1. Please read the announcement.
2.Please read the FAQ.
3. Arrive the best on Friday, travelling on Saturday is very distressing! HERE you can find ride shares.
4. Hotels you find HERE, apart from that there are a few more rooms in the Lindner Hotels as well as the Dorint right next to the track.
5. Infos for the Pasta-Party, the Pre-Run- and the After-Show-Party you find in our  programm Entrance is free for all runners, we are expecting thousands of spectators. A lot of obstacles are in the paddock which means that your fans can cheer you up directly!
6. Track map and all obstacles you find HERE.
7. You’re on the starterlist? If not or if you have any other questions send an Email to the Orga Team
8. Pre-register HERE without any commitment vor 2013. All pre-registration benefit from a best price!

Most important: Have fun, take care of each other and help each other!!! For the start get yourself set up according your fitness level: The fastest in the first third, the ambitious in the second third and the dressed up rather in the back.

Write your question here in the blog so everyone can benefit from our answers!

Your Fisherman’s Friend StrongmanRun Orga Team

We continue with our Obstacle Naming Competition, the next nameless obstacle is waiting for its title. So be creative, send us your suggestions, and take the chance of winning a StrongmanRun-Running-Shirt with the claim “No Pain – No Glory”.

Obstacle 15: The last obstacle we want to know it – right in the center of the frightened and at the same time beloved obstacle made of piled car tires we will place a “small” additional barrier: A pyramid of oversea containers will decorate the paddock – ascension is via net, descension via bales of straw.

Hard Facts:
+++ Km 10.5 +++
+++ Length: 25 meters +++
+++ Width: 12 meters +++
+++ Height: 5 meters +++
+++ Material: 10.000 tires, 8 oversea containers, 12×7 meters net, 30 bales of straw, several tons of ballast +++

The TRACKMAP will be expanded every week presenting a new obstacle…

And that’s how it works:
Send in your name suggestions until Sunday, April 22th to:
strongmanrun@fishermansfriend.de
Please fill in „Competition: Obstacle 15“ as subject.
The Top 5 of the incoming name suggestions will be posted for voting next week.

VOTING OBSTACLE 13

We had a lot of creative name suggestions for the seventh obstacle, now it’s your turn to vote your favorite out of five!

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We continue with our Obstacle Naming Competition, the next nameless obstacle is waiting for its title. So be creative, send us your suggestions, and take the chance of winning a StrongmanRun-Running-Shirt with the claim “No Pain – No Glory”.

Obstacle 14: This obstacle was developed in corporation with our running partner Brooks. Here you have to climb up several pyramids out of straw with a height of approximately 3.5 meters. Apart from strength and fitness this obstacle requires mostly teamwork to be overcome!

Hard Facts:
+++ Km 10.4 +++
+++ Length: 25 meters +++
+++ Width: 12 meters +++
+++ Height: 3.5 meters +++
+++ Material: 160 bales of straw (56.000 kg of straw) +++
+++ Tools: fork lifter +++

The TRACKMAP will be expanded every week presenting a new obstacle…

And that’s how it works:
Send in your name suggestions until Sunday, April 15th to:
strongmanrun@fishermansfriend.de
Please fill in „Competition: Obstacle 14“ as subject.
The Top 5 of the incoming name suggestions will be posted for voting next week.

VOTING OBSTACLE 13

We had a lot of creative name suggestions for the seventh obstacle, now it’s your turn to vote your favorite out of five!

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We continue with our Obstacle Naming Competition, the next nameless obstacle is waiting for its title. So be creative, send us your suggestions, and take the chance of winning a StrongmanRun-Running-Shirt with the claim “No Pain – No Glory”.

Obstacle 13: Same length, width and depth as the obstacle before but the major difference is the ingredient – 300 cubic meters of pure mud!

Hard Facts:
+++ Km 10,2 +++
+++ Length: 30 meters +++
+++ Width: 10 meters +++
+++ Depth: 1 meter +++
+++ Material: 300 cbm mud, concrete guide walls +++
+++ Tools: garden hose, shovel +++

The TRACKMAP will be expanded every week presenting a new obstacle…

And that’s how it works:
Send in your name suggestions until Sunday, April 8th to:
strongmanrun@fishermansfriend.de
Please fill in „Competition: Obstacle 13“ as subject.
The Top 5 of the incoming name suggestions will be posted for voting next week.

ATTENTION: Because of Easter we will reveal obstacle 14 next week on Tuesday!

VOTING OBSTACLE 12

We had a lot of creative name suggestions for the seventh obstacle, now it’s your turn to vote your favorite out of five!

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StrongmanRun goes Fashion – or something like that The fancy costumes of the past years were not only fun to see but also impressed our spectators, the media and of course Fisherman’s Friend itself. Because of that we want to award the best ideas with a price as we’re keen to see more of your creativity in the future. That you are brave and strong we already know!

So go for it ‘cause it’s worth it: The first one receives a Wild Card for the Fisherman’s Friend StrongmanRun 2013, second our “No Pain – No Glory”-Running-Shirt and third a big pack of Fisherman’s Friend Lozengers. When exactly the best costume will be awarded we gonna let you know briefly before the event.

We continue with our Obstacle Naming Competition, the next nameless obstacle is waiting for its title. So be creative, send us your suggestions, and take the chance of winning a StrongmanRun-Running-Shirt with the claim “No Pain – No Glory”.

Obstacle 12: The first obstacle in the paddock – and right in the center of the spectator crowd. In this water basin of 30 metres length you have to dip underneath three alu trusses and surface up again.

