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Event Information:
The
Ironman Switzerland is an event held
every July since 1997. A Triathlon
sports event over the Ironman
distance (3.86 mile swim, 180.2 km
cycling, 42,195 mile run) in
Switzerland. The event is held in
and around the town of Zurich. The
swimming stage over 3.86 km runs in
Lake Zurich, starting and finishing
at the Landiwiese. The bike course
is a course of 180.2 km over two
laps between Lake Zurich and
Greifensee height of 630 meters per
lap and a spectacular increase for
spectators on Heartbreak Hill in
Kilchberg. The running course on the
marathon distance runs over four
rounds along the western and
northern shores of the lake to
Bubikon. Start and finish is again
on the Landiwiese.
Lake
Zurich is a lake in Switzerland,
extending southeast of the town of
Zurich. It is also known as Lake
Zürich and Lake of Zürich. Zürichsee
is strictly the name of the part of
the lake downstream of the dam at
Rapperswil, mostly located within
the canton of Zurich. The part
upstream of the Rapperswil dam is
called Obersee, and is shared
between the cantons of St. Gallen
and Schwyz. Geographically, Lake
Zurich is located in the
southwestern part of the canton of
Zurich. To the east are – separated
by Zürichberg-Adlisberg, Forch and
Pfannenstiel – two minor lakes:
Greifensee (Lake Greifen) and
Pfäffikersee (Lake Pfäffikon). To
the west Zimmerberg and Etzel region
is located.
Lake
Zurich is formed by the river Linth,
which, rising in the glaciers of the
Tödi Range in Glarus, which was
diverted by the Escher canal
(completed in 1811) into the Lake
Walen, there by means of the Linth
canal (completed in 1816), its
waters are carried to the east end
of the Lake of Zurich. The waters of
the Lake of Zurich outflow from the
lake at its north-west end, passing
through the city of Zurich, however
the outflow is then called the
Limmat. The three population and
transportation centres are Zurich,
Pfäffikon SZ and Rapperswil. Besides
Bürkliplatz in Zurich and the
Seedamm, there are no bridges across
the lake.
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