Frohnleiten (Austria), Saturday 28 June 2014

Frohnleiten, Austria (Photo: Marion Schneider & Christoph Aistleitner / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain)

 

This Stadtlauf attracts around 600 runners and nordic walkers to the small town of Frohnleiten which sits in the narrow Mur River Valley, approximately 30km north of the city of Graz in Austria's state of Styria.

The event offers children's races, a 4.8km run (one lap), a 9.6km race (two laps), and two nordic walking competitions (4.8km and 10.8km).

Starting and finishing on Frohnleiten's very pretty main square, participants run on undulating roads through residential areas and farmland to the village of Adriach and then along the River Mur (partly on gravel) back to Frohnleiten.

Last year, the fastest finishers in the 9.6km race were Daniel Cencini of Italy (33:04) and Cornelia Wiesenhofer of Austria (40:00).

 

Country: Austria

Venue (Map): Frohnleiten (30km from Graz, 165km from Vienna, 216km from Linz, 261km from Salzburg)

Date: 28 June 2014 (Saturday)

Race distance: 4.8km, 9.6km; children 300m/1.2km/2.4km; nordic walking 4.8km/10.8km

Start time: 14.40-15.15 (children's races); 14.50 (10.8km nordic walking); 15.45 (4.8km run); 15.50 (4.8km nordic walking); 17.00 (9.6km)

Start and finish: Hauptplatz, Frohnleiten

Entries: online (up to 23 June 2014); payment by bank transfer; late entries on the day (?)

Entry fees (4.8km): € 14 (up to 23 June 2014), € 19 (late entries)

Entry fees (9.6km): € 16 (up to 23 June 2014), € 21 (late entries )

Timekeeping: ChampionChip — use your own chip or rent a chip (chip rental fees apply)

You get: goodie bag; snacks and drinks; entry into the post-race prize drawing

Prizes: trophies to the first 3 in each category

Showers and changing facilities: Sporthalle, Erzherzog-Johann Str. 13, Frohnleiten

Award ceremony: ca. 18.30

Number of finishers 2013: 236 (9.6km), 115 (4.8km), 74 (nordic walking), 137 children

Event website (in German): www.frohnleiten.or.at/stadtlauf

 

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