Hard Facts:
+++ Km 10 +++
+++ Length: 30 meters +++
+++ Width: 10 meters +++
+++ Depth: 1 meter +++
+++ Tools: fork lifter, garden hose, tree trunks, sealing compound, motor saw +++
+++ Material: 400qm of foil, 150 bales of straw, 30.000 liters of water +++

The TRACKMAP will be expanded every week presenting a new obstacle…

And that’s how it works:
Send in your name suggestions until Sunday, April 1st to:
strongmanrun@fishermansfriend.de
Please fill in „Competition: Obstacle 12“ as subject.
The Top 5 of the incoming name suggestions will be posted for voting next week.

VOTING OBSTACLE 11

We had a lot of creative name suggestions for the seventh obstacle, now it’s your turn to vote your favorite out of five!

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We continue with our Obstacle Naming Competition, the next nameless obstacle is waiting for its title. So be creative, send us your suggestions, and take the chance of winning a StrongmanRun-Running-Shirt with the claim “No Pain – No Glory”.

Obstacle 11: When the Green Hell hasn’t forced you down on your knees so far this obstacle will do it! Just before reaching the paddock you have to get into the cage an crawl 15 meters on gravel.

Hard Facts:
+++ Km 9.8 +++
+++ 6 lanes +++
+++ Lenght: 15 meters +++
+++ Height: 0,7 meters +++
+++ Material: 30 bales of straw, 60 fences +++

The TRACKMAP will be expanded every week presenting a new obstacle…

And that’s how it works:
Send in your name suggestions until Sunday, March 25th to:
strongmanrun@fishermansfriend.de
Please fill in „Competition: Obstacle 11“ as subject.
The Top 5 of the incoming name suggestions will be posted for voting next week.

VOTING OBSTACLE 10

We had a lot of creative name suggestions for the seventh obstacle, now it’s your turn to vote your favorite out of five!

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We continue with our Obstacle Naming Competition, the next nameless obstacle is waiting for its title. So be creative, send us your suggestions, and take the chance of winning a StrongmanRun-Running-Shirt with the claim “No Pain – No Glory”.

Obstacle 9: After you’ve nearly managed 10 kilometres your tired legs will face a wobbly challenge on this suspension bridge. In 2.4 metres height you gonna crawl over a net tensioned between oversea containers. Bales of hay will help you with ascension and decension.

Hard Facts:
+++ Km 9.3 +++
+++ Suspension bridge +++
+++ Height: 2.4 meters +++
+++ Length: 7 meters +++
+++ Width: 12 meters +++
+++ Material: 50 bales of straw, 4 oversea containers, 84 m² of net +++
+++ Tools: fork lifter, welding equipment +++

The TRACKMAP will be expanded every week presenting a new obstacle…

And that’s how it works:
Send in your name suggestions until Sunday, March 11th to:
strongmanrun@fishermansfriend.de
Please fill in „Competition: Obstacle 9“ as subject.
The Top 5 of the incoming name suggestions will be posted for voting next week.

VOTING OBSTACLE 8

We had a lot of creative name suggestions for the seventh obstacle, now it’s your turn to vote your favorite out of five!

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We continue with our Obstacle Naming Competition, the next nameless obstacle is waiting for its title. So be creative, send us your suggestions, and take the chance of winning a StrongmanRun-Running-Shirt with the claim “No Pain – No Glory”.

Obstacle 8: The ultimate desire of most StrongmanRunners – the “real” water obstacle! Here you have to swim because with 2 meter depth and 40 meter length there is no other possibility to cross. For nonswimmers we have a pussylane, of course, but be sure – you won’t have any advantage by using it!

Hard Facts:
+++ Km 8,9 +++
+++ swimming pool +++
+++ Depth: 2 meters +++
+++ Length: 40 meters +++
+++ Width: 15 meters +++
+++ Material: 1.2 million liters of water, 600 square meters of foil +++
+++ Gear: digger +++

The TRACKMAP will be expanded every week presenting a new obstacle…

And that’s how it works:
Send in your name suggestions until Sunday, March 4th to:
strongmanrun@fishermansfriend.de
Please fill in „Competition: Obstacle 8“ as subject.
The Top 5 of the incoming name suggestions will be posted for voting next week.

VOTING OBSTACLE 7

We had a lot of creative name suggestions for the seventh obstacle, now it’s your turn to vote your favorite out of five!

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We continue with our Obstacle Naming Competition, the next nameless obstacle is waiting for its title. So be creative, send us your suggestions, and take the chance of winning a StrongmanRun-Running-Shirt with the claim “No Pain – No Glory”.

Obstacle 7: This obstacle proves that you can only fight with and not against each other through the “Green Hell”! To climb these two walls made of bales of straw you need not only strength but also team spirit.

Hard Facts:
+++ Km 8,1 +++
+++ 2 barriers of bales of straw +++
+++ Height: 3 meters +++
+++ Width: 9 meters +++
+++ Material: ca. 21 tons of straw (60 bales of straw) +++
+++ Tools: fork lift +++

The TRACKMAP will be expanded every week presenting a new obstacle…

And that’s how it works:
Send in your name suggestions until Sunday, February 26th to:
strongmanrun@fishermansfriend.de
Please fill in „Competition: Obstacle 7“ as subject.
The Top 5 of the incoming name suggestions will be posted for voting next week.

VOTING OBSTACLE 6

We had a lot of creative name suggestions for the sixth obstacle, now it’s your turn to vote your favorite out of five!

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