Schneeberglauf

The Schneeberglauf is not only a mountain run, but also a race between man and locomotive.

Impression from the Schneeberglauf 2008

The international Raiffeisen Schneeberglauf , or " Leo Arnoldi -Gedenklauf", is a mountain running event in Puchberg am Schneeberg in Lower Austria . The run is a “man versus machine” battle; the runners compete in a direct duel with a steam train from the Schneebergbahn . The second running event on the Schneeberg is the Fadensteiglauf .

The runners start in the middle of the Puchberg area at the Schneeberghalle at an altitude of 585  m above sea level. A. Since the runners have to cross the railroad tracks after almost a kilometer, the start of the steam locomotive has been moved behind this intersection so that there are no obstacles for the railroad and runners, but also no accidents. However, the steam locomotive only starts from this point after the first runners have crossed the level crossing and so has no time advantage. The mountain running route has a total length of ten kilometers and offers two refreshment points. The gradient averages 12 percent, in some places even up to 20 percent. The common goal is at Hochschneeberg am Schneeberg train station at an altitude of 1800  m .

history

The Schneeberglauf has been organized by the LC Running Puchberg since 1997 . The initial spark for the run was the hundredth anniversary of the opening of the cog railway , on the anniversary of which the mountain run was held for the first time, as a race against the old steam-powered cog railway. The steam locomotive drives up to the Schneeberg in around 55 to 60 minutes (normal travel time 78 minutes) every year. It should be noted that the steam locomotive needs a longer stay in the Baumgartner station to take water.

The race man against machine is always very close, but the runners have so far been able to achieve significantly more victories than the cogwheel railway. In 2001 and 2002 the steam locomotive was even able to leave the runners behind twice in a row. Between 2006 and 2008, the exceptional mountain runner and multiple mountain running world champion Jonathan Wyatt ( New Zealand ) won the mountain run three times in a row. He repeated his success in 2010.

For the first time, the Schneeberglauf 2008 was a Grand Prix run of the world championships in mountain running and a run of the Vienna mountain championship .

There was a special premiere in 2010 when, with Jonathan Wyatt and his wife Antonella Confortola-Wyatt, a married couple stood on the podium for the first time.

The Austrian mountain running world champion (this title is only awarded unofficially) Andrea Mayr set new standards for women in 2008. She undercut the previous record of the Austrian Elisabeth Rust (64:22 minutes) more than clearly and was in the finish line after 58:21 minutes. Only five men were faster than Andrea Mayr at the finish. This even though the last hundred meters of altitude had to be run in the snow at only +3 ° C.

Among the women, the 30-time Austrian national champion Carina Lilge-Leutner , who celebrated her third win at the Schneeberglauf in 2011 at the age of 51, should also be emphasized .

In the 2012 Schneeberglauf, 396 participants were able to successfully finish the race and thus improve the previous record from 2009 by one finisher. The starting field of 480 participants also set a new record in 2012.

Prices

In addition to the prize money of 500 euros, the best placed men and women will receive a trophy in the form of a cogwheel of the Schneebergbahn on a stone. The 2nd and 3rd placed in the men and women category also receive prize money. Furthermore, the best three runners of each age group will be awarded a medal. An age group comprises ten years, starting with the age of 20. There is also an age group for juniors, i.e. participants under 20. The winner of each of these age groups will also receive a voucher for a free start in the next competition.

Winners list

Four-time winner and course record holder: Mountain running world champion Jonathan Wyatt

Two-time winner and course record holder: Mountain running world champion Andrea Mayr

The respective winners of the individual years are highlighted in yellow.

