GORE-TEX TRANSALPINE-RUN sold out

News Release / 08.04.2011

Once again the GORE-TEX TRANSALPINE-RUN is making history. This year’s 7th GORE-TEX® TRANSALPINE-RUN is already sold out five months before its start on September 3rd.

“We are glad about the enormous level of interest in this fascinating running event. The GORE-TEX TRANSALPINE-RUN has made a name for itself as a top running event on the international stage. The adventure “crossing of the Alps” has runners spellbound the world over, that is something we can be proud of,” rejoices Uta Albrecht, project manager of the GORE-TEX TRANSALPINE-RUN.

<b>International Field of Participants</b>
30 nations will be present at the seventh edition of this eight-day Alpine crossing. The highest participation numbers will again this year be from Spain, which is represented by 46 teams, while racers Dennis and Russell will be taking the longest journey arriving from New Zealand. It will be a trip of over 20,000 km for the two New Zealanders in order to take on those 260 km and 15,000 m of altitude difference from Oberstdorf to Latsch. This year there will also be a team from Mexico taking part and even Honduras will be present.

<b>Mixed Category Very Popular</b>
In the five classification categories Men, Women, Mixed, Masters and Senior Masters, there’ll be 94 teams in the mixed category alone. The fact that the GORE-TEX TRANSALPINE-RUN is also very popular with older athletes is reflected by 79 registered teams in the category Master Men.

Following in third place is the category "Men," which consists of 70 teams. The category Senior Masters, newly introduced last year, is also quite popular: 30 teams of participants who are 50 years of age or older will take part this year. There will be 25 womens teams in this year’s race.