JOHAN JONSSON

Most tourists traveling to Bavaria in October are heading to Munich to take part of the annual Oktoberfest. Over 5 million visitors attend consuming over 5 million liter beer. The weekend after some 7,500 visited Munich for the 25th anniversary of München Marathon drinking about 60,000 liters of water.

I was in Munich for the 2008 race but had just caught a cold and could not participate. No cold this year so conditions were better. Running in Switzerland a month earlier I would soon find out my body had not recovered and soon my goal changed from finish within 3 hours 30 minutes to just cross the finish line.

From the start at Ackermannstraße, the route takes the runners through the beautiful Englischer Garten, then back to Altstadt before they finish at the Olympiastadion. The profile is flat, the course predominantly on asphalt but includes several narrow curves slowing the runners pace down.

The event also includes a marathon relay, a half marathon, a 10 km race and a folklore run.

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Runners from across the world had gathered in Switzerland for the 18th Jungfrau Marathon.

The temperature was around 10 °C (50 F) when the runners took off from the start by the Casino in Interlaken (566 m.s.l/1,857 ft.s.l) at 9 am. Cheered by thousands of spectactors and volunteers along the course, runners had 42,195 kilometers (26,2 miles) and 1639 meters (5,377 ft) vertical climb to cover before crossing the finish line at Kleine Scheidegg (2,100 m.s.l/6,890 ft.s.l).

As hours passed with runners fighting the paths making their way up the mountain, temperature raised to over 25 °C (77 F). For spectators following the race, a railroad network served as transportation in the scenic mountains. A total of 4,036 runners from 39 nations finished.

Finishing my first mountain marathon

Completing my first mountain marathon in 5 hours 57 minutes and 58 seconds I finished on 2597th place.

Split times

Lauterbrunnen 21,1 km 1:57.58 614
Wengen 30,3 km 3:31.28 749 1:33.30 806
Wixi 37,9 km 5:00.30 750 1:29.01 769
Ziel 42,2 km 5:57.58 738 57.27 640

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Start by the Casino in Interlaken

16 km (10 mls) into the race

By Lauterbrunnen 23 km (14 mls) into the race

Lauterbrunnen

Lauterbrunnen

Climbing up to Wengen

Wengen

Wengen

Half way up

By 34.5 km (21 mls)

The climb continues

Swiss orchestra

Behind your back

Still a long way to go

Finish at Kleine Scheidegg

On top of the World

Finish / Ziel

Mission completed

By Kleine Scheidegg

Scenic views

Sunset in the Alps

Jungfrau Marathon Diploma

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