16. Brucker Fitlauf 2010
"Fit am Nationalfeiertag" - "Keep fit on National Day"
Austrians traditionally celebrate their National Day with a large number of amateur sports events. One of these is the small and friendly Brucker Fitmarsch und Fitlauf for walkers and runners.
It takes place in the small town of Bruck an der Mur, an important road and rail junction in the narrow Mur River Valley, 50 kilometres to the north of Austria's second largest city Graz.
Participants run or walk 8.9 kilometres along a challenging and varied course.
Starting and finishing on the athletics track on the Murinsel, an island in the River Mur, the route runs eastward along the river before it turns south into the Weitental, a wooded valley popular with hikers for its springs and some over 200-year-old trees.
The event charges no entry fees.
In 2009, on a different route, the winners were Jürgen Plechinger and Marika Huber.
Country: Austria
Venue: Bruck an der Mur (Graz 52km, Vienna 141km)
Date: 26 October 2010 (Tuesday, public holiday in Austria)
Distance: 8.9km; children 0.2-4.6km
Start time: 10.00-11.00 (children); 11.00 (8.9km)
Start and finish: Sportstadion Murinsel
Entries: by e-mail (
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) or on the day until 9.00
Entry fees: no
Race centre: Sportzentrum Murinsel (open from 8.00am)
You get: finisher medal; finisher present to all runners; all walkers take part in a prize raffle
Prizes: trophies to the winners of each category
Showers and changing facilities: Sporthaus Murinsel
Award ceremony: 12.30
Number of finishers 2009: 48 adults and 126 children
Event details (in German): Brucker Fitlauf 2010 (PDF)
Tourist information (in German): Bruck an der Mur
