Race course entertaintment

The 4^th Carrefour Warsaw Halfmarathon 2009 is not only a sports competition. It is also a great social event which releases the positive energy and a huge potential of the city. Spontaneous public support along the route helps the participants to cover the distance and allows the inhabitants to feel the heartbeat of the city.

On 29 March, Warsaw expects unusual entertainment, top quality performance and real fun. At the start of the 4th Carrefour Warsaw Halfmarathon there will be runners coming from several dozen countries. The elite field and trotting amateurs will race shoulder to shoulder. All the participants will have an opportunity to ‘visit’ the most beautiful and the most distinctive areas of the capital city. Along the route, music bands, dancing groups and other artists will perform.

This year, for the first time the competition office, the start and the finishing line of the Carrefour Warsaw Halfmarathon will be located at one spot – right in the heart of Warsaw, next to Zamkowy Square. Already on the Friday evening, Krakowskie Przedmieście Street will be closed specially for the runners and fans. Numerous accompanying events will be held, e.g. competitions for children and young people, short distance runs, „5-by-5 Relay”.

Krakowskie Przedmieście Street is one of the most historical drags in the history of the country and one of the most beautiful streets in Warsaw. It is home to numerous buildings of importance: Presidential Palace, The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Warsaw University, the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Bristol Hotel and many historic tenement houses and monuments. The promenade swarms with various bars, restaurants and shops. The part of the promenade between the Monument of Kopernik and Zamkowy Square is one of the most favorite walking routes both for visitors and for city inhabitants.

There is no doubt where the greatest emotions appear and fans will come in abundance! In the Marathon Village there will be numerous sport, artistic, live entertintment and… culinary attractions. It will be possible to measure the fat contents in the body, to learn how to deliver first aid and to get aquainted with the basic grasps of self-defence.

Music bands and artistic groups will help create the event’s climate.

On 29 March on the stage set at the Castle Square, the winners of the 4th Carrefour Warsaw Halfmarathon will be decorated. It will be an unforgettable 48 hours in the heart of Warsaw!