date	Destination arrivals	Men's				Ladies				Rack railway
		rank	starter	nation	time	rank	Starter	nation	time
September 27, 1997	202	1.	Peter treasure		54:12	1.	Isabelle Pycha		77:44	58:59 (Rank 4)
		2.	Hans Kogler		55:35	2.	Carina Lilge-Leutner		78:38
		3.	Alexander Wallner		57:28	3.	Andrea Schiffer		86:51
September 26, 1998	157	1.	Peter treasure		57:03	1.	Bärbl Jungmeier		85:01	53:24 (winner)
		2.	Franz Engl		59:03	2.	Birgit Fath-Jakusch		90:03
		3.	Karl Zisser		59:48	3.	Andrea Schiffer		93:22
September 25, 1999	137	1.	Johann Kogler		55:05	1.	Anna Pichrtova		68:46	65:44 (Rank 7)
		2.	Peter treasure		57:40	2.	Roswitha Trippacher		84:54
		3.	Franz Engel		58:35	3.	Bärbel Jungmeier		87:16
September 23, 2000	232	1.	Hans Kogler		56:20	1.	Elisabeth Rust		64:22	57:20 (rank 2)
		2.	Hermann Gruber		60:19	2.	Anna Pichrtova		66:20
		3.	Mario Janschka		63:48	3.	Isabella Pycha		73:14
September 29, 2001	228	1.	Helmut jewelry		55:17	1.	Simone Hornegger		76:19	54:52 (winner)
		2.	Alexander Wallner		59:40	2.	Tina Black		67:50
		3.	Michael Alfon		61:44	3.	Ingrid Mair-Mayer		80:28
September 28, 2002	203	1.	Manfred death		61:38	1.	Rosa Halbauer		84:01	54:57 (winner)
		2.	Markus Pinggera		63:03	2.	Brigitte Wiesenthaler		84:25
		3.	Harald Helleport		64:00	3.	Katja Stenbacka		85:49
September 27, 2003	267	1.	Alois Redl		54:30	1.	Marion Kapuscinski		70:52	55:58 (rank 2)
		2.	Radomir Soukup		58:20	2.	Anita Waiss		78:52
		3.	Roman Skalsky		59:25	3.	Brigitte Wiesenthaler		79:12
September 25, 2004	275	1.	Alois Redl		54:18	1.	Isabella Pycha		72:23	53:14 (winner)
		2.	Martin Ploner		60:39	2.	Veronika Kienbichl		73:50
		3.	Christian Stockner		61:01	3.	Renate Krickl		83:24
September 24, 2005	226	1.	Branko Grah		58:44	1.	Carina Lilge-Leutner		70:59	59:54 (rank 2)
		2.	Rudi Reitberger		60:25	2.	Anita Waiss		78:05
		3.	Wolfgang Spatt		61:32	3.	Tina Black		80:11
September 23, 2006	304	1.	Jonathan Wyatt		52:21	1.	Marion Kapuschinski		71:54	57:45 (Rank 3)
		2.	Alfred Mandl		57:27	2.	Irene Zerkhold		75:12
		3.	Thomas Heigl		58:18	3.	Tina Black		76:16
September 29, 2007	350	1.	Jonathan Wyatt		55:14	1.	Carina Lilge-Leutner		69:37	59:30 (rank 3)
		2.	Martin Gansterer		59:12	2.	Caroline Reich		69:37
		3.	Thomas Krejci		60:21	3.	Tina Black		78:10
September 27, 2008	369	1.	Jonathan Wyatt		53:09	1.	Andrea Mayr		58:21	58:38 (Rank 8)
		2.	Mitja Kosovelj		54:17	2.	Mateja Kosovelj		64:37
		3.	Georges Burrier		55:45	3.	Lucija Krkoc		68:58
September 26, 2009	395	1.	Andrzej Długosz		55:09	1.	Andrea Mayr		61:36	60:38 (Rank 6)
		2.	Alois Redl		57:05	2.	Irmi Kubicka		68:50
		3.	Helmut jewelry		57:45	3.	Izabela Zatorska		70:57
September 25, 2010	308	1.	Jonathan Wyatt		53:54	1.	Antonella Confortola-Wyatt		66:38	65:19 (Rank 12)
		2.	David Schneider		56:28	2.	Margit Edelseider		72:49
		3.	Alois Redl		59:07	3.	Carine Lilge-Leutner		74:41
September 24, 2011	374	1.	David Schneider		54:46	1.	Carina Lilge-Leutner		72:54	66:15 (rank 13)
		2.	Andrzej Długosz		56:40	2.	Isabelle Schmöger		75:46
		3.	Alois Redl		60:32	3.	Paula Knoll-Rumpl		76:17
29th September 2012	396	1.	David Schneider		55:24	1.	Gabriele Eberhardt		75:31	58:39 (Rank 4)
		2.	Andrzej Długosz		55:51	2.	Isabella Schmöger		75:38
		3.	Alois Redl		58:04	3.	Carina Lilge-Leutner		75:49
September 28, 2013	298	1.	Andrzej Długosz		53:39	1.	Antonella Confortola-Wyatt		66:37	63:37 (rank 11)
		2.	David Schneider		54:19	2.	Angelika Melber		77:51
		3.	Azarya Teklay Weldemariam		55:08	3.	Eva Portoro		78:38
September 28, 2014	305	1.	Petro Mamu		53:13	1.	Veronika Limberger		77:20	48:22 (Rank 1)
		2.	David Schneider		55:33	2.	Angelika Melber		78:07
		3.	Andrzej Długosz		58:45	3.	Elisabeth Pöltner-Holkovic		79:14
September 28, 2015	246	1.	Christian Hoffmann		55:07	1.	Paula Knoll-Rumpl		75:12	61:46 (rank 5)
		2.	David Schneider		56:06	2.	Maria Gradauer		77:57
		3.	Gernot Kerschbaumer		60:41	3.	Elisabeth Pöltner-Holkovic		79:13
September 24, 2016	218	1.	Miran Cvet		58:20	1.	Isabella Schmöger		73:56	59:30 (rank 2)
		2.	Alois Redl		61:21	2.	Elisabeth Pöltner-Holkovic		77:37
		3.	Simon Gessler		64:23	3.	Marlies Penker		79:09
23 September 2017	224	1.	Andrzej Długosz		57:56	1.	Veronika Limberger		81:46	61:03 (rank 3)
		2.	Alois Redl		59:11	2.	Hana Kolínková		83:37
		3.	Daniel-Philip Grundmann		64:40	3.	Conny Fürlinger		86:25
29th September 2018	268	1.	Benard Koech		57:12	1.	Tímea Merényi		74:25	64:39 (Rank 6)
		2.	Andrzej Długosz		57:49	2.	Teresa Weisz		75:35
		3.	Francis Maina Njoroge		61:14	3.	Marlies Penker		76:03

