5th "Lighthouse Run" 2012

Podersdorf am See (Austria), Easter Monday 9 April 2012

The Leuchtturmlauf gives runners the opportunity to spend Easter Monday running on the eastern shore of the Neusiedler See, Austria's largest lake.

Participants choose to run either 10km (three laps), 6.6km (two laps), or 3.3km (one lap). Children run 1km.

The route is mostly on dirt trails through parkland in Podersdorf am See, the most popular resort in the region. Each lap includes a detour to the Leuchtturm (lighthouse), which stands at the end of a 200-metre-long pier.

In 2011, the event had about 280 participants. A fair number of them came from nearby Hungary and from Vienna. The fastest 10K Leuchtturmläufer were Wolfgang Wallner of Austria (33:19) and Zsanett Móczó of Hungary (41:49).

Country: Austria

Venue (Map): Podersdorf am See (Bratislava 53km, Vienna 66km, Budapest 200km, Graz 218km)

Date: 9 April 2012 (Easter Monday; public holiday in Austria)

Distance: 10km, 6.6km, 3.3km; 1km (children 15 years and under)

Start time: 10.30 (children), 11.00 (10km, 6.6km, 3.3km)

Start and finish: at the PODO-Bar, Nordstrand, Podersdorf

Entries: online or by fax (until 6 April 2012); payment by bank transfer; late entries on the day

Entry fees: 12 euros (until 6 April 2012), 15 euros (until 9 April 2012); no entry fees for children

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

Race centre: PODO-Bar; Nordstrand, Podersdorf (8.00-10.00)

You get: a bottle of wine; goody bag and medal to all children

Prizes: (?)

Showers and changing facilities: yes

Award ceremony and prize drawing: 14.00

Number of finishers 2011: 154 (10km), 43 (6.6km), 35 (3.3km), 50 children

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

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