to be the biggest fundraising sport event in the world. Since 1981 it has been taken out already more than 6 milion pound thanks to running. We keep our fingers crossed for all runners for a good cause and we thank them for their support and commitment. 8 BĚH PRO DOBROU VĚC 9 MAIN PARTNERS WHAT PARTNERS PREPARED FOR RUNNERS CREATE YOUR OWN RUNNING STORY FROM THIS YEAR´S BIRELL PRAGUE GRAND PRIX! There is nothing better than feeling from the finished race. And what about experiencing it twice? Birell prepared the application for you, where you can choose your pictures from the race and create a short video just by one click of the button as a great memory, which you can share with your friends. Just do not foget to smile at photographers in #mojebirellgp T-shirts during Expo, the race and at the finish line. Make your story of Birell Prague Grand Prix count! ADIDAS COLLECTION FOR THE BIRELL PRAGUE GRAND PRIX adidas is together with RunCzech a symbol of long-distance running races in the Czech Republic. Therefore adidas designed a special event collection for the Birell Prague Grand Prix with the motifs of the city and the course. 10 MAIN PARTNERS RUN “BLUE” RUN WISELY… AND NOT ALONE Run Blue is an initiative from the largest automobile group Volkswagen which is building on its worldwide campaign Think Blue. You can find out more about the Run Blue concept as well as catch up on the latest running world news on www.runblue.cz. Missing one member for your relay or looking for a running teammate? Volkswagen has put together a new project Run Blue Co-Runners, a meeting forum for runners, means you no longer have to run alone. DISCOUNT VOUCHER FROM SPORTISIMO All runners will find in their start bags a discount voucher which they can use to complete their running gear for a discounted price. If they visit any Sportisimo shop in the period from 5 September to 30 September and on purchases over 1,500 CZK apply a discount 150 CZK. On purchases over 2 500 CZK the discount is 300 CZK. START TO RUN WITH MATTONI FREERUN! The Mattoni FreeRun is a network of running trails all over the Czech Republic. Individually, they are 5km long and they are verified by thousands of runners. A MattoniFreeRun coach was assigned to each of these trails. This coach will be organizing running groups and preparing trainings. The coaches will connect to other runners through Facebook groups and the RunCzech mobile app, which allows users to communicate and compare results easily. Members of the running team, built by the coach, will also gain points, which award the passion for running with rewards such as discounts on running gear, etc. The goal of this project is clear - to make Czechs run! 11 OFFICIAL PARTNERS ELTODO Concern Eltodo is a modern technological company that has been on the market since 1991.