Vienna (Austria), Saturday 5 October 2013

The Wienerwald hills as seen from the Millenium Tower in Vienna (Copyright © 2012 Hendrik Böttger)

 

Held every year since 1949, the Höhenstrassenlauf in Austria's capital Vienna is a road running race with a long tradition.

Competitors run 14.3km of a challenging and scenic point-to-point course along Vienna's longest road — the Höhenstrasse — a historic panoramic road built on the slopes of the Wienerwald hills on the north-western edge of the city.

Made of granite paving stones, the Höhenstrasse was completed in 1938. It features hairpin turns like an alpine road.

The race begins on the Leopoldsberg hill on the right bank of the River Danube, and ends on the athletics track of the Marswiese sports centre.

 

Country: Austria

Venue (Map): Höhenstraße, Wien

Date: 5 October 2013 (Saturday)

Race distance: 14.3km

Start: at 14.00 at the car park on Leopoldsberg (ca. 380m above sea level)

Finish: Sportplatz Marswiese in Neuwaldegg (271m above sea level)

Entries: online or by fax (up to 2 Oct 2012; 12.00hr); payment by bank transfer or credit card; late entries on the day

Entry fees: € 33 (up to 2 Oct 2013); € 43 (up to 5 Oct 2013)

Timing: MaxFunTiming (included in the entry fees)

Race centre: Sportzentrum Marswiese, Neuwaldeggerstr. 57a, 1170 Wien (Friday 4 Oct 15.00-18.00; on the day 10.00-12.30)

You get: technical T-shirt; shuttle bus service from the finish area to the start (12.15-13.00); transport of personal clothing to the finish; one drink station on the course; feed station at the finish

Showers, changing facilities, baggage storage: Sportzentrum Marswiese

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

Award ceremony: at ca. 16.00

Number of finishers 2012: 330

Event Website (in German): hoehenstrassenlauf.com

 

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