The Öjendorfer See Marathon is held several times per year (in 2013 seven times) in Hamburg-Öjendorf on the eastern edge of Hamburg.

Organized by the ‘100 Marathon Club Deutschland’, the event attracts on average between 100 and 120 participants, some of them highly experienced runners. You may meet athletes who have completed well over one thousand marathons!

The route is a 3,776-metre loop on hard-packed gravel paths around the Öjendorfer See, a very pretty lake surrounded by woods and parkland.

Entrants can choose to run 11.33km (three laps), 22.66km (six laps) or the 42.2km marathon (eleven laps plus 660m in the first lap).

The entry fees are very low — between five and twelve euros. The time limit to complete the course is six hours.

Country: Germany

Venue (Map): Öjendorfer See, Hamburg-Öjendorf

Dates 2013: 9 February, 9 March, 6 April, 14 September, 5 October, 2 November, 28 December

Race distance: 11.33km; 22.66km; 42.2km

Start time: 9.00

Start and finish: at the Spielplatz (playground) near the Parkplatz (car park) Barsbütteler Weg

Race centre: in the start area

Entries: online (www.your-sports.com -> Event name: "100MC"); payment by bank transfer (runners from outside Germany can pay the entry fees in cash on the day); entries close four days before the race; no entries on the day

Entry fees (11.3km): € 5 (up to six days before the race); € 7 (up to four days before the race)

Entry fees (22.6km): € 8 (up to six days before the race); € 10 (up to four days before the race)

Entry fees (42.2km): € 10 (up to six days before the race); € 12 (up to four days before the race)

Timing: 'ipico' chip timing - included in the entry fees

You get: chip timing, one aid station per lap, certificate (online)

Showers and changing facilities: no

Toilets: yes, but they are closed at times (e.g. before the start)

Number of finishers 2012: on average 104 (seven events)

Event website (in German): www.100mc.de

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