MEASUREMENT REPORT PELLA HALF MARATHON 21.097,5 m 2 0 1 2 IAAF GRE / 2012 / 048 / JFD0591 Elevation change : +0.9 m / km Separation : 5,21 % Georgios DOUSSIS
Introduction The Pella Municipality with the technical assistance of the O.M.G. (Giannitsa Marathon Running Club) is the Event Organizer of the Pella Half-Marathon. The 1 st edition of the Half-Marathon will be held on Sunday 16 th, September 2012. The race course measurement was requested by O.M.G. (Giannitsa Marathon Running Club) and particularly by its President Babis SEMERTZIDIS. Then it was approved by the International Measurement Administrator, Jean-Francois DELASALLE. Indeed, the measurement of the half marathon course, 2012 edition, took place on 28 th July 2012. This mission was accomplished according to current IAAF and A.I.M.S. regulations and was held under sunny, hot weather. The measurement was implemented by me, Georgios DOUSSIS, Measurer IAAF/AIMS, Grade B. For this activity I had the support and effective cooperation of B. SEMERTZIDIS (OMG), S. SOTIRIADIS and V. THOMAIDIS (Pella-Giannitsa Municipality, who had a perfect knowledge of the entire course. The race course has the approval of Pella-Giannitsa Municipality well as the Traffic Police. The start is few meters away from the entrance of the Platanokampos Sport Center, approx. one kilometer away from the Giannitsa city center, at Konstantinoupoleos str. (see photos). The arrival is at city center of Giannitsa, at Eleftheriou Venizelou str., in front of the Military Club building. The race course is a course type loop, but incomplete, mostly undulating. The altitude difference (drop) between the altitude of the departure (29 m) and that of arrival (50 m) is 21 m, which means an elevation gain of +0.9 m/km. The proposed circuit does meet the IAAF requirements for a drop of < 1m/km (Rule 260, 28c). The start and the finish points of this race course, measured along a straight line between them, show a total distance (separation) of 1100 m a separation ratio of 5,21%, compared to the total distance of the Half-Marathon. The proposed circuit does meet the IAAF requirements for separation of < 50% of the overall distance (Rule 260, 28b). The race course, Pella Half-Marathon, 2012 edition, is approved by the Administrator under the International Performance Measurement No. GRE / 2012/ 048 /JFD0591 dated September 16, 2012. Without modification, the validity of this measurement is 5 years.
I would like to thank the President of the O.M.G. (Giannitsa Marathon Running Club) B. SEMERTZIDIS for his support, availability and excellent organization of my stay. Georgios DOUSSIS Measurer IAAF/AIMS, Grade B
Contact Pella Municipality Hatzidimitriou & Ethn. Antistasis, Giannitsa 58100 Greece dimos@giannitsa.gr Sports Office Tel +0302382350809 Fax +302382021544 aodig@giannitsa.gr Babis Semertzidis President OMG CLUB www.omgclub.gr +30 6932283169 Georgios DOUSSIS IAAF/AIMS Lysimachias 28 Str., Neos Kosmos 117 45 Athens, Greece +302109241992 +306972004569 doussis.g@gmail.com
PELLA HALF MARATHON 21.097,5 m 2 0 1 2 CERTIFICATE Georgios DOUSSIS
Measurement Attestation The undersigned Georgios DOUSSIS measurer IAAF/AIMS Grade-B certify that on request of Mr. B. Semertzidis, President of the O.M.G. (Giannitsa Marathon Running Club) which provides the technical support for the event, implemented the measurement of the Pella Half Marathon race course, according to IAAF/AIMS rules, using a bicycle given from the race organizing committee with a 5-digit Jones Counter on it. The race will be held on September, 16 th 2012. It is at its 1 st edition. In the previous years the race went over several distances from 10 to 16 kilometers and it has never been officially measured under the IAAF/AIMS requirements in the past. During the course measurement the weather was hot, it was a sunny summer day. The race course is a way mostly through the fields and places around the city of Giannitsa, from the sport center named Platanotopos around one kilometer away from the city center as start point to the city center as finish point. A traffic warranty is given to organizers by the local Traffic Police for the race day that the athletes should run on roads completely free of traffic for both directions of the entire marathon course. Course restrictions and limitations are shown at the photos below. The race course is a type loop course, but incomplete. The finish point is located 1100 meters away from the start point. After the start shot the runners should run uphill for the first kilometer and then through the city center. Then they leave downhill the city center and run through the fields of Giannitsa. Until the half way the course includes uphill, flat and downhill parts with mostly smooth inclination. After the halfway the runners go along the river Loudias and meet two flat parts of dirt roads for approx. 200m length each. These two course parts have acceptable surface for running. The last five kilometers of the course are lightly uphill. A traffic warranty is given to organizers by the local Traffic Police for the race day for the entire race course, so the runners should run on roads and streets free of vehicle traffic. The measurement was done by my self following the shortest possible way according to the measurement rules. For almost the half of the distance I should ride against the daily traffic. That was possible and without problems thank to the excellent organization from Mr. Babis Semertzidis and the perfect realization of both Traffic Police and Municipality Police. The running surface of the regional roads at city center and outside Giannitsa is mostly asphalt of good quality. Some course parts especially after the halfway are of passable asphalt quality. The two above mentioned course parts of approx. 200m length each are dirt roads. A 50m-steel tape was used for the calibration which was made at the straight and flat way at km 17 of the race course (see map and photos).
