Dear Runner

Thank you for your registration! We are looking forward to informing you of your personal number bib for 17 April 2011. You can find your number bib in the German confirmation mail.

The distribution of the number bibs will take place in the hall of indoor sports (Saalsporthalle). Please take the German confirmation letter along with you for the distribution of the number bibs. It will enable us to quickly find your number bib.

A total of 3‘800 runners have registered for the 9^th Zurich Marathon. Among those, 737 women and 3‘063 men aged 15 to 77 years will dispute the 42,195 km. At the 2^nd team run, 650 teams will start. It means 6‘400 will participate in the race through the quickest town of Switzerland and you are one of them.

There are only a few days left to prepare yourself physically and mentally for the race. This is why we wish you a lot of success and no injuries on the last meters of the training home stretch. As of now, the slogan is: fewer is more.

In this spirit: Ready, Steady, Go!

Yours sportively,

Bruno Lafranchi

OK-President

Distribution of the number bibs in the hall of indoor sports (Saalsporthalle)

The number bibs will be given out in the Saalsporthalle, Giesshübelstrasse 41 in Zurich.

Friday, 15 April, from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm

Saturday, 16 April, from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm

Sunday, 17 April, from 06:00 am to 08:15 am

On Friday and Saturday, there will also be an information stand in the Hall which will be moved as a container to the starting/finish area on Sunday. Moreover, the Marathon expo with over 30 exhibitors will take place in the Hall also. Discover the newest trends, test or buy new running shoes and get information on other running events!

Time wristbands thanks to Garmin

Garmin has been boosting the running sport for many years already. Make sure you get the free personal deadline tables at the Garmin stand at the runners Expo. If you check and maintain the intermediate times shown on your wristband, you will arrive in the finish area at your requested time!

Number bibs

Each runner will get a number bib and start bag, i.e. a team will be given four number bibs and four start bags. In the start bag you will find the marathon booklet with all relevant information such as the route to the start, food and beverage, award ceremonies, finisher photos etc.

Several coupons are fixed on your number bib:

Free SMS service provided by ewz

ewz offers you a free SMS service for the Zurich Marathon in collaboration with Datasport. Your result will be transmitted on your mobile phone immediately after the crossing of the finish line. Furthermore, you may inform three persons of your choice on the intermediate and final times. This way, they will always know where you are on the race course. You can get more information on www.zurichmarathon.ch

Pacemaker

There will be pacemakers for the final times of 3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 3:45, 4:00, 4:15, 4:30, 4:45 and 5:00 hours. They will run with a yellow balloon from Garmin with the corresponding final time and wearing a yellow NIKE T-Shirt. All pacemakers are running with a Garmin GPS watch.

Competition in the finish area

There will be a special competition in the finish area „whoever has fun wins“. The team and the runner who cross the finish line in a particularly funny or creative way win. For the winning team, there is a team start at the Zurich Marathon 2012 as well as a start place for each team member at the Zurich Silvester run. For the individual win there are the same free start places to win.

Transport of the clothes
The relay team is responsible for the transport of their clothes. A secured area in the transition areas (truck or trailer of the firm Walter Rhyner AG) will be available for the deposit of the clothing bags and changing of the clothes. Access with number bib only.

Time measurement
The transponder is integrated into a band with a Velcro fastener and will be handed out to you at the distribution of the number bibs. This relay band has to be fixed either at the wrist or ankle and given  over in the transition areas. The last team member has to give back the relay band in the finish area. Transponders that have not been given back will be charged with CHF 60.00.

Formation of the transition area
The formation is done according to the number bibs. Additionally, in each transition area, speakers will be appointed who will help you find your running partner. In the transition areas 1 and 3 the waiting runners may observe their predecessors crossing (opposite street side) and get ready for the transition, while the predecessors are accomplishing the last meters (last loop).

Mutual running-in
Meeting point for the four runners is the transition area 1. From here, the teams may mutually run in the team run arrival. The team will be awarded all four medals in the finish area.