08 September 2025, 2pm UTC
New women’s course record at Jungfrau-Marathon

ENSCHEDE, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 18: Laura Hottenrott of Germany competes during the NN Mission Marathon held at Airport or Vliegveld Twente on April 18, 2021 in Enschede, Netherlands. NN Mission Marathon was first planned on 11 April in Hamburg. This one-off marathon will serve up a fast race to give athletes the best possible chance to secure a qualification mark for the rescheduled Olympic Games in Tokyo. Under the tagline ‘The fastest way to Tokyo’ the race, around a looped course, will attract around 70 invited elite athletes. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
Photo: Dean Mouhtaropoulos
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Laura Hottenrott runs 3:17:35
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Distance Running October–December 2007
Towering heights
The Kleine Scheidegg towers 1534m above the Swiss town of Interlaken. Runners in the Jungfrau Marathon have 42195m of distance in which to make the ascent. On average this is only a climb of 36m every kilometre, or a gradient of 1 in 27.5 - but nothing about this race is average.
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