2013 Lycian Way Ultra Marathon is postponed to September 20-27, 2014
due to reservation of international runners on coming to Turkey.
MEET YOUR LIMITS!
When?
20-27 September 2014
How?
• The Lycian Way
Ultra Marathon takes place in a rough environment, harboring many
handicaps. The participants ought to carry both their necessary and mandatory equipments in their backpacks.
• LYUM runners are expected to run approximately 20–40 km/day. The total run takes 7 days with a long course and a break day.
• Except the
water, all the equipment being used during the race ought to be carried
in the backpacks by the participants. Water will be periodically and
sufficiently provided by the organization. Each runner brings his/her
own food and carries in his/her backpack during the marathon. (We
suggest that runners bring Food, including min 2500 units of calories
for the oncoming day. Please keep in mind that the marathon last 6 days
plus 1 day break and bring enough food for 7 days in total.)
• The runners are registered after the approval of their health and EKG reports.
• The runners accommodate in the camping sites for 7 days.
• The
responsibility of the racecourse and the management during the race
belongs to the race-director. The routes are provided for the runners as
a road-map before the race starts. The racecourse may change according
to weather conditions or other factors and the decision right belongs to
the race-director. The locations of the checkpoints and the
localizations of the base camping areas also may be altered with the
decision of the race-director. A kind of brief information about the
actual racecourse will be given in every single morning by the
race-director in English.
• Professional medical and rescue teams are 7/24 available.
Please click here for the Competition Rules
Please click here for the Advices
Please click here for the Training Tips
Please click here for the Mandatory Equipments
Application Fee: 1.000 EURO*
The application fee includes*:
• Medical check up a day before the marathon
• Dinner at first base camp
• Healtcare service
• Emergency Service
• Tent, WC, shower at base camps
• Water (@CPs and base camps, hot water also available)- Every 10 km there will be a Checkpoint booth
• Tracing device (it will be given to all runners. It is a device that we can follow runners through satellite signals. It has also emergency button)
• Pass for ancient cities
The historical project of Lycian Way
The project of Lycian Way,
belonging to the English originated Turkish citizen Kate Clow used to
aim to restaurate the historical Lycian Way originally built in the 4th
century by Lycians and to build a spectacular racecourse surrounded by
beauties of nature and history.
A 509 kilometers long
racecourse, consisting of 23 laps, starting in Fethiye and finishing in
Antalya was built sponsored by Garanti Bankasi (a very well-known Bank
of Turkey) and Ministry of Culture of the Turkish Republic and opened in
1999.
The track of the Lycian Way is referred as one of the best 10 walking courses of the world by various sources.
The track of the Lycian Way is referred as one of the best 10 walking courses of the world by various sources.
The Lycian Civilization: A history beyond 3000 years
The primary archeological
evidences about the Lycian Civilization in this area, which has been
harboring to various pre-historic human habitations for ages, are from
the 1250’s B.C., which actually means that we are talking about a 3000
years long history.
According to the ancient
Egyptian sources the Lycians used to be allied to the Hittites in the
early ages. After the Hittites went away from the stage of history Lycia
transformed into an independent princedom, and obtained for long years
as a federation, consisting of various city-states, very well-connected
to each other.
The first Democracy in the history
The Lycians, the ones which
have been conquered by the Persian Empire various times after the 6th
century B.C., by the Macedonian Empire with the conquests of the Great
Alexander and finally by the Roman Empire, have provided their
independence between 168 B.C. and 43 A.C. After that, they just
transformed to a Roman state and encouraged the federative structure of
it, till the Byzantines concluded its existence.
The Lycian Union, which was founded in 168 B.C., was the first
democratic civilization of the world and used to be governed by the
senate with the votes of the senators from the city-states. The biggest
cities, which also managed to obtain till today, like Patara (the
Capital), Xanthos, Pinara, Tlos, Myra and Olympos used to have the right
to vote triple but the other smaller cities just double or single in
the senate. That’s the atmosphere, in which the participants will be
camping and through which the has its racecourse.
Contact: info@likyayoluultramaratonu.com
Application Form: http://www.likyayoluultramaratonu.com/EN/?page=application-113&bt=1
