This popular half marathon race in Austria is held at the north-western end of the Mondsee, one of the seventy-six lakes in the Salzkammergut region on the northern edge of the Alps, near the city of Salzburg.

Starting and finishing in the very pretty town centre of the resort of Mondsee, situated at the lake's northern tip, participants run 21.1km of an undulating and scenic course along the shore and through rural areas, mostly on asphalt roads.

Last year, an international field of over 900 half marathon runners and around 100 relay teams (two runners per team) took part in the Mondsee Halbmarathon.

The fastest finishers were Elisha Kiprotich Sawe of Kenya (1:03:58) and Zita Kacser of Hungary (1:28:27). The time limit to complete the course is three hours.

Country: Austria

Venue (Map): Mondsee (Salzburg 27km, Linz 108km, Munich 167km, Vienna 270km)

Date: 2 June 2013 (Sunday)

Race distance: 21.1km; 21.1km relay (teams of two runners: 10km+11.1km)

Start time: 9.30

Start and finish: Marktplatz, Mondsee

Entries: online (until 29 May 2013); late entries on the day until 8.30

Entry fees (21km): € 23 (until 29 May 2013), € 28 (until 2 June 2013)

Entry fees (relay teams): € 46 (until 29 May 2013), € 56 (until 2 June 2013)

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

Race centre: Schloss Mondsee (Saturday 1 June 2013, 14.00-18.00; on the day 7.00-8.30)

You get: fuelbelt to the first 800 entries; voucher for a boat trip on the Mondsee; shuttle bus service for relay runners; six aid stations on the course; massage service after the race

Showers and changing facilities: yes

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

Award ceremony: 14.00 in Schloss Mondsee

Number of finishers 2012: 932 individual runners and 98 relay teams

Event website (in German and English): www.mondseelauf.at

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