The 2020 Mdina Glass LRC 10k – Sunday 11^th October

We are able to stage this event as long as we implement measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

The following are the most salient measures:

There will be no more than 300 participants in each race.
Social distancing must be maintained at the start (We will be providing 3 separate open areas for the participants of each race to wait till they are called up to the start line.
Masks must be worn until participants cross the start line and must be worn again after they cross the finish line.
Participants will start in groups of 15 every 1 minute.
Finishers will have to collect their own medal and water and move straight on to their cars.
There will no award ceremony, awards will have to be collected from Eurosport in Birkirkara.
Spectators should not attend and participants should come to the event alone.
Officials must wear masks or visors throughout the duration of both races.

Organiser of the event: 
Malta Marathon Organising Committee, PO Box 1, Zebbug, ZBG1000, Malta

Owner of the event: 
Ladies Running Club

Applications open: 
1^st July 2020

Official application closing date:
30^th September 2020 including receipt of the application fee or earlier if no more applications can be accepted. Applications are only guaranteed and confirmed upon receipt of the application fee which will be on a first come first served basis. The Organiser reserves the right to change the Official closing date at any time without prior notice. To Apply, go to the Application Forms page, late applications may not be accepted.

Registration: 
Participants must register and collect their race number, timing chips and pins from Eurosport B'Kara on the 10^th of October from 1330 to 1700.

Race numbers can only be collected by giving the registration official the applicant’s ID number or Passport Number, whichever was used to apply for the 2020 Mdina Glass Ladies Running Club 10K.

Race numbers can be collected on behalf of an applicant by another person, however the ID number or Passport Number, whichever was used to apply for the 2020 Mdina Glass Ladies Running Club 10K must be given to the registration official.

There will be no need to have the ID or passport in hand, the number will be enough.

Eligibility:
The first 600 males and females who apply and pay the application fee and who are at least 15 years old on the day of the race.

LRC 10k Application Fee:
€13.00 for applications and fees received by the 30^th August 2020 or €16 if applications and fees received from 31^st August 2020 to 30^th September 2020. All others received and accepted after this date €21.00.

€1 from every application fee will be donated to the Richmond Foundation.

Richmond Foundation is a non-governmental, non profit making organisation working in the field on mental health and the only one of its kind in Malta. The services it offers range between residential services for adults who suffer from serious mental health problems, KIDS residential programme for children who suffer challenge behaviour, Villa Chelsea rehbilitation service for persons leaving Mount Carmel Hospital with a view to integrating back into the community, and services for persons who, due to some life event, such as losing a loved one in tragic circumstances, experience mental health problems. As an organisation we would like to send a message to the people out there who are suffering, to reach out for help and also to help them prevent from developing mental health problems.

Anyone needing help from the Richmond Foundation can call for free on helpline 1770.

Application fees for participants registering on-line may be paid either by credit card or by sending a personal cheque by post. Cheques must accompany a printout of the filled in application form or a printout of the email received acknowledging that the application form is processed otherwise the cheque could be sent unaccompanied as long as the Application Code received by email is written on the back of the cheque.

When paying the application fee by bank transfer, the Application Code must be included in the transaction details of the bank transfer.

Application fees for participants not registering on-line must be paid by cheque and posted together with a clearly filled in application form.

Personal cheques are to be made payable to the ‘Malta Marathon’ and are to be sent to the ‘Malta Marathon’, PO Box 1, Zebbug, ZBG1000, Malta. Personal cheques may be written out for more than one application. Fees are non-refundable.

Application status:
Applicants applying on-line will automatically receive an email with the participant details as submitted, the application status at this stage would be Processed Not Paid.

Applicants paying on-line by credit card immediately after having applied on-line will automatically receive an email with the participant details as submitted, the application status at this stage would be Confirmed.

Applicants applying and paying the application fee by post or by bank transfer will receive an email with the participant details as submitted or with any adjustments requested by the applicant. The application status at this stage would be Confirmed, as long as the fee is received before the race is full and the applications are closed.

Participants applying by post must provide a valid and clear email address for them to receive their confirmation.

Application fees:
Application fees are non refundable and cannot be transferred to another event, even if in the unlikely event that the event is not held for whatever reason.

Race numbers, pins and timing chips:
Race numbers, pins and timings chips will be given out at registration. 

