Great experience overall, wonderful opportunity for runners from all parts of the globe to come together and share in this awe-inspiring event. The beauty of this course does not compare to any other event I have ever entered.

If you are not going to be able to finish in 6.5 hours (tougher than it sounds), then you might as well not run. They (race organizers) will treat you as if you don't matter. They start shutting down the course and if you continue on after they do so, you will not be given a finisher's shirt and medal, plus there will be no one at the finish line. They also don't tell you that if you quit after going 6 miles and turn in your chip they will give your finisher's shirt and medal even though you didn't finish. I finished after the 6.5 time, but they refused to give me a finisher's shirt and medal even though I did finish and earn it. Other than these things the marathon has a good amount of support stations (if you stay within the 6.5 time), great spectactors, and a spectacular course and scenery.

A very well organized challenging marathon. From a beginning flat 10k to a difficult steep uphill the last 17k. Great spectators in the towns, lots of aid stations (including massages) along the way. The scenery in the Alps is fantastic, from forests to snow, even though the weather was about 75 F. This is my favorite marathon and I have run Paris, Boston, New York, Berlin, etc. Everyone should try it.

A great change from flat running, pleasant, easy 1st half. Beautiful, ultra tough 2nd half. Great just to be there and be part of it. Great organization when you consider the logistics of it. And a great area to be in for the rest of your stay. Can't recommend enough - awesome!

I did it again; I was again almost the last one to cross it on time... but the feeling of having achieved it is nevertheless incredible... To all marathon runners: do it once! You will never feel sorry! If you don't, try another one in the Alps (e.g. the Zermatt Marathon).

I ran this year it was my first alpine marathon. Being from Florida I was not prepared for the drastic change in the course after the 21k mark. Though I had to drop out due to lack of time to finish. I will return and finish hopefully in 2004. I would recommend this race to anyone who is up to a challenge. Spectators are concentrated in the small villages that one runs through. Their exuberance is infectious.

Defintely the most beautiful marathon but don't expect any PRs or negative splits. The first half is fine but the second half there was not much running. I saw a video of the previous year's race and everyone was walking, not me I thought! How mistaken I was. My quads were bruised from pushing on them most of the second half. The weather was beautiful in 1999 and the view from the top was truly a spiritual experience. An experience born from grit and determination. The best moments we marathoners experience are earned through great efforts.

Unbelievably beautiful race! Rain, mud and snow are nothing compared to the feeling of having finished this challenge!

I went into this race with about 2 months of training and some minor hill training to be honest. After a bout of flu which threatened to derail my participation; I got well like one week before the actual race. And what a surprising marathon it was.

This collection of words summarizes the 2001 marathon - 'rain, snow, mud, hills, sun'.

No one should be surprised by the 5 star rating of the course. The Jungfrau region is just so pretty despite its ominous look. In terms of organization; this marathon is the first one to fly the flags of countries that comprises the runners collective. I am Malaysian and seeing my country's flag lining the street is emotional and inspriring (I was the only Malaysian in this year's race). Most marathons pay little attention to the design of the bib but Jungfrau's was colorful and the best designed I've ever seen. I gave 5 stars for 'spectators' because the support we got from the villagers in the little towns that we passed through was splendid to say the least - people hugged the streets on both sides and you could almost touch them. The best marathon I've run in my whole marathon life since 1998.

As a two time finisher of this spectacular event, I have a real appreciation for the requirement for hill training. Don't let the first half of the marathon give you any misleading confidence for the second half. There are actually portions of this race that cannot be run, but with a brisk stride one can actually attempt to defeat gravity with the elevation change from approximately 2500ft to about 7500ft.
There is no doubt that this is one of the most beautiful marathons in the world as it was that magnetism that drew me back for my second punishment. The subsequent run, I found to be more intimidating as I knew of the treachery that was lurking in the hills between Lauterbrunnen and Wegen and the monsterous Eiger Wall strategically positioned so that it is not visible until the last 7km of the race.
The Swiss mountains are definitely a scenic place to run a marathon. Surprisingly, this marathon has one of the highest finisher rates as very few people come unprepared. Elite marathoners will finish about 40-45 minutes slower than a flat course and the rest of us commoners can expect an additional 60 minutes on our finishing times.
I will definitely challenge myself with this event again as there are marathons and then there are mountain marathons. It's like going from a BMW motorbike back to a moped.