After the calibration, I undertook a measurement at the proposed course and a post calibration. After the calculations the entire course was found 74.27m longer than it should be. According to the organizers wish I removed the start point 74.27m to the front and I undertook a second measurement according to my records and the correction for the adjustment of every single of the 21 kilometer points. The length of the entire course was found at the end of this final ride 21.101,20 m (3,70m longer than it should be) possibly because of the increasing temperature. Every km point is marked with a nail and ring on the running surface (see photos). The drop is (+0,9m/km) and the separation 5,21%. The race course does meet the IAAF/AIMS requirements. This measurement will be valid for 5 (five) years (2012-2016). Any modification on the measured course needs a re-measurement. Georgios DOUSSIS, Measurer IAFF/AIMS, Grade B
PELLA HALF MARATHON 21.097,5 m 2 0 1 2 Statements of measurement - Conclusion Georgios DOUSSIS
Statements of measurement and Conclusion Measurement records by 1. Measurement of the calibration course Length: 450,00m (average of two measurements) Temperature: 23 C Time: 06:30 Correction average length formula 450 x [1 + (23-20) x 0,0000116)] = 450,01566m Shortening of the calibration course: - 1,5cm. Total length 450,00m 2. Calibration Pre Calibration Giannitsa, Agrotiki odos Tuesday 28.07.2012, 6:30, 23 C Length of the calibration course: 450m Start 36000 Difference Ride 1 41100 5100 Ride 2 46200 5100 Ride 3 51300 5100 Ride 4 56400 5100 Summary R1+R2+R3+R4 20400 Average 5100
5100countsx1001m Working Constant: 450m = 11344.66667 WC = 11344.66667 3. Measurement of the race course Course measurement Start 87000 1K 98345 2K (1)09689 5K (1)43723 10K (2)00447 15K (2)57170 20K (3)13893 21K (3)25238 Finish (3)26344 (3)27063 Whole course (should be) 239344 Whole course was 240063 = 21171.77m 74.27m longer than it should be
4. Post Calibration Post Calibration Giannitsa, Agrotiki odos Tuesday 28.07.2012, 8:45, 27,5 C Length of the calibration course: 500m Start 27000 Difference Ride 1 32095 5095 Ride 2 37189 5094 Ride 3 42284 5095 Ride 4 47379 5095 Summary R1+R2+R3+R4 20379 Average 5094.75 Finish Constant: 5094.75countsx1001m = 11332.98833 450m Constant of the Day: CoD = 11339 WC FC 2 11344.66667 11332.98833 = 2 = 11338.8275 5. Calculation of the length of the race course Corrections: After the Post-Calibration I calculated the measured course and it was found 63.41m longer than it should be. 6. Final adjustments to the race course and Conclusion We removed the start point 74.27m to the front by setting a new start point as final and permanent one. I undertook a final ride over the entire course by following exactly the same way. All intermediate km-points including start and finish points are marked with nails and rings on the asphalt surface. The position of each one point is described in details in the following pages (see photos). The length of the entire course was found at the end of this final ride 21.101,20 m (3,70m longer than it had to be) possibly because of the increasing temperature during the final ride. The list
