15th Zirbitzkogel Mountain Run 2011

Sankt Anna am Lavantegg (Austria), Sunday 26 June 2011

Zirbitzkogel, Styria, Austria (Copyright © 2011 runinternational.eu)

 

This attractive uphill trail race in the Eastern Alps takes runners to the mountain hut on the 2396-metre-high Zirbitzkogel in Austria's province of Styria. The route is 10 kilometres long, the total elevation gain is approximately 1100 metres.

The start is in the village of Sankt Anna am Lavantegg, situated at about 1300 metres above sea level. Participants run mostly on good trails, at first through forest and then across vast mountain pastures. The final climb to the finish is the steepest part of the course.

After the race, participants walk back down to the "Waldheimhütte" mountain hut (at ca. 1600m). From there, a bus brings them to the pasta party and award ceremony in Sankt Anna.

Although the Zirbitzkogel-Berglauf is a relatively small event with around 100 finishers many top mountain runners have taken part in the race. In 2010, the winners were Issac Toroitich Kosgei of Kenya (58:02) and Margit Egelseder of Austria (1:16:47).

 

Country: Austria

Venue (Map): Sankt Anna am Lavantegg (Graz 87km, Klagenfurt 95km, Vienna 221km)

Date: 26 June 2011 (Sunday)

Race distance: 10km (+1106m)

Start: 10.30 Sankt Anna am Lavantegg (1291m)

Finish: Zirbitzkogel mountain hut (2376m)

Entries: by e-mail, phone or fax; payment by bank transfer; late entries on the day

Entry fees: 15 euros (until 20 June 2011), 20 euros (until 26 June 2011)

Race centre: Volksschule St. Anna (on the day 8.00-10.00)

You get: transport of personal clothing to the finish; bus service from the Waldheimhütte back to St. Anna (13.00-14.30), pasta party after the race in St. Anna; prize raffle

Prizes: prize money to the top finishers; trophies or product prizes to the first 5 in each category

Showers and changing facilities: Volksschule St. Anna

Award ceremony: 16.00 at the restaurant "Annawirt" in St. Anna

Number of finishers 2010: 83

Event website (in German): www.zirbitzlauf.at

 

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The trail to the Zirbitzkogel, at the Waldheimhütte (Copyright © 2011 runinternational.eu)