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The Swissalpine office hours are from now on: tuesday 1.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Das Schweizer Sportfernsehen SSF strahlt eine Spezialsendung zum Swissalpine 2011 aus.

Dienstag, 30.08.2011, 21.30 Uhr

Wiederholungen am 30.08.2011, 23.30 Uhr und am 31.08.2011, 17.30 und 19.30 Uhr.

Nobody is too small to take part and enjoy the special atmosphere of this race. This year we have yet another exclusive highlight planned for you. Daniela Ryf, the internationally renowned professional triathlete, will be signing autographs as part of the MINI event. Don't miss this unique opportunity.

The registration can be made from 28 to 29 July 2011, until 02.30 p.m. at the stands where the starting numbers are handed out.

More information about the MINI

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Aus transporttechnischen Gründen müssen beim K21 - wie ursprünglich vorgesehen - zwei Starts durchgeführt werden. Die Einteilung zum ersten Startfeld erfolgt aufgrund der gelaufenen bzw. erwarteten Laufzeit beim K21. Bis Donnerstag Morgen wird die Startliste auf unserer Webseite aufgeschalten.

The Swissalpine on 30 July in Davos has many changes in store. Jonas Buud, the Swedish athlete, leads the pack on the 78-kilometre supreme-category distance.

Press release

Traditionally, the Friday is the day for the smallest Swissalpine runners. Given the very low and decreasing number of runners in the MINI C (12 – 15 years), we have taken the decision to set the age limit for the MINI to 10 years. We will now offer the following categories:

Pfüdis / up to 4 years / 0.5 km / start 4.00 pm
MINI / 5 - 6 years / 0.5 km / start 4.20 pm
MIDI / 7 - 8 years / 0.9 km / start 4.40 pm
MAXI / 9 - 10 years / 1.4 km / start 5.00 pm

Registration takes place as usual up to 14.30 hours on Friday during the issuing of race numbers.

Further information about the MINI

This year, we want to finish off the Swissalpine experience with a special party.

From 19.00 hours, the doors of the Congress Centre will be open for the Farewell Party. The professional team at the Congress Centre will serve food and drinks, the KIWIS will provide live music for dancing and a slide show with pictures of the day's events will invite you to immerse yourselves in your memories. After the official presentation ceremony, there will be yet another exclusive highlight for you to enjoy. This will take the form of a prize draw offering attractive prizes with a total value of around CHF 3,000. This alone will make it well worth while attending the event!

The following runners will be honoured in the presentation ceremony during the Farewell Party:

K78: 1. until 10. place overall
K42, C42, K30, K21, K10: 1. until 3. place overall

Furhter information to the Farewell-Party

The special train timetable of the Rhaetian Railway for the 26. Swissalpine at 30 July 2011 is online!

Special train timetable

An even better route has been found for the K78 in Bergün. The K78 and K42 courses will be separated for a short section near the sewage treatment works. Runners in the K78 will run past the catering and personal effects stations, whereas K42 runners will stick to the old route. This section will be specially signposted. Please make sure you follow the signposts carefully when you get there.

Please note the detailed 1:50,000 scale map.

Information and route details K78

As has been usual in previous years, yet again this year we will be visiting the Chants - Keschhütte - Sertig Pass - Sertig Dörfli course on Monday, 25 July 2011. It will be well worth taking part in the course inspection this year, especially because of the course rerouting at Sertig.

The course of the K21 and the WALK can now be inspected as well. We will travel by train or local bus to Klosters Serneus and start our tour from there, going on to Davos.

It is necessary to register for both course visits.

Further details of the course visits

The Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère is now not only the official Marathon hotel, but also co-sponsor of the Swissalpine. We look forward to mutually beneficial co-operation with the hotel.

Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère

Swissalpine is organising a trip including flights, accommodation and a place to run in the legendary ING New York City Marathon on 6 November 2011. Beat Villiger, the well-known sports medicine specialist and former Olympic doctor will also be on the trip.

It's time to secure one of the last starting places for this unique experience!

Further information and details of the trip:

The time has come - our Highseven package with Beat Villiger is now tied up. A week of pure Swissalpine awaits you! Included in the price of CHF 1490 apart from 7 nights' half-board accommodation in the Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère***** is an exclusive, highly varied programme each day.

Detailed programme for this Highseven package

All important information about the 26th Swissalpine on 30 July 2011 can be found in the Conditions of entry. It has been sent out to everyone who took part in last year's race and is available to download. If you would prefer a printed version, please order one at infoswissalpinech.

Download the Conditions of entry

The start of the K10 (formerly the K11) has been brought forward to 13.00 hours. This will prevent runners in the K10 conflicting with those in the K21 and WALK. The target finish time in Davos for the K10 is 15.30 hours.

Please also note the following changes to finish times:
C42 Tiefencastel: 15.00 hours
K30 (formerly K31) Filisur 12.30 hours
K21 & WALK Davos 20.00 hours

Swissalpine is organising a trip including flights, accommodation and a place to run in the legendary ING New York City Marathon on 6 November 2011.

Beat Villiger, the well-known sports medicine specialist and former Olympic doctor will also be on the trip. Yet another reason to book early and make sure you get one of the 25 highly sought-after starting places.

Further information and details of the trip:

The route profiles and Google-Maps for K78 and K42 have been adapted for the Sertig route.

In 2011 the K78 has a length of 79.1 km and a altitude of +/- 2370 m.
The K42 remains 42.2 km long with a new altitude of +1810 m / - 1630 m.

Further information on competition

Various transport operators (including SBB and the Rhaetian Railway) will generally increase prices when changing their timetables in December 2010, which means that Swiss and Regio tickets will also be affected. For this reason, we unfortunately have had no choice but to adjust prices slightly compared with last year.

But we are glad to inform you, that the Rhaetian Railway will utilize an additional train starting from Samedan and Landquart just for the start in Davos at 7.00 a.m. So we can ensure that everybody will be on time. The detailed timetable will be published on our website at a later date.

Race fees 2011

There is now a heading called "Info A-Z". This is where you will find all you need to know about the Swissalpine. Give it a try and explore our new, improved website.

There is also a great new feature for French-speaking runners and fans. With immediate effect, our website is now available in French, as well as German and English.

We intend continuing to add new information over the coming weeks. So make sure you visit our website on a regular basis and keep up-to-date.

New heading "Info A-Z"

Start of the K78, C42 and K31
The start of these three disciplines is being brought forward by an hour to 7.00 a.m. The reason for this is the 14-hour time slot for the K78. This proved worthwhile when it was run this year, but the double start did lead to jams in a few narrow sections, much to the displeasure of the runners. Having everyone starting together therefore offers an opportunity for the runners to group together in the wider sections. The target finish time in Davos will accordingly be shifted to 9.00 p.m.

Course rerouting
Given the bottlenecks and repeated jams on the previous section over the Junkerboden, next year this part of the course will again go over the Lengmatte like it used to. We will release precise details of the new routes in good time on our website.

Start of the K42
The steady growth of the K42 means we will have to split the field into two starts. Runners with a finishing time of up to five hours will set off at 10.30 a.m., then the second start will be at 11.30 a.m. as previously. 

We are delighted to be able to inform you that the sponsorship contract with Salomon has been extended for a further two years.

Salomon was founded in the heart of the French Alps in 1947. Since then, they have been developing innovative products that help athletes keep improving their performance. Right from the beginning, performance has been the focus of their product development. It also remains their philosophy for the future. Running off the beaten track is their passion!

First of all, many thanks to all the people who took the time to complete our survey on the Swissalpine website. Two winners have now been picked from over 900 people who took part:

Roland Müller from Grabs (Switzerland) and Sandra Ritschen from Ennepetal (Germany)

Both winners can look forward to receiving a voucher for two nights' accommodation in the Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère in Davos. We wish you a pleasant stay in the official marathon hotel.

The survey resulted in some interesting findings, which will be implemented accordingly on our website. We will keep you up-to-date with further details on the site.

Jasmin Nunige, triple winner of K78, has won the Sugadaira Trail Race in Japan! Even despite the fact that she lost about 15 minutes because of a missing race mark. An outstanding performance in a new and unfamiliar surrounding, after a long journey and without the usual support from her family and friends.

We congratulate Jasmin on this great achievement!

As part of our Silver Anniversary celebrations, an exhibition of the most beautiful, most impressive and most emotional pictures was arranged.
After the stay in the Kurhaus Bergün, the pictures moved to the Kesch-Hütte (2625 a.s.l.). Until the next Swissalpine they turn the Kesch-Stübli into a Marathon-Stübli. The Kesch-Hütte is open until 17. October 2010.

more information about Kesch-Hütte

The reordered Running Jackets are already in production. If nothing unexpected will happen, we will send you the jackets in the beginning of October. We apologize once again for the waiting time and thank you for your understanding.

A fabulous record number of participants, superb conditions and a top-class field with Jonas Buud and Jasmin Nunige taking first place all combined to make the 25th Swissalpine marathon an event to remember.

Press release

Everyone crossing the finish of the swissalpine in Davos has to smile because they will be captured by the finisher clip camera. Relive your personal triumph again on the internet – for free!

Your finisher clip will be available on Tuesday, the 3rd of August 2010, at www.migros-finisherclip.ch. Finishers only have to enter their names or bib numbers and their personal video sequence can be watched and downloaded for free. This service is presented by Migros and SportXX.

Migros Finisher-Clip

Yesterday we inspected the route with around 150 people. On the Scalettapass we crossed the last piece of snow.

Some impressions

The detailed site plans for Davos, Klosters, Bergün, Filisur and Tiefencastel are now online.

Site plans

The Swissalpine Marathon in Davos (25th occasion on 31 July) is more than just sport. It also means culture, nature and tourism. At every turn, the runners are following in the footsteps of the Graubünden heraldic animal, the ibex.

Press release

With Radio Zürisee we won a powerful Sportradio as mediapartner. Starting from mid-July will be spots on air.

Listen to the radiospot on:

Radio spot

We are glad to present you the Anniversary present of the Swissalpine 2010. Have a look!

Running-Jacket

We have just published different news. Have a look under Information Races.

Heidi Kleeli is the lucky winner of the fun weekend in the Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère***** in Davos. This lady from the Swiss town of Hinwil is taking part in the Swissalpine for the fourth time and this year is the second time she will be tackling the K42.

The Organising Committee wish Heidi Kleeli a successful anniversary run and a relaxing weekend in the Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère*****.

Swissalpine was present at the Zurich Marathon with a new information stand. In the coming weeks, we will be present
at the Berne Grand Prix on 21 and 22 May, as well as at the Biel/Bienne Race Days from 10 to 12 June. We look forward to seeing a few familiar Swissalpine faces.

On 24 July 2010, exactly one week before the Swissalpine, the Alpinathlon Engadin St. Moritz takes place. The last
part of the course through the mountains runs from St. Moritz Bad to the Corvatsch mountain station at 3,303 metres above sea-level, making it the highest altitude finish for any sporting event in Europe. This mountain run is 10.8 km long, ascending 1,626 metres and descending 105 metres. It represents the perfect way of training for both ambitious and
hobby runners, because the time frame is generously calculated.

For further information and to register, please visit: www.alpinathlon.ch

This start is intended for runners who can complete the K78 in 11 to 14 hours. This rule, which has been introduced for the first time, is going down well. Current applications for the K78 indicate that 20% of the runners will be at the start at 06.00 a.m., which will eventually result in a field of about 200 to 300 entrants. The front runners of the 08.00 a.m. start will overtake the field of early starters after Filisur.

The Keschhütte passage is planned as follows:

Start at 06.00 a.m.: 00.45 p.m. – approx. 03.00 p.m. 
(Keschhütte may be passed at 00.45 p.m. at the earliest.)
Start at 08.00 a.m.: 00.00 p.m. – 03.40 p.m. 

The field of early starters will be so well split up by the Keschhütte that it will easily be possible to overtake on the Panorama Trail. The rule of fair play is especially important here: slower runners must allow faster runners to pass them.

In a survey run by marathon4you.de, the Swissalpine occupies a very respectable 12th position. We aim to be better this year and hopefully get into the Top 5. We're counting on your vote!

The Silver Anniversary will be rounded off by a Farewell Party on Saturday evening. Everyone is invited to take part in this event. Refreshments will be provided. Because of various unsatisfactory issues and the fact that we are having a Farewell Party, there will now be no Pasta Party on the Friday evening.

The attractive supporting programme is no online. You can now register for the two special anniversary events.

Programme

Please vote for the Swissalpine to be the most uniqe race in Switzerland.

Laufkalender

By way of a special new feature to mark our anniversary, entrants in the K78 will now have 14 hours to complete the course, instead of the previous 12. This will mean that more runners will now be able to enter this race which they could not complete in the previously allotted time.

As a result, there will now be two starts. Runners who are expected to take longer than 11 hours to finish will go off at 06.00 hours. The main start for runners expected to finish in less than 11 hours will be at 08.00 hours, as before.

Due to various adjustments and rising costs relating to organisational matters, it has unfortunately been necessary to increase the cost of entry into the Swissalpine. The entry fee will now depend in which of the three following phases you register: 

1st phase: 30 November 2009 – 31 March 2010 
2nd phase: 1 April 2010 – 31 May 2010 
3rd phase: 1 June 2020 – 28 July 2010

All online entrants who apply during the first registration phase will benefit from a discount for early application. These prices are actually lower than those of last year.

Race fees

Read our 2008 Newsticker and get a picture how interessting this race was.

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