FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RunCzech opens registration for the season 2016
as well as the second marathon in Prague
RunCzech launches registration for the running season 2016 as well as the
second marathon in Prague. One is real, the other one is digital. The
organizers of the RunCzech Running League have presented today the world
premiere of the Prague Digital Marathon.
The participants from all over the world will start the historic first
Prague Digital Marathon on the same day and time as the real one – Sunday,
8 May 2016, together with more than 10 000 runners that will cross the
start line on the famous Old Town Square.
There's no need for them to travel to Prague, or to buy a starting number.
All they need is the RunSocial application and a treadmill.
"A couple of years ago no one has thought of a digital marathon. Now you
can run with whoever, whenever and, what's more important, wherever. No
matter if you are in New York, Tokyo or London, you can enjoy the
magnificent course of the Volkswagen Prague Marathon. This creates a global
fitness center”, enthusiastically says Carlo Capalbo, President of the
Organizing Committee. "I'm proud of the fact that we can present this
project here in Prague”.
RunSocial application is available for free for iOS, the Android version
will be prepared next year. Then all you need is to create a profile, or an
avatar, and run up. You will meet other avatars, who are at the moment on
the course as well, you gain and in fact run a real race.
"The course was scanned during a real marathon, so that you will see the
real marathon course, spectators and feel this unique atmosphere. The video
is of high quality, with the tiniest details and is prepared using the
technology which is used for the creation of video games”, explains Marc
Hardy, creator of the application. "The RunSocial application is a pioneer
in the world of running technologies, which moves it one step forward”.
The application can be used with any treadmill. The distance is being
measured by shakes, which are then recounted as strides, thus determining
your position on the course. The second and more precise way is the
measuring by the so called TreadTracker, a special device with a small
wheel, which is inserted under the treadmill; the wheel counts the distance
run and transfers it through Bluetooth to a mobile phone or tablet.
Eventually it will also be measured by GPS, which will allow you to use the
application outdoors and to run virtually with your friends or colleagues
on a treadmill or to join the Prague Digital Marathon.
The Prague Digital Marathon starts on the day of the real Volkswagen Prague
Marathon on Sunday, May 8 at 9 a.m. Marathon runners from all over the
world can join the runners starting at the Old Town Square and will run
together the distance of 42,185 km. After the race each runner will get a
digital medal and learn their position in the results list. However you can
already test the course now and experience running through the Volkswagen
Prague Marathon course.
Creators of the application intend to expand an offer of the courses and
thoroughly choose other marathons.
The demonstration of how the Prague Digital Marathon functions is captured
in a short video, more detailed information about the whole project can be
found at www.pimdigital.com. The trial version of 1,5 km Prague marathon
course can be tested for free, a 10 km section can be downloaded for 3,99 €
and the whole marathon for 9,99 €.
The Prague Digital Marathon is definitely the most unique addition of 2016;
however RunCzech is preparing also others. "Next year the Sportisimo Prague
Half Marathon will be organized only for the half marathon runners and
teams. Relays will follow. In April we will organize a separate relay race
only”, says the race director Václav Skrivánek. Besides that, the adidas
Women's Race 5 km at the Birell Prague Grand Prix will be open to female
runners from the age of 12.
Registration for the RunCzech Running League races 2016 is already open at
www.runczech.com, where you can also find dates of all our races.
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