Course records

The New Zealander Jonathan Wyatt holds the course record, who completed the course in 52:21 minutes in 2006. The Austrian Andrea Mayr holds the women's course record with 58:21 minutes. The rack railway achieved its previous record time of 48:22 minutes in 2014.

Web links

• LC Running Puchberg: Schneeberglauf
• Schneebergbahn

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF : Wyatt, Mayr take WMRA victories at the Schneeberglauf ( memento from October 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). (September 28, 2008)
2. ↑ LC Running Puchberg: Martina Stoll: Race Report 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF document, 27 KB; accessed December 4, 2012)  
3. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 5th International Schneeberglauf September 29, 2001 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 27, 2008)  
4. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 6th International Schneeberglauf September 28, 2002 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 27, 2008)  
5. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 7th International Snow Mountain Run September 27, 2003 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 27, 2008)  
6. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 8th International Schneeberglauf September 25, 2004 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 27, 2008)  
7. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 9th International Schneeberglauf September 24, 2005 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 27, 2008)  
8. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 10th International Schneeberglauf September 23, 2006 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 27, 2008)  
9. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 11th International Snow Mountain Run September 29, 2007 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 27, 2008)  
10. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 12th International Schneeberglauf September 27, 2008 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 27, 2008)  
11. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 13th International Snow Mountain Run, September 26, 2009 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 26, 2009)  
12. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 14th International Schneeberglauf September 25, 2010 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 25, 2010)  
13. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 15th International Schneeberglauf September 24, 2011 Puchberg / Schneeberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on December 22, 2011)  
14. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 16th International Snow Mountain Run, September 29, 2012 Puchberg / Schneeberg ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on December 4, 2012; PDF; 204 kB) 
15. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 17th International Schneeberglauf September 28, 2013 Puchberg / Schneeberg (accessed on August 10, 2014)
16. ↑ Stephan Fichtinger (official timekeeper): 18th International Schneeberg Run, September 27, 2014 Puchberg / Schneeberg (accessed on September 15, 2016)
17. ↑ maxfunsports.com: 19th International Snow Mountain Run , September 26, 2015 Puchberg / Schneeberg (accessed September 15, 2016)
18. ↑ maxfunsports.com: 20th International Snow Mountain Run September 24, 2016 Puchberg / Schneeberg (accessed September 24, 2016)
19. ↑ raceresult.com: 21st Schneeberglauf and 6th TRAIL 2017 (accessed on September 24, 2019)
20. ↑ raceresult.com: 22nd Schneeberglauf and 7th TRAIL 2018 (accessed on September 24, 2019)