Vienna City Marathon

Of all the marathons I have done it was the worst organized. There were very long lines at the number drop-off. In order to make a fast route they had long stretches back and forth inside the Prater park that are rather boring, and several times I wondered if I hadn't already passed through there and taken a wrong turn. It would be nicer to sacrifice the speed a little in favor of the sights of Vienna. The most amazing thing was that none of the stands at the finish line accepted credit cards as if it was normal to run a marathon with pockets full of change to have a beer afterwards.

the city is beautiful but the marathon has wide room for improvement

Vienna city marathon was poor organizathon.i have run warcaw,valencia and athens marathon and vienna was unfortunately the worst. the two small problems were :1) big queues in expo,i went early in saturday and i was waiting ine hour , my friends went later and the queue was worse. 2)not accurate gps (but if you keep time , it's ok) The biggest problem was hydration.Marathon and half marathon ran togethes so there were many poeple to hydration station so in many cases you couldn't take cup of water.You must stop , take the cup and run again.This problem was at fisrt 20km.The majority of athetes in my pace (4:16 per km) had problem with the water and many of them in the end of marathon have muscle crambs.The slower runners propably had bigger problem and they coundn't take water. If marathon started at 08:00 and half at 09:00 it will be better but now i am very sad because any athlete has spent time and money and he has trainned months so it is disrespectful that bad hydration. I had goal sub 3 hours and i reached my goal (2:59:55).I tell that because i am not disappointed for my time i think my review is impartial.

42.2

Pros: - Great atmosphere among the spectators. - Nice race-expo Cons: - Mediocre course compared to such a beautiful city - Expensive compared to others in the region - No pacers - Terrible mobile website and constant nagging about downloading their app - Disorganized, poorly marked and crowded finish-area - Not nearly enough restrooms at the starting-area - Bib pick-up/Expo, start and finish in 3 different places. And no same-day pick-up. - Too few bins at refreshment-stations so everyone ran around in trash Overall a hype.

Good!

This was a fantastic event, start to finish. The communication prior to the event, (the warnings it was going to be cold), the expo and the event itself. As my 8th marathon it is really up there as a favourite! Nothing at all to complain about. The route and facilities... all perfect

Everything went very nice, very well organized, unfortunately weather was not that good.

The route was great and I loved the crowd around the route. Music in a lot of places and enough hidratation place's.

Good support, very pretty run. Something besides bananas would have been nice..too much bananas! It's a beautiful area, we enjoyed our time.

Bellissimo tifo

Everything was perfect! Organization, great route, happenings around route, weather… I’m so happy to been a part of this event and made this success! Thank you a lot for this amaizing experience ❣️

Whole organization helped me to achieve this goal.. It was over my expectation..

Amazing experience even though the last 10-12km was extremely tough for me. Beautiful city views and parks along the route including the iconic Kipchoge stretch. Impressive organization and an incredible amount of public support for the entire length of the course. Highly recommended!

Great atmosphere and a super route. Only problem was the final time and results ie category were hard to find.

People cheering on all along the route.

Sightseeing and a very well tought trough course! A bit expensive, but worth the travel!

What an experience from start to finish. The sights, the sounds and the course (flat). That finish at Rathausplatz is a memory that will last my lifetime, thank you VCM!

Takes in where the GOAT ran his 2 hour marathon. Unique in its surroundings.

poor organization- no sufficient paper cups , no cola(evan it was the sponsor) , no energy food, only at very 5 km point of alimentation so it was crowded, I suffer of thirsty - during the competition - I didn t expect that lots of wc - very good

Great atmosphere and fantastic location. Just one remark as I was desperately lacking any sugar or salt or the pit-stop stations.

Fantastic route incl.great atmosphere, lovely people around and well organised event. Beautifull sunny weather.