Tirol Speed ​​Marathon

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The Tirol Speed ​​Marathon was a marathon that took place every June between 2004 and 2007 and led from the Brenner Pass to Innsbruck . It was characterized by the fact that the finish was 785 meters lower than the start, which corresponded to an average gradient of 1.86%. A half marathon route from Matrei to Innsbruck was also on offer . The run was organized by the Turnerschaft Sparkasse Innsbruck , which also organizes the Innsbruck New Year's Run and the Innsbruck City Run.

The starting shot for the Tirol Speed ​​Marathon was fired right on the border stone between Tirol and South Tyrol . After a four-kilometer warm-up lap through the Italian municipality of Brenner , the marathon runners crossed the border into Austria and then ran north on the Brenner road (B 182), which is closed to traffic . First of all, the Wipptal with the communities of Gries , Steinach and Matrei at the foot of the Serles was crossed. In the area of ​​the community of Schönberg in the Stubai Valley , the Europabrücke was first crossed under and then the Stephansbrücke . In the city of Innsbruck you first walked past Bergisel with a view of the local ski jump and the Inntal chain beyond Innsbruck, then through Wilten with its basilica and finally passed the Triumphpforte and the Anna Column on Maria-Theresien-Straße before reaching the goal reached the town hall galleries.

Theoretically, the almost exclusively downhill route was ideal for personal bests, as a test run on the half marathon route in October 2003 showed when the 17-year-old Kenyan Eliap Kurgat set a new world record in 58: 43.9 minutes (the however, like all other times on this route, it was not recognized as an official record due to the gradient). However, the long downhill run was a challenge that you had to specifically prepare for in training.

statistics

Course records

marathon

half marathon

  • Men: 1:04:29, Lajos Berecz (HUN), 2004
  • Women: 1:17:48, Simona Staicu (HUN), 2004

Fastest runner in 2007

marathon

  • Men: Emanuele Zenucci (ITA), 2:28:49
  • Women: Hildegard Hirsch-Sojer (AUT), 2:58:25

half marathon

  • Men: Artur Błasiński (POL), 1:07:14
  • Women: Andrea Lutz (GER), 1:26:08

Finish 2007

  • Marathon: 340 (278 men and 62 women), 129 fewer than last year
  • Half marathon: 533 (401 men and 132 women), 2 more than last year

Winners list

marathon

year Men time Women time
2006 Eric Kiptoon (KEN) 2:22:42 Marinella Curreli (ITA) 2:55:27
2005 Ben Chebet Kipruto (KEN) 2:12:04 Zsuzsa Vajda (HUN) 3:03:51
2004 Micah Kipyego Kemboi (KEN) 2:21:45 Ewa Fliegert (POL) 2:55:27

half marathon

year Men time Women time
2006 Rudi Brunner (ITA) 1:09:09 Simona Staicu -2- 1:18:51
2005 Lajos Berecz -2- 1:05:46 Katalin Garami (HUN) 1:21:28
2004 Lajos Berecz (HUN) 1:04:29 Simona Staicu (HUN) 1:17:48

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