Bayreuth (Germany), Sunday 25 May 2014

The Maisel's Fun Run comprises children's races, a 10.5km quarter marathon, and a half marathon race through the streets of Bayreuth, a town of 70,000 people in the Upper Franconia region in Germany's state of Bavaria.

More than 2,200 runners took part in the event last year.

Starting and finishing at the Brauerei Maisel, one of Germany's largest producers of ‘Weissbier’ (wheat beer), the running event forms part of the Maisel's Weissbierfest, a four-day beer festival that is held annually in spring at the brewery.

Participants in the half marathon run two laps of an undulating and varied course which takes them through Bayreuth's magnificent historic centre, the baroque Hofgarten park, the university campus, a park with a lovely small lake, and past the ‘Villa Wahnfried’ where Richard Wagner worked on some of his famous operas, eg Parsifal and Götterdämmerung.

The route is mostly on asphalt. Some sections are on gravel.

Country: Germany

Venue (Map): Bayreuth (Nuremberg 86km, Leipzig 194km, Munich 234km, Prague 249km)

Date: 25 May 2014 (Sunday)

Race distance: 10.55km; 21.1km (certified); children 400m/800m/2500m

Start time: 9.45-10.15 (children); 11.00 (21km); 11.15 (10.5km)

Start and finish: at the Brauerei Maisel, Hindenburgstrasse 9, Bayreuth

Entries: online; late entries on the day

Entry fees (10.5km, 21km): € 17/19/24 (up to 28 February/18 May/25 May 2014)

Timekeeping: ChampionChip — use your own chip or rent a chip for € 5 (€ 25 deposit)

Race centre: Brauerei Maisel, Hindenburgstrasse 9, Bayreuth (23 and 24 May 2014, 13.00-16.30; on the day 8.00-9.30)

You get: drinks on the course and at the finish; voucher for Bratwurst and beer at the Weissbierfest

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

Showers, changing facilities, baggage storage: yes

Award ceremony: 10.45 (400m, 800m), 13.00 (2.5km), 13.30 (10.5km); 15.00 (21km)

Number of finishers 2013: 1386 (10.5km), 470 (21km), 375 (children's races)

Event website (in German): www.maisel.com/aktionen/12_maisels_funrun_57.html

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