European Master Marathon Championships 2009
Grobnik outside Rijeka, Croatia, 11 Oct 2009.
Umberto Urbinati, President of Comité Européen de Course (C.E.C.) and Raoul Trumpy, Secretary General of C.E.C. at the hotel in Opatija.
Message waiting for me at the hotel.
?? and Rainer Rudolph (Germany) picking up their number bibs.
Preparation meeting in Opatija on Saturday, the evening before the race.
Same as above.
From left: The President of the Croatian Olympic Committee, Dubravko Miler, President of the Croatian Skating Federation (KSH), Umberto Urbinati, President of Comité Européen de Course (C.E.C.), Raoul Trumpy, Secretary General of C.E.C., ? and Luka Markic, Secretary General of KSH.
Sunday, race day. Going with the Italian bus to the start.
The Italian coach Danilo Dal Monte.
The race was outside Rijeka on an air field next to the Grobnik Automotodom.
The race was outside Rijeka on an air field next to the Grobnik Automotodom.
One lap was 3,013 km and we skated 14 laps. 14 x 3,013 = 42,182 km.
(Photo published by courtesy of Luka Markic, Secretary General of the Croatian Skating Federation.
Urs Waldvogel (Switzerland).
M50-participant Peter Schmidl, Germany, (to the right) warming up.
Ulf Haase. (Photo: U. Waldvogel with my camera.)
Start of age class M30.
(Photo: Fabio Stemberga. Photo published here by courtesy of the potographer.)
This is the only race photo I have, I took it after I had finished the race.
Two happy organizers after the race: Luka Markic, Secretary General of the Croatian Skating Federation (KSH) and Dubravko Miler, President of KSH.
After the race we all went to Cavle (outside Rijeka) where soup
with polenta (in Croatia known as palenta) was served.
Price ceremony in Cavle (outside Rijeka).
The Austrians honouring their winners.
Age class M50:
2) Massimo Morelli, Italia, 1) Guiseppe Cortese, Italia, 3 Roland Moser, Switzerland.
Age class M50 continued:
4) Ulf Haase, Sweden, 5) Stefano Lotr, Italy, 7) Christian Habesohn, Austria.
Unfortunately I did not get a photo of nr 6) Kasimir Posadowski, Germany.
Results age class M50.
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