Lucerne Marathon

The Lucerne Marathon is a marathon in Lucerne which was held for the first time on 28 October 2007. It is organised by the Lucerne Marathon Association. A half marathon and a "try-out marathon" (Schnuppermarathon) of 13 km are also part of the programme. With 5594 finishers, the premiere was the largest first edition of a running event in Switzerland and the Lucerne Marathon became at once the third largest Swiss marathon after the Zurich and Jungfrau Marathon. Viktor Röthlin, currently best Swiss marathon runner, has become the ambassador of the race.

Course description

The course is a circuit with the length of a half marathon, which starts and finishes at the Swiss Transport Museum. The track runs first along the "Haldenstrasse", passing by the chapel royal and the traditional luxury hotels of the city. Departing from "Schwanenplatz", the runners cross the pier from where they can see the famous chapel bridge and the water tower as well as the Old Town. On the other side of the lake, the track passes by the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne built by Jean Nouvel, around the Horwer peninsula and along Lake Lucerne with a view of the impressive Alpine panorama of Central Switzerland. From Horw, where the finish line of the "try-out marathon" (Schnuppermarathon) is located; the course leads through the Allemend stadium back to the pier and to the Swiss Transport Museum.

• 3D Flying over the course on Google Earth

Statistic

28th October 2007

Fastest Runner Marathon ^[1]

• Men: Urs Christen, Rotkreuz, 2:33.02,5
• Women: Addis Gezahegne, Kriens, 2:53.27,9

Fastest Runner Half Marathon

• Men: Daniel Renggli, Luzern, 1:11.30,3
• Women: Renata Bucher, Littau, 1:21.16,2

Finisher

• Marathon: 2713 (2136 men und 577 women)
• Half Marathon: 2263 (1403 men und 860 women)
• Try-out Marathon: 419 (190 men und 229 women)

26th October 2008

Fastest Runner Marathon ^[2]

• Men: Pius Hunold, Benken, 2:31.35,2
• Women: Stefanie Schillig-Planzer, Altdorf, 3:00.10,5

Fastest Runner Halbmarathon

• Men: Ueli Koch, Schwendibach, 1:07.48,7
• Women: Addis Gezahegne, Kriens, 1:18.54,6

Finisher

• Marathon:2303 (1837 men und 466 women)
• Half Marathon:3947 (2562 men und 1385 women)
• Try-out Marathon:385 (161 men und 224 women)

See also

• list of marathon races

External links

• official web page
• Lucerne Marathon 2007 on laufreport.de
• Lucerne Marathon 2007 on sportheute.ch

References

1. ^ [1] ranking list 2007
2. ^ [2] ranking list 2008