First and foremost, the Oberbank Linz-Donau Marathon is of course a major sporting event: around 9,500 runners will be out and about in the various categories – on foot in the quarter, half and full marathon and relay race, but also on roller skates and mobile bikes – next weekend. One of the highlights is the junior marathon on Saturday in the Lissfeld sports park, in which 1,199 three to seventeen-year-olds will compete, staggered by age group.
But the marathon is more than a sporting event: the approximately 100,000 visitors that the organizers are expecting can expect plenty of entertainment along the route and beyond – a real folk festival. Four speed zones and music miles are distributed along the 42.195-kilometer route, one of which is on the Nibelungen Bridge, for example. DJs and music groups heat up the crowd there. At kilometer 3 (corner of Freistädterstraße/Johann-Willhelm-Klein-Straße) there is also the Dornach district festival, at Schweindal Wirt at ASKÖ-Donau-Platz at kilometer 32 the district of Kleinmünchen celebrates.
And, of course, there will also be celebrations in the finish areas of the half marathon at the Phönix Theater with Murik, music and a finish arch as well as the OÖN sound system. On the main square, Karl Weixelbaumer and Pascal Kitzmüller from “2:tages:bart” heat up the crowd.
Sports fair in the Tipsarena on Friday
But the program starts even before the first run on Saturday: The Linz Marathon Expo takes place on Friday in the Tipsarena in Linz. Numerous running organizers, sponsors and sports companies will present professional equipment and current trends there from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Another fixture is the mascot run at the junior marathon on Saturday at 12.45 p.m., where the OÖN-Mostdipf is of course also represented. Several state music schools also organize various concerts at various locations in the city.
Here is the program at a glance:
- Speed zone passage/country road: HITBOX
- Tempozone Taubenmarkt: Ferry Illg Bigband of the Music School of the City of Linz
- Tempozone Klosterhof/Landstrasse: National and international hits
- Tempo zone Wiener Straße: Cheering with 20 cheerleaders from the Ukraine and Austria
- Music Miles Nibelungenbrücke, Gruberstrasse, Unionstrasse, Wasserwald
- Half marathon finish party at the Phönix Theater for the half marathon
- Target party on the main square with “2:tages:bart”
Source: Nachrichten