of streets and pathways, maps included, is given in the following pages showing the limitations for the markup of the course. Georgios DOUSSIS Measurer IAAF/AIMS, Grade B
km-mark Positions
START wooden column wooden column 13.05m 4.25m START Sport Center Platanotopos
Km 1 Wooden column 0.78m Ethn. Antistaseos str Nr 82. 7.62m
Km 2 20th October str 20th October str Nr 18 5.52m manwhole 6.22m
Km 3 Ageladostrata light 3.78m Ageladostrata 0.70m
Km 4 light Egnatia str. 2.60m traffic sign 4.52m
Km 5 Regional str. to Alexandreia 3.00m
Km 6 Traffic Sign 60m Dirt street Regional str. to Alexandreia
Km 7 Regional str. to Alexandreia traffic sign 7.15m
Km 8 Regional str. to Alexandreia Oneiron zefxi traffic sign ~100m 15.50m
Km 9 Regional str. to Alexandreia Traffic sign STOP Side street 10.04m
Km 10 Regional str. to Alexandreia 13.40m
Km 11 4.85m Loudias river
Km 12 to Adliostasio GOEB Paralimnis ~150m after the exit from the dirt road
Km 13 to Adliostasio GOEB Paralimnis
Km 14 ~100m χοιροστάσιο Agrotiki odos Paralimnis
Km 15 Agrotiki odos Paralimnis cotton fields
Km 16 wooden column 20.72m Paddock with bees Agrotiki odos Paralimnis
Km 17 100m crossroad Egnatia wooden column 4.00m Palettes factory corner 4.88m
Km 18 0.61m 13.50m 0.61m
Km 19 Eirinis str. 5.45m
Km 20 Egnatia str. 7.15m Meg. Alexandrou str. 5.35m
Km 21 Venizelou str. column 3.76m Kapodistriou str. Tavern Ladokolla
FINISH light FINISH 0.30m Finish line 8.20m
FINISH Venizelou str. light FINISH 0.30m
PELLA Half Marathon 2012 Km point description Start Γιαννιτσά, οδός Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, μπροστά στο Δημοτικό αθλητικό κέντρο «Πλατανότοπος», 4,25μ πλάι από ξύλινη κολώνα ΔΕΗ αριστερά και 13,05μ, πριν από άλλη ξύλινη κολώνα ΔΕΗ Km 1 οδός Εθν. Αντιστάσεως, αέναντι από το Νο 82, 7,62μ πριν από ξύλινη κολώνα ΔΕΗ και 0,72μ από το πεζοδρόμιο Km 2 οδός 20ης Οκτωβρίου, 5,52μ πλάι από το Νο 18, 6,22μ πριν το φρεάτιο Km 3 Αγελαδόστρατα, αριστερό ρεύμα, 0,70μ από τη διαχωριστική νησίδα, 2,78μ από το φως Km 4 Εγνατία, καρφίδα αριστερά, 4,52μ πριν από την πινακίδα, 2,60μ πριν και πλάγια από το φως km 5 Επαρχιακή οδός προς Αλεξάνδρεια, καρφίδα αριστερά, 3,00μ από το φρεάτιο. Απέναντι ΨΥΓΕΙΑ ΓΙΑΝΝΙΤΣΩΝ km 6 Επαρχιακή οδός προς Αλεξάνδρεια, καρφίδα δεξιά, Ταμπέλα εμπρός στα 60μ περίπου. Απέναντι χωματόδρομος Km 7 Επαρχιακή οδός προς Αλεξάνδρεια, καρφίδα δεξιά, 7,15μ μπροστά από πινακίδα διασταύρωσης Km 8 Επαρχιακή οδός προς Αλεξάνδρεια, καρφίδα δεξιά, 15,50μ από πινακίδα απέναντι Km 9 Επαρχιακή οδός προς Αλεξάνδρεια, καρφίδα αριστερά, 10,04μ μπροστά από πινακίδα STOP του χωματόδρομου Km 10 Επαρχιακή οδός προς Αλεξάνδρεια, καρφίδα αριστερά, 13,40μ μπροστά και πλάγια από ανάποδη πινακίδα. Πριν το Parking Km 11 Λουδίας, μπροστά στο εξοχικό κέντρο, 4,85μ από την είσοδό του, καρφίδα δεξιά Km 12 Προς αντλιοστάσιο «ΓΟΕΒ» Παραλίμνης, περίπου 150μ μετά την έξοδο από τον 1ο χωματόδρομο Km 13 Προς αντλιοστάσιο «ΓΟΕΒ» Km 14 Αγροτική οδός Παραλίμνης, περίπου 100μ πριν το χοιροστάσιο εμπρός αριστερά Km 15 Αγροτική οδός Παραλίμνης, λίγα μέτρα πριν τη στροφή δεξιά, στη βαμβακοφυτία Km 16 Αγροτική οδός Παραλίμνης, καρφίδα δεξιά, 20,72μ πριν την ξ θλινη κολώνα ΟΤΕ, αμέσως μετά από μάντρα με μελίσσια Km 17 Αγροτική οδός