LCC Vienna Autumn Marathon 2010

Vienna (Austria), Sunday 24 October 2010

The Wurstelprater is on the edge of Vienna's Prater park (Copyright © 2010 Karin Kacetl).

Held every year at the end of October in Vienna's vast Prater park, the Herbstmarathon features a pancake-flat, traffic-free and AIMS-certified course.

The route is the same that is used in many other running events organized by the athletics club LCC Wien.

The start and finish are near the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Austria's largest football stadium.

Participants run 7-kilometre laps, mainly out-and-back the chestnut-tree-lined Prater Hauptallee, the main artery through the park. Each lap has one turning point and two feed stations.

The event includes a 7k race (one lap), a half marathon (three laps plus 97.5 metres at the end), and a full marathon (six laps and an additional 195 metres).

In 2009, Elisha Sawe of Kenya (2:17:03) and Austria's Ilse Wieshuber (2:52:39) won the marathon. Andreas Ringhofer (1:07:53) and Tatyana Vilisova (1:18:36) were the top half marathon finishers.

Country: Austria

Venue (Map): Vienna-Prater

Date: 24 October 2010 (Sunday)

Distance: 7km; 21.1km; 42.2km (certified by AIMS)

Start time: 10.00

Start and finish: Vienna, Hauptallee in the Prater Park, near Stadionbad

Entries: online until 19 October 2010, payment by credit card or bank transfer; late entries in the race centre; entry limit 1000 runners (21km+42km)

Entry fees (7km): 10/12/15/18/20 EUR (until 10 Sep/30 Sept/19 Oct/23 Oct/24 Oct)

Entry fees (21km): 18/22/25/28/35 EUR

Entry fees (42km): 20/25/30/35/45 EUR

Timing: ChampionChip - use your own chip or rent a chip for 3 EUR (30 EUR deposit)

Race centre: LCC-Zentrum in the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Sektor C/D, Meiereistraße 7, 1020 Wien (Friday 22 Oct 16.00-21.00, Saturday 23 Oct 10.00-18.00, on the day 7.00-9.00)

You get (21/42km): pasta party on Saturday, finisher medal and T-shirt, massage, free parking

Prizes: (?)

Showers and changing facilities: in the Ernst-Happel-Stadion

Number of finishers 2009: 172 (7km), 497 (21km), 194 (42km)

Event website (in German): www.lcc-wien.at

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