RUNNING GERMANY: DRESDEN – 15th Morgenpost Dresden-Marathon on October 20th 2013

Highlights: baroque and nature, through the picturesque Old Town, the "Grosser Garten" park and along the banks of the river Elbe -Date: yearly the last but one Sunday in October. Sunday, 20th of October 2013

Start/ Finish: Tenth of a Marathon(4.2 km) will start at 09:30 a.m. All other distances start at 10:00 a.m.,

Ostra-Allee (city centre, close tothe "Zwinger"). Finish will be closed at 4:00p.m.at the Congress Center Dresden (about 200m away from the Start)

Distance: Marathon 42.195 km, Halfmarathon 21.1 km, 10 km-Distance, Tenth of a Marathon (4.2 km)

Field events: runners, walker (no splitted rating, but separate starting block), nordic walking and skating not allowed!

Route: even Halfmarathon lap, officially measured and marked in intervals of 1 km Course constitution: tarmac (approx. 95%), park paths (<2%), partly cobblestone pavement (<3%) – Participants 2012: applied: 8,529 (Marathon=1,591, Halfmarathon=3,964, 10 km=2,545)

Forecast/Goal 2013: over-all 9,000/ there from 1,600 Marathon (no limit of participants)

Timekeeping: on all three distances the time will be exclusively measured by the Real-Time Champion Chip. Without Chip no rating! Walker have to indicate this on the Entry Form and also use a Chip for rating. You already own a Champion Chip: Please glue your personal Bar-Code-Label on the accordant place on the entryform or inscribe the Chip-Number in the accordant place.

You don ́t own a Chip yet: Who doesn ́t own a personal ChampionChip, can buy or lend one for EUR 30.00at the place where the race numbers are issued. Upon return of the undamaged Chip on race day EUR 25.00 will be refunded.

If you don ́t return the Chip at leaston 20th of October 2013 till 5p.m., the Chip is bought by you and you can use it at Races all over the world.

Benefits: Finisher-Medal, Preliminary Certificate, gratis left-luggage office for all participants, Pasta-Party for participants of Marathon and Halfmarathon, Massages for Marathon-racers, showers after racePasta-Party at the International Congress Center Dresden:

Saturday,19 th ofOctober, from 12 am to 6 pm.

Every participant of the Marathon and Halfmarathon receives a voucher with his competition documents, valid for a portion of pasta. Anybody who hasn ́t the chance to get his pasta on Saturday, has also the alternative to eat the pasta on Sunday, after the race:

Refreshments: km 6.5/ 11.2/ 16.1/ 20.7/ 23.4/ 27.5/ 32.3/ 37.2/ Finish

On every food supply water, tea, bananas, bread with raisins, from km 20.5 additional isotonic beverages and energy bars. At the finish apples as well as Erdinger nonalcoholic beer.

Temperatures: average of the last five years: 16.2°C. Best conditions to run!

Rewards and Awards: The first in overall standings in Marathon and Halfmarathon will be paid trophy money. There are also additional awards, if a new course record is established. The first male/female of every age group in Marathon, Halfmarathon and 10 km will receive a prize in kind and a document.

The award ceremony for the Marathon is held from 1 p.m. The victory ceremonies for the other races will be before 1 p.m. The prizes in kind and the documents for winners of age groups of Halfmarathon and 10 km are mailed.

Course Records (Marathon): Males: Phaustin Baha Sulle, TAN,2:13:03(2008) – Females: Aniela Nikiel, POL, 2:35:13 (2003)

Registration: online registration until 7th October 2013

www.dresden-marathon.com

Competition fee: Marathon EUR 45.00 – Halfmarathon EUR 35.00 – 10 km EUR 15.00 – Tenth of a Marathon (4.2 km) EUR 9.00

If a registered participant fails to participate or alternatively switches to a shorter distance, the fee will not be paid back, no matter what reason.

 

DRESDEN Marathon

 

Why go now to Dresden ? – The NY Times answers…

 

 

Desire for Dresden ? Here comes the brand-new article from NY Times with a lot of fantastic links:

https://travel.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/travel/36-hours-in-dresden-germany.html

 

as the perfect completion we recommend the article from 2006/09/24:

https://travel.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/travel/24goingto.html