European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 05, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mutual. Runners carry a Banner at the Start of the eighth annual Moscow International peace Marathon last year. Balloons Fly at the Start of last year s Marathon in Berlin. Is file hard work and the race itself is a demanding experience. But getting to the starting line should be easy. In Europe runners often travel by train to the Marathon site or in a car Pool. Others join tour groups. To prepare for their arrival runners can Contact the local tourist offices for information on the City and lodging options. Often the race organizers will provide similar information. Several travel companies offer prearranged packages for trips to Marathon and Long distance events. Euro Marathon Tours working in cooperation with the West German railway is one of them. An emt trip to from Hamburg to Vienna s Marathon in april for instance is available for 440 Marks about $264including three nights lodging. A trip from Mannheim to the Munich Marathon in May costs 265 Marks $159including two nights lodging. Travel from Gottinger to the Swiss Alpine Marathon in Davos in july costs 395 Marks $237including two overnights. Details Are available from euro Marathon Tours Manfred Smelewski Hau Strasse 9, d-6900 Heidelberg Tel. 06221-20107. Competitors and spectators also can sign up for various Marathon Tours offered by Detour a division of the Deutscher Reisaburo. A round trip by air from Frankfurt to the London Marathon april 21-23, costs 670 Marks $401including two overnights with breakfasts a City tour and transportation to the Start of the race. A five Day trip to the Moscow Marathon will be offered in August with round trip air fare from Frankfurt hotel accommodations and three meals for 1,330 Marks $796. Longer variations of this package Are available. Information on Detour Marathon packages is available at any Deutscher Reisaburo or by contacting Detour s main office at Postrach 100701, Escher Heimer Landstrass. 25-27, d-6000 Frankfurt 1 Tel. 069-1566-0. Sportel Greisen Grosse Cossmann a travel company based in Miinster West Germany offers several packages for travel to the Athens Marathon in october. A week trip to Athens from Dusseldorf oct. 19-26, costs 1,088 Marks $651 with air fare hotel and race registration. A two week trip from Hamburg to Athens oct. 12-26, is available for 1,699 Marks $1017. This package also includes air fare hotel accommodations and race registration. For More information Contact Sportel Greisen Grosse Coos Mann at Postrach 2766, d-4400 Miinster West Germany Tel. 02504-8661. American runners should also Check with their on base travel offices. Special offers for travel to Marathon events Are often available. Runners Calendar the following Are some of the major marathons and Long distance runs in Europe this year. Contact addresses and phone numbers Are included remember to add the appropriate International prefix before dealing. Many of the races have application deadlines at least one month in Advance so Register As Early As possible. April 22 Adt London Marathon Box 262 Richmond. Surrey tw105jb England Tel 44 1-948-7935 april 22 Spring Marathon Vienna Enterprise sport promotion Columbu Gasse 66/8 Austria Tel 43 222-602-1720 april 22 Rotterdam Marathon Box 1627 3000 by Rotterdam the Netherlands Tel 31 10-4172-440 april 22 Meraner Fri slings Marathon Lauben 204 1-39012 Meran Italy april 29 Marathon popular de Madrid a Linneo. 4 28005 Madrid Spain Tel 34 91-266-9701 May 1 Romara Tona 1325/c via Salaria 1-00138 Roma Italy Tel 39 6-6919-635 May 6 Marathon International de Paris 17. Ruede Sevigne 75004 Paris France Tel 33 1-4887-7518 May 6 25-Kilometer of Berlin Quartier Napoleon Kurt Schumacher Damm 41-43 1000 Berlin 51 West Germany Tel 49 30-418-2502 May 6 olympic City Marathon Munich Box 1222 8039 Juchheim Munich West Germany Tel 49 89-804-703 May 12 Gothenburg Hall Marathon Box 7229 s-402 34 Gothenburg Sweden Tel 46 31-820045 May 13 spa Marathon Amsterdam Box 9689 1006 go Amsterdam the Netherlands Tel 31 20-192-744 May 13 Busa Marathon Budapest Busz sport department h-1364 Budapest. Feliza Budulas Ter 1 Hungary Tel 36 11-177-109may 20 Hanse Marathon Hamburg hamburger Leicht athletic verb and Postrach 102649 d-2000 Hamburg 1 West Germany Tel 49 40-336-711 May 26 Copenhagen Marathon Copenhagen tourist association Norre Gade 7a dk-1165 Copenhagen k Denmark Tel 45 3313-7007 june 2 Stockholm Marathon Box 10023 s-10055 Stockholm Sweden Tel 46 8-667-1930 june 2/3 100-Kilometer Lauf von Biel Postrach 437 ch-2501 Biel Switzerland june 9 Norway Mountain Marathon Box 2940 Heggenes Norway Tel 47 63-40396 june 30 Marathon night of Nurnberg wills Rasse 6 8500 Nurnberg 80 West Germany Tel 49 911-636-465 july 7 Marathon of the Arctic Circle City tourist office. Aalo Kalu 1 96200 Kovaniemi Finland Tel 358 9-6016-270 july 28 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos Vermehr Verein. Promenade 67 ch-7270 Davos Switzerland Tel 41 83-35135 aug. 8 80-Kilometer old Alauf co Gretel Emmerich Narcisse Strasse 2 6000 Frankfurt 56 Tel 49 5071413 aug. 11 Helsinki City Marathon radio Atu 12 00240 Helsinki Finland Tel. 358 0-1581 aug. 12 Moscow International peace Marathon i tourist Reisen Kefurs Tendam 63 1000 Berlin 15 West Germany Tel 49 30-88007-113 aug. 26 Reykjavik Marathon Box 1630 121 Reykjavik Iceland Tel 354 1-28-522 aug. 26 Fulda Marathon and Hall Marathon Fulda Community mar fund Downs Barracks attn fed Marathon apo09146 Tel ets 321-3870 Civ 0661-860870 sept. 8 Oslo Marathon Box 8239 Hammersborg 0129 Oslo 1 Norway Tel 47 2-420820 sept. 30 Berlin Marathon Meinek Strasse 13 d-1000 Berlin 15 West Germany Tel 49 30-882-6405 sept. 30 great scottish run Glasgow sports Council 20 tron Gate Glasgow g1 5es Scotland Tel 44 41-227-5093 sept. 30 Brussels Marathon Rue de la chapello 17 1000 Brussels Belgium Tel 32 2-511-9000 oct. 7 Venice Marathon via felisati34 30171 Melre Venezia Italy Tel 39 41-940-644 oct. 21 Athens Marathon Segas syn grou 137 17121 Athens Greece oct. 21 split International Marathon Dalmacia tuns Titova Obala 5/1 58000 split Yugoslavia Tel 38 58-40-266 oct. 29 Dublin Marathon Box 1287 Dublin 2 Ireland Tel 353 1-764-647 nov. 4 Marathon of Lisbon Rua do Larandal 7-a 1300 Lisbon Portugal Tel 351-1-633-605 nov. 18 Marathon of Romac Apitale via Paulucci de Cal Boli Fulgiere. 60 00195 Roma Italy Tel 39 6-318-462 aprils 1990 stripes Magazine