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All starting and finishing areas are located within the city centre of Basel. We recommend everyone to arrive by tram (line 8 or 11) to Marktplatz for there are no parking spaces available in the near surroundings. With one’s race number or confirmation of payment the use of public transport within the TNW area is free on the day of the race.

For everyone who arrives from a long way off we recommend the hotel booking site from Basel Tourism. From small but nice to luxury hotel – just click here!

You will find the off-times of all affected locations soon. All residents will be informed by post in the weeks before the event.

The entry fee includes:

• Start
• Race number and race entry documentation
• Timing chip (on loan)
• Refreshments en route and at the finish
• Medical care during the race
• Finisher medal
• Various gifts from the sponsors
• Cloakrooms and showers
• Regular newsletter
• Online certificate for finishers
• Free transport within theTNW network to Basel and back

The official starting list with all registered runners will be published online on Monday, September 18. We recommend to have a quick view on this list to ensure all data are correct.

The numbers for all the races can be picked up on Saturday, September 24 before at the runners’ exhibition in Shopping Center St. Jakob-Park. The fair is free to anyone interested. It will offer a number of exciting, interesting and helpful information. The race numbers can also be picked up on Sunday morning right before the race in the school Gymnasium Leonhard near Barfüsserplatz.

The starting area is situated at Marktplatz. The starting time for the 8^th IWB Basel Marathon are preliminary as following:

*Starting block by block, with little time lag

Time limits are 3.00 hours for the half marathon (Ekiden as well as single) and 5.00 hours for the team marathon. The 10k run must be completed within 90 minutes. Participants who don’t cross the finish line within this limits won’t be graded and may be taken off the route.

Time keeping will be done by Datasort via electronical chip. Please make sure that you approach a volunteer right after crossing the finishing line and have the chip taken off your bib. Otherwise we will have to charge you for the missing chip. Personal chips unfortunately cannot be used for the time keeping.

Finisher medals are included in the entry fee of every runner. You will receive your medal right after having passed the finish line.

You will find changing facilities at school Gymnasium Leonhard near Marktplatz.

Late registrations are possible at Shopping Center St. Jakob-Park on Saturday, September 23, from 10.00 am till 05.00 pm. You can also get late registration at school Gymnasium Leonhard on Sunday, September 24, from 06.30 am till 08.00 am.

If you have registered already but won’t be able to attend you can transcribe your place online to another person for a fee of CHF 10, -. It is also possible for you to change categories online. By changing to a longer distance category, the price difference will be charged (Saturday 09.00 am to 05.00 pm and while stocks last).

Cloakrooms are available on Sunday, September 24. Use the valuables bon from your race number to dispose your wallet, key and mobile phone at the valuables drop called ‘Wertsachendepot’.

During the race you will have the possibility to leave your valuables in a secure, guarded place labelled ‘Wertsachendepot’. Please note however that due to a shortage of space only cell phones, keys and wallets will be accepted. The valuables drop will be placed in Gymnasium Leonhard. Please follow the signage and use your valuables bag form the race pack when disposing items.

All items found during the event will be brought to the lost-property office Basel-Stadt and can be picked up from Tuesday onwards.

A refreshment station is located in about 1.5km distance after the start. So an ideal supply for all runners is guaranteed. At big heat there will be additional sprinkler posts. For organizational reason it is impossible to take your own nutrition to any nutrition stand.

First-aid stations are situated in the finish area and along the route.

Toilets will be provided at the start and finish. The refreshment station along the route will also have portable toilets.

The Team Run is also called ‘Ekiden Marathon’. It has its seeds in Japan: ‘Eki’ means stop or station, ‘den’ means relay or forwarding. The definition originates from those days, when relay runners were used to transmit important messages. You can imagine it as a kind of runner transition area where arriving runners pass their messages to the next runners. You will find all information regarding Team Run (Ekiden) below.

At the Team Run 6 runners split the marathon distance. Each runner completes one section from 2 – 4 laps on a 2.5-kilometre-long route. All together the Team Run Marathon is 17 loops and Team Run Half Marathon is 9 loops to run. A Team consists of 6 runners and each must only run one section. The sections will be defined while registration.

It is possible that all runners arrive together at the finish line.

All team captains will receive the information for their team by mail in time. The bib numbers for all categories can be picked up either at the runners’ exhibition on Saturday, September 23, or at school Gymnasium Leonhard on Sunday, September 24.

Through our official photo partner Sportograf every racer will have the possibility to order a souvenir picture of the race on their website.