100 Miles of Istria RG 2018 3RD EDITION

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100 MILES OF ISTRIA 2018

Micro location: parking in front of the mountain hut Around 50 parking places available GPS location: N 45.308049 E 14.215642 Altitude: 931 m

HOW TO GET THERE BY CAR? from Labin - fastest route Labin - direction Rijeka - in Vozilići direction Tunel Učka direction Poklon distance: 40 km ETA: 0h 14min from Lovran - fastest route Lovran - direction Rijeka - in Ičići direction Veprinac - direction Poklon distance: 19 km ETA: 0h 31min

AID STATION TRIVIA Poklon, pass on the road Vranje-Veprinac, through Učka, at 922m above sea level. Before the construction of the istrian railway in 1876, pilgrims from Istria and Rijeka traveled across Učka on foot. At the Poklon pass, from which you can see all of the Kvarner bay, they would bow and take an oath to the church of Our Lady of Trsat. It is an untranslatable fraze, poklon in Croatian means to bow.

41 KM

Strategically important road Pazin-Kastav was built In the 18th century, popularly called Istrian Josephine. Poklon is an integral part of the Učka Nature Park. There are hotels, Učka mountain lodge and a monument in the form of a large stone cross with the inscription: “In memory of Blessed Stepinac”.

67 KM

COURSES: | R | B |

From Labin: 40 km From Umag: 78 km From Lovran: 18 km

110 KM

AID STATION POKLON

AID STATION INFO

100 MILES

88

KM IN THE RACE

41,1

11,6

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FASTEST ACTUAL TIME

FRI 21:01

SAT 01:29

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SLOWEST ACTUAL TIME

SAT 03:30

SAT 04:00

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