Posted: June 22, 2007

Athletics: Dam tot Damloop completely sold out

The Dam tot Damloop, the biggest running event of The Netherlands, is sold out completely. The maximum of 35,000 participants have never been reached earlier from the first edition 23 years ago. The event will take place on Sunday September 23rd 2007 from the city-centre of the Dutch capital Amsterdam to suburb Zaandam. The Dam tot Damloop is a point-to-point run over 10 or 4 miles with about 200,000 spectators and many bands and small orchestras who will enthusiastically encourage the participants along the way. The course is fast (course records: 44.45 minutes Paul Koech, Kenya (1997) and 50.31 minutes Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway (1987)) and will allow athletes to break their personal record. Among the thousands of recreational runners some top athletes of world performance will traditionally be present. The last edition Francis Kibiwott from Kenya (45.27) and the Dutch athlete Lornah Kiplagat (50.50) had been greeted as proud winners. Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest