Sankt Anna am Lavantegg (Austria), Sunday 29 June 2014

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

 

The Zirbitzkogel Berglauf is a very scenic and challenging uphill mountain race in Austria's state of Styria.

The race features approximately 1100 metres of ascent over a 10km route.

Last year, Jürgen Mock (1:01:12) and Maria Frei (1:22:52) led a field of 131 runners to the finish line on top of the 2397-metre Zirbitzkogel. The race limit is 150 entries.

Starting in Sankt Anna am Lavantegg (1291m), a small village on the eastern slopes of the mountain, the first half of the race is run on trails through forests, the second half through alpine tundra.

After the race, participants walk back to the Waldheimhütte mountain hut (1614m) from where a bus takes them to the award ceremony in Sankt Anna.

 

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

The route near the Waldheimhütte (at the 5km mark).

 

Country: Austria

Venue (Map): Sankt Anna am Lavantegg (Graz 89km, Klagenfurt 94km, Vienna 220km)

Date: 29 June 2014 (Sunday)

Race distance: 10km (+1106m)

Start: 10.30 in Sankt Anna am Lavantegg (1291m)

Finish: Zirbitzkogel mountain hut (2397m)

Entries: by e-mail or fax with payment by bank transfer (up to 26 June 2014); race limit: 150 entries; no entries on the day

Entry fees: € 20

Race centre: Volksschule St. Anna (on the day 8.00-9.30)

You get: T-shirt, finisher medal, transport of personal clothing to the finish, bus service from the Waldheimhütte back to St. Anna, pasta party, prize drawing

Showers and changing facilities: yes

Prizes: to the first 5 M/F in each category

Award ceremony: ca. 16.00 at Gasthof Annawirt

Number of finishers 2013: 131 runners

Event website: www.zirbitzlauf.at

 

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