Pre-registrations continuing to set records, participants from 18 nations and a whole region in preparation for the 7th Stadtwerke Lübeck Marathon, the Hanseatic City of Lübeck and the Lübeck Marathon e.V. really have down great work. “You cannot cheat the marathon. Although you have to run a marathon on your own, organizing it only works together”, concludes Klaus Ziele, chief organizer of the ...

... 7th episode of the Stadtwerke Lübeck Marathon. He does not stop worrying about “his event” over and over again. It is an immense luck to all parties having won the Stadtwerke Lübeck GmbH to become an honorable main and title sponsor. From the beginning all parties were convinced that a long-term co-operation leads to sustained success for an event. Today, Lübeck has the most marathon finishers in Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Moreover it supports numerous sports and culture clubs settled in the region. Not only hotels, the gastronomy and the retail industry benefits by the Stadtwerke Lübeck Marathon, but also the Hanseatic City of Lübeck has become one of the best out of over 200 marathon events in Germany. A huge amount of foreign guests underlines the attractiveness of the marathon. Also many participants from the regions Lübeck and East Holstein have enrolled. “The Stadtwerke Lübeck Marathon is considered to be one of the outstanding events in the Hanseatic City of Lübeck”, underscores Gabriele Schopenhauer, patroness of the marathon, its significance. The patroness will fire the starting pistol for the more than 3.000 runners on October 19th.