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Sunday 18th November Leopoldilauf Half Marathon No 20 Austria

Leopoldilauf Half Marathon Sunday 18th November 2019 Austria No 20

Richard 02:08:32 Jackie 02:10:51

This trip to Vienna followed the week after the Czech Republic but it gave me time to recover and I was feeling better . I still had the stent in but my waterworks had definitely improved . This race was run by LCC -Vienna  a running club based in the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna .


" The LCC Vienna is Austria's most successful running club with numerous top and amateur athletes and a very strong junior research group. The club is also host of numerous LCC races, where in addition to many classic Prater runs also the annual New Year's Eve run on the Vienna Ring Road. So far, the LCC Vienna has organized over 500 (!) Events, where a total of more than 250,000 runners have participated. The Vereinslokal (LCC Center) is located in the E. Happel Stadium (sector C / D). The local infrastructure with cloakrooms / showers can be used by all runners - even without club membership - as an optimal starting point for the training."

The event wasn't Vienna's main city marathon which takes place in April  but an event that attracted mainly club runners of all ages shapes and sizes. It was not a requirement to be a member of a club though.

The Route was a 7 km round and the track completely flat , free from traffic and marked every km . It is also exactly measured and for the half marathon the circuit is traversed three times and in the third round the turning point is offset by the missing 97 meters . Entry was 20 Euros and you could run a 7km race a 14km race or the half marathon . The cut off time was 2hrs 30 min which is shorter than most of the races we have done . Jackie doesn't like laps but I do and this course would be perfect for a P.B. I was pleased with my time of 02:08:32 and felt ok and Jackie was 20 seconds short of her P.B and regretted not pushing it a bit more on the final lap . This was also our coolest race since Clonakilty in December 2017 and it was a relief to run in cooler conditions again .


  
Vienna was a great city to visit with the best transport system I have experienced , and while the big city marathons are good fun with lots going on the smaller localized runs are a welcome change and still very well organized . 




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