I've run serveral marathons, but nothing compares to this one. A warning to the wise: Do not run this as an amateur! Davos is set within the Swiss countryside and is absolutely gorgeous. Included in your registration package is an unlimited train travel pass for the local region. The local people are very friendly and helpful. The race itself is grueling. You travel by train from Davos to the start in Bergun. From there the adventure begins! You encounter, gently rolling hills at first then it becomes a gentle upward climb which turn into astonishingly steep mountain slopes. At times you are 'running' at a 75 degree angle! You will encounter sunshine, rain, snow, ice, grazing swiss cows, helicopters that are patrolling the area for injured runners (the terrain is very dangerous especially at the peaks of the mountians with icy snow and rocky running paths). The stops along the way are absolutely stellar with live swiss long-horn music, beer, boullion soup, snack bars, bananas etc. In fact, if I ever run this marathon again, I will take the time to stop, relax and enjoy the rest areas even more! You will need all the rest you can get to finish this race. If you plan to run this and want some more information, feel free to drop me a line at: crazy_canadian_runner@shadnet.shad.ca

A great first marathon experience. For those that are not interested in street races and love (I mean really love) broken trail running, this is the race. The people, support and food (even beer at one stop!) were great. A strange experience to feel like a whimp running a mountain marathon as an equal number of people go 78K! The swiss are animals!

After 10 street marathons, I wanted to run an alpine marathon in Davos. One good advice, never run this marathon as a debutant, don't do it! The alpine part is very hard to run and sometimes you just have to walk because running is impossible. The difference in level after 15 kilometers is more than 1 kilometer! You can start with sunshine and after a few kilometers you run in the snow. You find the spectators in the beginning and at the end of the course, of course not in the middle because that's the alpine part where only the emergency helicopters control this part. It's not a good idea to stop or to have an accident in this part, if so...then you have a big problem! You have to be a little bit crazy to run a marathon, but to run this marathon, you have to be a little bit more crazy...that's why they call it the crazy peak marathon!!