Enschede-Marathon
The Enschede Marathon is the second oldest marathon in Europe. He has been held since 1947 in Enschede place (until 1991 every two years since a year). Since 2005, he is held each April. By 2009, the route took both Dutch as German territory. The competition also includes a half marathon, a 10K and a 5K run.
History
Was launched in the run by journalist Gerard Kraemer, former Chairman of the District of Twente in the Royal Dutch Athletics Union ( KNAU ), in 1946 on the edge of the European Athletics Championships in Oslo with the organizer of the Kosice Marathon Vojtek Bukovsky an international match Netherlands - Czechoslovakia agreed. This took place in the following year, on July 12, 1947 instead, and sprint legend Fanny blanker - Koen presented the winner with a wreath.
From then on, the race was held every two years, attracting top international runners. 1949 Jack Holden won in 2:20:52 hours, a world -class time, even taking into account that the track was about two kilometers shorter than the standard distance of 42.195 km this year. 1953 achieved the Briton Jim Peters was the first runner on a scale not as a point- to-point course route a time under 2:20.
In 1992 they went on a yearly cycle, and baptized the run around in Twente marathon. He retained this name until 2000. 1999 the route was first out on German territory. The following year, the race had to be canceled after an explosion had devastated neighborhood in a fireworks factory, which is traversed by the course.
Route
Start and finish at the HJ van Heekplein in the center of Enschede. The marathon route leads first to the east over Glanerbrug in the Westphalian town of Gronau and returns from there back to Enschede. During the half-marathon course leads directly back to the starting point of the marathon course before the city turns north off after Lonneker. From there, he describes an arc in the west to the city center in the neighborhoods south of the Rijksweg 35 and returns from there to its starting point.
Statistics
Track records
- Men: 2:07:20 h, Stephen Kiprotich (UGA )
- Women: 2:29:23 h, Lidija Wassilewskaja (RUS ), 2002
List of winners
Sources: ARRS, hardloopnieuws.nl