Do not remove or tamper with your timing chip. The timing chip is embedded in a white strip at the back of the number.
Under no circumstance should you ever cross the start and finish lines with somebody else’s timing chip on you. Do not give your race number to anyone else, this could lead to your disqualification from future MMOC organised races.

New route:

Both the start and finish shall be from where there is the open air gym on the old Ta Kali runway.

1^st km - Stadium.
2^nd km - Crafts village.
3^rd km - American Embassy
4^th km - Triq Il-Gradilja
5^th km - Road between Triq Durumblat and Ta' Qali
6^th km - Meridiana vineyard entrance
7^th km - Stadium
8^th km - Crafts village
9^th km - American Embassy

Route:

Both the start and finish shall be close by to Mdina Glass in Ta' Qali. The route shall pass through a number of roads used for the Malta Marathon and shall be concentrated around Ta' Qali and parts of Attard.

Start to 3.4km - Mdina Glass, American Embassy, Pitkali, Animal Sanctuary, BOV Adventure Park service road, Mdina Glass.
3.4km to 5.5km - Mdina Glass, Rabat Road (Triq Mdina), Triq Il-Linja.
5.5km to 7km - Triq Il-Linja, Triq Dun Mikiel Xerri, Triq Il-Gibjun, Triq Pitkali, Pitkali
7km to Finish - Animal Sanctuary, BOV Adventure Park service road, Pitkali, American Embassy, Mdina Glass.

Start times:
The 1^st start will be at 0700 Hrs. Participants with numbers from 1 to 100 must start at 0700.
The 2^nd start will be at 0705 Hrs. Participants with numbers from 101 to 925 must start at 0705.

Participants cannot choose their start time. Participants will start in groups of 10 every 30 seconds. Participants will be advised at registration and by email of their starting time.

Finish line:
The finish line will close at 0915, San Michel and Powerade will be provided at the finish.

Commemorative award:
All athletes finishing before their finish closes will be able to collect their presented with a commemorative medal after they cross the finish line.

Awards for the Mdina Glass Ladies Running Club 10k:
1st 3 Males, 1st 3 Females, 
1st 3 Male Teams, 1st 3 Female Teams
1st & 2nd M/F over 40, 1st & 2nd M/F over 45, 1st & 2nd M/F over 50, 1st & 2nd M/F over 55, 1st & 2nd M/F over 60,1st & 2nd M/F over 65,1st & 2nd M/F over 70

Special awards for 2020:
- Lina Borg Costanzi memory award - 1st Ladies Running Club member

There will be no award ceremony after the event. The awards can be collected from Eurosport in Birkifrra, once the results are out 

Award ceremony:
The award ceremony will be held in the morning at the finish towards the end of the event. Hang around because you or a friend of yours may have won an award. The MMOC is not responsible for awards not collected in person by the winners during the award giving ceremony.

Team competition:
A team may represent any club or group, a team will consist of 3 runners.  Every 3 same sex, members of a club or group, who finish the event will be classified as having participated in the team competition.  Runners who do NOT name their team on their application form will NOT be classified as having participated in the team competition. Requests for team changes after an application form has been sent in, may only be made by the participant himself or herself. Team names deemed offensive or otherwise may not be accepted by the organisers.  Team awards will be based on the overall positions of the individual team members. If 2 or more teams finish on equal points the top places will be awarded to the first team/s whose last participant finishes before the other team's last particpant.

Results:
Results will be available from the Malta Marathon website once they have been made official, participants who registered on-line or by post and who have given a valid and clear email address will be advised by email when the results are available.

Other race information: 
The following are some important race details.

1. Toilet facilities are available close to the start and finish.
2. Athletes who in any way deface or fold their race number are liable to disqualification; numbers are to be worn on the front and are to be clearly visible.
3. Athletes who are not clearly behind the start line at the start of their race are also liable to disqualification.
4. Faster athletes should be given preference to stay at the front of the starting line, please do not hinder faster runners.
5. There will be 1 water station at approximately the 5.6km and 1 sponge station at approximately 8.6km.
6. Kilometres will be marked along the route.
7. There will be traffic police and wardens to control traffic in various parts of the route but remember the route is not traffic free, so we urge you to be cautious and where possible run on the pavements. Better to be safe than a couple of seconds faster.

Malta Marathon Organising Committee and the Ladies Running Club