14° 3/4 Mezza Maratona 2012

Bruneck/Brunico (Italy), Saturday 25 August 2012

Schloss Neuhaus — just one of the castles along the route.

Participants in the 3/4 Halbmarathon run 17.6 kilometres (ca. 11 miles) of an undulating point-to-point route along the Tauferer Tal, a valley in Italy's alpine province of South Tyrol, where most people speak German as a first language.

The route runs from the attractive small town of Bruneck (Brunico) to the finish line in the holiday and ski resort of Sand in Taufers (Campo Tures).

Most of the race is run on roads and cycleways. A short section is on a trail. Snow-capped mountain peaks and several castles on the hillsides provide an impressive backdrop to the course.

Over 500 runners finished the race last year. The winners were South Tyrols top runners Hannes Rungger (0:58:36) and Agnes Tschurtschenthaler (1:03:17).

Start of the race is in Bruneck (Brunico).

Country: Italy

Venue (Map): Bruneck/Brunico (Bolzano 74km, Innsbruck 107km, Klagenfurt 218km, Verona 222km)

Date: 25 August 2012 (Saturday)

Distance: 17.6km

Start: 17.00 on Rathausplatz in Bruneck/Brunico (835m)

Finish: Sand in Taufers/Campo Tures (870m)

Entries: online (until 22 August 2012, 18.00h); payment in cash on the day; late entries on the day

Entry fees: € 25

Race centre: "Alte Turnhalle", Rathausplatz, Bruneck (on the day from 13.00-16.30)

You get: technical T-shirt (for advance entries only), a sack of locally-grown potatoes, chip timing, shuttle bus service before the race (from Sand in Taufers to Bruneck), transport of personal clothing to the finish, massage service at the finish, pasta party after the race; entry into the post-race prize drawing

Prizes: to the first 5 M/F and to the first 3 in each category

Showers and changing facilities: in the sports hall, ca. 1km from the finish (free shuttle bus)

Award ceremony: 20.30 in the "Festhalle" in Sand in Taufers

Number of finishers 2011: 515

Event website (in German and Italian): www.3viertelhalbmarathon.com