3rd "Adolf Gruber Commemorative Run" 2011

Vienna (Austria), Sunday 15 May 2011

The Riesenrad in the Prater (Photo: Copyright © 2010 Karin Kacetl)

This road running event in Vienna's Prater park is held to commemorate Adolf Gruber (1920-1995), outstanding Austrian distance runner and founder of the athletic club LCC Wien.

Like many other Prater races organized by the LCC, the Gedenklauf comprises a 7K run and a half marathon, starting and finishing near the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Austria's largest football stadium.

The course is a very flat, traffic-free and certified 7km-loop. Ergo, the half marathon consists of three laps. The third lap is slightly longer than the first two. Most of the route runs out-and-back along the Prater Hauptallee, the 4km-long chestnut-tree-lined main artery through the park.

In 2010, the half marathon winners were Alfred Sungi (1:14:14) and Tanja Stöckl (1:50:55).

Country: Austria

Venue (Map): Vienna-Prater

Date: 15 May 2011 (Sunday)

Distance: 7km, 21.1km (certified by AIMS)

Start time: 10.00

Start and finish: Hauptallee in the Prater park, near Ernst-Happel-Stadion and Stadionbad

Entries: online until 10 May 2011 (payment by credit card) or in person in the race centre (on 12 and 13 May, 16.00-21.00); late entries on the day 8.00-9.30

Entry fees: 11.50 euros (until 13 May 2011), 15 euros (entries on the day)

Deposit for the race number: 3 euros (fully refundable)

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

Race centre: LCC-Zentrum in the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Sektor C/D, Meiereistraße 7, 1020 Wien

You get: fruit and snacks in the start/finish area; prize raffle

Prizes: trophies

Showers and changing facilities: in the LCC-Zentrum

Award ceremony and prize raffle: 13.30

Number of finishers 2010: 41 (7km), 52 (21km)

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

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