Haspa Marathon Hamburg – Startnumbers and groups – The Marathon live on TV and radio – First Hamburg ‚Klimathlon‘: Eco capital makes energy reduction a mass sports

1. Startnumbers and groups
2. The Marathon live on TV and radio
3. First Hamburg 'Klimathlon': Eco capital makes energy reduction a mass sports

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1.) Startnumbers and groups

One of the most asked questions is "How do I know in which start group I'll be?"
Well, the answer seems at first sight very simple – the start group is on the start number, recognizable by the inscription "Start" and one of the letters "A-N" or "0" for elite athletes, wheelchair athletes and hand cyclists.

If you want to know, however, in which group you are before you picked up your race packet, you can see this in most cases from the last two digits of your start number which you'll find on your confirmation. "In most cases" because there are as always exceptions to the rule. The following table is therefore not applicable, if you have received a desired number, changed the start group later, the number quota is exhausted for a start group (in this case numbers from the previous group will be given), participating in the German Championships (these starters – if no desired number is given – get numbers between 100 and 1000), and particpating as walker, hand cyclist or wheelchair athlete.
The assignment of race numbers is based on the best time or desired time you stated on registration. From both – if realistic times given – the better one is used for the group assignment.

Group		Range of Time		Last 2 digits Men		Last 2 digits Women
A		02:15:00 – 02:30:00		00		00
B		02:30:00 – 02:45:00		01,02,03,04,05		01
C		02:45:00 – 03:00:00		06,07,08,09,10,11		02,03
D		03:00:00 – 03:15:00		12,13,14,15,16,17, 18,19,20,21,22,23		04,05,06,07
E		03:15:00 – 03:30:00		24,25,26,27,28,29, 30,31,32,33,34,35, 36,37,38		08,09,10,11,12,13, 14
F		03:30:00 – 03:45:00		39,40,41,42,43,44, 45,46,47,48,49,50, 51,52		15,16,17,18,19,20, 21,22,23,24,25,26, 27,28,29,30,31
G		03:45:00 – 04:00:00		53,54,55,56,57,58, 59,60,61,62,63,64, 65,66,67		32,33,34,35,36,37, 38,39,40,41,42,43, 44,45
H		04:00:00 – 04:15:00		68,69,70,71,72,73, 74,75,76		46,47,48,49,50,51, 52,53,54,55,56,57, 58,59,60
I		04:15:00 – 04:30:00		77,78,79,80,81,82, 83,84		61,62,63,64,65,66 ,67,68,69,70,71,72, 73,74,75
K		04:30:00 – 04:45:00		85,86,87,88,89		76,77,78,79,80,81, 82,83,84
L		04:45:00 – 05:00:00		90,91,92		85,86,87,88
M		05:00:00 – 05:30:00		93,94		89,90,91,92
N		05:30:00 – 06:45:00		95,96,97,98,99		93,94,95,96,97,98, 99

This assignment of race numbers is quite complicated and leads for instance to fast runners having high numbers. Thus, for example the start number 19905 is assigned to group B. The key advantage of this circular assignment procedure instead of a continuous doesn't show up at the start for you, but at a completely different place in the chain of the marathon – at the clothing bag deposit!

Imagine a continuous assignment of race numbers for about 2500 runners finishing after four hours. This would inevitably lead to a huge traffic jam at one deposit point, while elsewhere no one is. With our method runners of one time frame equally spread over all deposit points and waiting times are minimized!

If you find after all that you have been assigned to the wrong group, you can have it changed when you pick up your race packet at the help desk. However, changes from group N to a faster group will be made upon proof of a better time, as well as changes from a faster to a slower group. All other changes are not possible!

 

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2.) The Marathon live on TV and radio

Norddeutscher Rundfunk will be reporting live from the Hamburg mega-event via the NDR 90.3 radio station and NDR TV.

NDR TV with get things underway at 8.45 am with the "Sportclub live" – one of NDR TV's biggest broadcasts of the year. The show will be hosted by Andreas Käckell, with commentary courtesy of Wilfried Hark. NDR TV will be showing the entire Marathon – and it won't only be the elite athletes who will get to feature against the backdrop of the city of Hamburg; the cameras will also be seeking out the ordinary "runner in the street". NDR TV will also broadcast a second "Sportclub live" with a summary of the whole event. The half-hour programme will begin at 11.30 pm.

Listening to the Marathon also brings its own excitement year on year. Hamburg's own radio station NDR 90.3 will be closely following the race from 8.20 am: roving OB units will head off to those places where the party mood is particularly in evidence, and first-hand reports will be submitted by NDR 90.3's very own runner, Anna Rüther – the "racing reporter" will be giving a blow-by-blow account of her personal Marathon moments.

"Hamburg Journal" will also report on the day's events in detail on Saturday evening from 7.30 on NDR TV.

 

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3.) First Hamburg 'Klimathlon':
Eco capital makes energy reduction a mass sports

Marathon meets climate: Who will be Hamburg's best Klimathlet? This is the call of the first energy saving competition in Hamburg, Europe's Eco capital. From 1 May to 12 June 2011, all Hamburg citizens above 18 are invited to collect as many energy saving points as possible – as a single starter or a team of up to ten participants. Win fantastic prizes such as an annual HVV public transport ticket, a 1000-Euro voucher for a racy bike or a team weekend to Neuwerk island! This energy reduction campaign is launched by the Hamburger EnergieAgentur (Hamea), a department of the Office for Urban Development and Nature.

While training units are intensified in advance of the Haspa street marathon in Hamburg, less sweat and no tears go along with saving energy for the Klimathlon – participating is easy: You can earn points in three disciplines. 'Reduce – Exchange – Switch' signify saving energy, getting rid of power-hungry appliances and choosing eco-friendly power from a green electricity provider. Whoever proves the most efficient energy reduction activities wins the Kimathlon. That's a piece of cake for any well-trained marathon runner!

Registration and more information on the Hamburg Klimathlon: www.hamburg.de/klimathlon