11th Hainfeld Town Race

The small town of Hainfeld, situated in the rolling hills of Lower Austria, is home to a relatively small running event that has seen quite a few international elite athletes flying around the course.

The main race, which is approximately 8.4km long, features seven laps (1,179 metres each) and an additional 135 metres.

Participants in the "Hobby Run" (ca  3.7km) run three laps plus 135 metres.

Last year, Kenya's Boash Mayaka led the field home, followed by his compatriot Samson Loywapet and Hungarian Szilveszter Porpaczy. Anna Kovalenko of Ukraine was the first woman across the line, trailed by Dana Janeckova of Slovakia.

Country: Austria

Venue (Map): Hainfeld (Vienna 60km, Bratislava 119km, Budapest 296km)

Date: 26 April 2009 (Sunday)

Race distance:

• 8.388km (main race)
• 3.672km (Hobby Run)
• children 300m to 3.672km

Start time:

• 9.00 children
• 10.15 Hobby Run
• 11.05 main race

Start: Hauptstrasse

Finish: Hauptplatz

Race course:

• main race: 7 laps in the town of Hainfeld
• Hobby Run: 3 laps

Entries:

• advance entries online (up to 14 April 2009)
• late entries on the day (up to 90 minutes before the start)

Entry fees (main race): €11/14 (advance entries/late entries);

Entry fees (Hobby Run): €7/9

Timing: ChampionChip - use your own chip or rent a chip for €3 (€25 deposit)

Race centre: Gemeindezentrum (municipality centre) Hainfeld

You get: pasta after the race, entry into the prize drawing

Prizes: prize money, trophies, medals

Showers and changing facilities: in the sports hall

Award ceremony: at 13.15

Prize drawing: at 13.00

Number of finishers 2008: 98 (main race); 69 (Hobby Run)

Event website (in German):

• www.kabelweb.at/askoe-hainfeld (out of date)

No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.