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INFORMATION KIT RACE START TIMES: FULL MARATHON (42.2 km) - 5am (4hrs+) or 6am (sub 4hrs) HALF MARATHON (21.1 km) - 7am / TEAM MARATHON (10.55km) - 8am / FUN RUN (10km) - 8am REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL RACE DAY FOR THE HALF MARATHON, TEAM MARATHON AND FUN RUN ONLY. NO FULL MARATHON REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON RACE DAY.
PRE-RACE EXPO - 1pm - 8pm on 7 August, Friday at Holiday Inn COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION KIT AND NUMBERS
MEDIA BRIEFING
Please arrange to collect your race number and information kit on Friday. To receive these, you need to present your ID and we will hand over your number and information kit if your registration is confirmed (signed waiver and payment submitted). Participants can also collect information kits and race numbers for up to 5 others if letters of authority are signed and presented to us. Representatives of teams for the team marathon can pick up the numbers and kits of their team members.
4pm on 7 August, Friday at Holiday Inn
If you have registered online but have not signed your waiver and paid yet, please do so at the PreRace Expo.
6pm on 7 August, Friday at Holiday Inn
If you can’t make it in person on Friday please let us know and give yourself extra time on Saturday morning and come at least an hour before the start of your race.
A pre-race media briefing will be held for representatives of the media at the Pre-Race Expo. This will give the media a chance to interview runners, talk to sponsors and ask any questions you may have about the day.
REQUIRED FULL MARATHON PARTICIPANTS BRIEFING A pre-race briefing will be held for all full marathon runners at the Pre-Race Expo. Please ensure you attend this briefing session so you are ready for race day. All full marathon runners are required to attend this briefing.
RACE DAY - 8 August, Saturday at My Suva Park ON TIME START No Fiji time please everyone. We will be starting these races on time so please arrive at My Suva Park at least 30-40 minutes beforehand and present yourself with your race number at the official race marquee (BIG BURE at My Suva Park, see map on the next page). Please take note of the start times below: 5am - Full marathon* (42.2 km) 6am - Full marathon* (42.2 km) 7am - Half marathon (21.1km) 8am - 10km fun run and Team marathon
*Full marathon runners who can finish the race in less than 4 hours can choose to run the race at 6am. All other full marathon runners please join the full marathon race at 5am.
PARKING Queen Elizabeth Drive will be fully closed so please allow extra time to get to the park. If you are driving please park on Muanikau and/or ask taxis to drop you at that junction. Please consider car pooling or cycling to the event. Only official marathon vehicles will be allowed on Queen Elizabeth Drive.
WEATHER Races will take place rain or shine and will be cancelled only if absolutely necessary for the safety of participants, volunteers and event organisers. In this case, there will be no refunds of race entry fees and each participant must accept such risk. Please check our website, Facebook or Twitter pages for the latest information.
TRANSPORTATION FROM HOLIDAY INN For participants coming from overseas and out of Suva who are staying at Holiday Inn for the marathon who need transport to My Suva Park on Race Day, pick-ups from the Holiday Inn can be provided at 4:20AM, 5:20am and 6:20am. Please email us at bula@suvamarathon. org ASAP or sign up at the Pre-race Expo should you need transport.
PROGRAMME Race Day programme From 4am Registration/Information Last-minute number pick-ups and last-minute registrations 6am Entertainment begins (live band and DJ) 7.30am (Assembly area) Fun Run Zumba session with Karen Krishnan Special Chief Guest for Fun Run pep talk Pre-Race stretches with the 2015 Miss World Fiji, Miss Brittany Hazelman and her team 8AM Race day stalls open and familyfriendly activities begin at My Suva Park 10.30am - 11am (Assembly area) MC Lenora Qereqeretabua announces winners and presents awards and prizes 2pm Stalls close and event ends
RUBBISH & RECYCLING Please be mindful about your trash and throw them in bins provided around My Suva Park and along the race course. All Island Chill water bottles will be recycled so please place them in marked ‘EMPTY BOTTLES FOR RECYCLING.’
WHEELCHAIRS, STROLLERS & BICYCLES Push-rim wheelchairs are allowed on the course. Parents or caretakers pushing baby strollers are also allowed. Bicycles are ONLY allowed if a non-participant or a participant who has finished the race is motivating other participants. However, all bicycles and strollers must steer clear of other runners or walkers along the course for the safety of all participants.
MEDICAL AID If you drop out, make for a hydration/cheer station where you will be ferried back to the main medical tent located at the start/finish line. A second medical tent will be positioned at the turning point close to the Bowling Club. There will be mobile medics in a vehicle going up and down the race course as well. Medics will be wearing THE RED ISLAND CHILL SUVA MARATHON SHIRTS on Race Day.
INFORMATION BOOTH The Information Booth will be at the BIG BURE at My Suva Park, see map below. This is where participants present themselves with their race number 30-40 minutes before their race, as well as register on the day. Lost and found items will be kept here as well.
AT THE FINISH Please do not stand about. You will be ushered through the finish chute to an area strictly for RUNNERS ONLY where you will be given water and where you will be able to eat fruits and drink coconut juice. There will be space for you to sit down and lie down if you need to. Please alert volunteers and medical staff should you need assistance.
RACE RESULTS Results will be posted online on our website at SUVAMARATHON.ORG and our Facebook page as soon as they are finalised.
VENDORS LIST C1: Daltron C2: Carpenters Hardware S1: Fiji Triathlon Association S2: Biopasifika S3: Lapita Marketing S4: Vasemaca Crafts S5: Nature Fiji S6: The Kaicolo Food Co. (healthy dips and sauces) S7: EXPLORE Fiji S8: FWRM S9: Josa’s (Filipino food) S10: Fidji Salads S11: The Big Green Salad (fresh juices) S12: Nathan’s Hotdogs S13: MH Secret Recipe S14: MH Secret Recipe S15: Fancy Pants (balloons, face painting, popcorn) S16: U-Sabai S17: Athletics Fiji (free activities for children and adults) S18: FASANOC STOP programme (free activities for children)
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: COURSE MAPS HAVE SLIGHTLY CHANGED DUE TO FIJI ROADS AUTHORITY’S ADVICE. PLEASE CHECK NEW MAPS AT SUVAMARATHON.ORG
DISCOUNTS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS • Discounted $199 per room rate for all participants at Holiday Inn Suva based on availability (check in from 6 August and check out on or before 9 August, 2015) • Discounted full buffet breakfast at $30VIP (usually $42 VIP) at Holiday Inn Suva on race day, 8 August 2015. • 15% discount on accommodation and boat transfers (to be taken in month of August 2015) at Leleuvia Island Resort. Email
[email protected] • Discounted accommodation rates at Uprising Beach Resort. Contact Josese at
[email protected] (valid for the remainder of 2015) • 15% discount voucher at Sports World (printed voucher in your information kit bag) • 5% discount if you buy $100 gift vouchers at MH (to be taken in month of August 2015) • $10 off on HP printer 1510 model at Daltron (to be taken in month of August 2015) • 25% off full price Talanoa Treks hikes for the remainder of 2015 • 20% off any massages at U-Sabai. Call Vuki for a post-race massage at 7998906 or 9998906 or email
[email protected] (to be taken in month of August 2015)
To redeem your discounts please PRESENT YOUR PHOTO ID and RACE NUMBER to the establishments listed above.
OUR SPONSORS We value our sponsors and greatly appreciate their generous assistance. The Island Chill Suva Marathon would not have been possible without them, so THANK YOU!
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