Παραλίμνης, 4,88μ πλάγια εμπρός από την είσοδο εργοστασίου παλεττών, 4,00μ πριν από ξύλινη κολώνα ΟΤΕ, Σε περίπου 100μ διασταύρωση με ΕΟ Θεσ/νίκης-Έδεσσας Km 18 οδός Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, άνοδος, καρφίδα δεξιά, 13,50μ πλάγια αριστερά το κτήμα με ελιές Km 19 οδός Ειρήνης, 5,45μ πλάγια και λοξά πριν την είσοδο σπιτιού, περίπου 100μ μετά τη στροφή από οδό Κωνσταντινουπόλεως και το αθλ. Κέντρο «Πλατανόκαμπος» Km 20 οδός Μεγ. Αλεξάνδρου, μπροστά στο Super Market ΓΑΛΑΞΙΑΣ, 7,05μ πριν το περίπτερο, 5,35μ πλάγια εμπρός από τον τηλεφωνικό θάλαμο. Λίγο πριν τη στροφή προς ΕΓΝΑΤΙΑ Km 21 πεζόδρομος Γιαννιτσών Ελ. Βενιζέλου στη γωνία της ταβέρνας «Λαδόκολλα» και την κάθετη οδό Καποδιστίου, 3,76μ πλάγια από το φως Finish πεζόδρομος Γιαννιτσών Ελ. Βενιζέλου, μπροστά στη ΛΕΣΧΗ ΑΞΙΩΜΑΤΙΚΩΝ, πλάτος γραμμής τερματισμού 8,20μ από κολώνα σε κολώνα φωτισμού, καρφίδα αριστερά, 0,30μ από το φως
Street Index START: Sport Center Platanotopos Konstantinoupoleos str. Ethn. Antistasis str. Hatzidimitriou str. G. Giota Sq. 20th October str. New west regional road (Ageladostrata) Egnatia Giannitson-Alexandreias str. Loudias Agrotiki odos Thess/nikis Edessas nat. Road Konstantinoupoleos str. Eirinis str. Meg. Alexandrou str. Egnatias El. Venizelou str. FINISH: El. Venizelou (pedestrian way) ΑΦΕΤΗΡΙΑ: Δημοτικό Αθλητικό Κέντρο «ΠΛΑΤΑΝΟΤΟΠΟΣ» Οδός Κων/πόλεως προς Βορρά Διασταύρωση με Εθν. Αντίστασης Εθν. Αντίστασης Δημαρχείο-(αριστερά) Χατζηδημητρίου Πλατεία Γκ. Γιώτα (δεξιά) 20ης Οκτωβρίου (αριστερά) Διασταύρωση Εργατικών κατοικιών Νέα Δυτική περιφερειακή οδός (Αγελαδόστρατα) (αριστερά) Εγνατία (δεξιά) Επ. Οδός Γιαννιτσών Αλεξάνδρειας (αριστερά) Διεθνές Ναυταθλητικό Κέντρο Λουδία Αγροτική οδός Ε.Ο. Θεσ/νίκης- Έδεσσας, Γιαννιτσών Κων/πόλεως (αριστερά) Ειρήνης (αριστερά) Μ. Αλεξάνδρου (δεξιά) Εγνατίας (δεξιά) Βενιζέλου Πεζόδρομος Γιαννιτσών (Πολεμικό Μουσείο)
MAPS & Course Details
Course Details Whole Course 21097.5m Giannitsa Finish City center Start Platanokampos Calibration course Altitude Start: 29m Finish: 50m Drop: +0.9m/km Separation Start to Finish: 1100.0m 5.21%
Course Details Whole Course 21097.5m Giannitsa Start Platanokampos Finish City center Calibration course Loudias river Altitude Start 29m Finish: 50m Drop: +0.9m/km Separation Start to Finish: 1100.0m 5.21%
Course Details Start to Finish Separation Giannitsa Finish City center Start Platanokampos Separation Start to Finish: 1100.0m 5.21%
Course Details Altitude Altitude Start: 29m Finish: 50m Drop: +0.9m/km
Calibration Giannitsa, 28.07.2012
Calibration Map 28.7.2012 Giannitsa Start Calibration Course Finish Giannitsa B A Calibration Course
Calibration Course 450m Point A To B wooden column Bike 1 2.07m 5.72m Point A 0.28m Agrotiki odos To B wooden column Bike 1 2.07m Point A
Calibration Course 450m Point B to A Entrance photovoltaic venue Point B 10.65m Electric panel Electric panel 14.70m Point B to A 14.70m
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Measurement Team
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Measurement Team Sp. Sotiriadis V. Thomaidis - B. Semertzidis
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Measurement Team Team Pella municipality