{"id":1823,"date":"2022-04-25T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/news\/hosting-the-vienna-city-marathon-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T16:55:45","slug":"hosting-the-vienna-city-marathon-2022","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/news\/hosting-the-vienna-city-marathon-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosting the Vienna City Marathon 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally experiencing Magic Moments again with 31,000 runners yesterday at the <strong>Vienna City Marathon 2022<\/strong>. I am excited to have been the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ronnyleber.com\/en\/event-host\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"15343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event host<\/a> of the marathon start together with DJ Stari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marathon start with highest honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The start of a marathon is always something very special. As I have already run the 42.195km twice myself, I can put myself in the position of being at the start very well: <strong>tension, excitement and anticipation<\/strong>. For the whole entertainment team, it&#8217;s all about getting the runners ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vienna-City-Marathon-2022-Praesident-Alexander-van-der-Bellen-Ronny-Leber-768x1024.webp\" alt=\"Vienna City Marathon 2022 - Pra\u0308sident Alexander van der Bellen + Ronny Leber\" class=\"wp-image-814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vienna-City-Marathon-2022-Praesident-Alexander-van-der-Bellen-Ronny-Leber-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vienna-City-Marathon-2022-Praesident-Alexander-van-der-Bellen-Ronny-Leber-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vienna-City-Marathon-2022-Praesident-Alexander-van-der-Bellen-Ronny-Leber-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vienna-City-Marathon-2022-Praesident-Alexander-van-der-Bellen-Ronny-Leber.webp 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time there was even support from the highest office in the country: a good 20 minutes before the start I had the honor to interview the <strong>President of Austria Alexander van der Bellen<\/strong>. It was a great honor to have the Austrian head of state in front of the microphone for the first time at an event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the Prater against the inner couch potatoe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the start I went to the Prater in Vienna, where I hosted the third relay handover for the <strong>BMW relay marathon<\/strong> at kilometer 30.8. At this point, where there is also a plaque commemorating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ronnyleber.com\/en\/ineos-159-challenge\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INEOS 1:59 Challenge<\/a>, runners often need verbal support the most. I know that from my own experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vienna-City-Marathon-2022-Entertainment-Team-DJ-Stari-Max-Strametz-Ronny-Leber-768x1024.webp\" alt=\"Vienna City Marathon 2022 - Entertainment Team - DJ Stari + Max Strametz + Ronny Leber\" class=\"wp-image-815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vienna-City-Marathon-2022-Entertainment-Team-DJ-Stari-Max-Strametz-Ronny-Leber-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vienna-City-Marathon-2022-Entertainment-Team-DJ-Stari-Max-Strametz-Ronny-Leber-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vienna-City-Marathon-2022-Entertainment-Team-DJ-Stari-Max-Strametz-Ronny-Leber-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Vienna-City-Marathon-2022-Entertainment-Team-DJ-Stari-Max-Strametz-Ronny-Leber.webp 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was really happy to be part of the entertainment team at the Vienna City Marathon. I am already looking forward to April 23, 2023 &#8211; when the marathon will celebrate its 40th edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See you soon &amp; keep on running,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ronny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally experiencing Magic Moments again with 31,000 runners yesterday at the Vienna City Marathon 2022. I am excited to have been the event host of the marathon start together with DJ Stari. Marathon start with highest honors The start of a marathon is always something very special. As I have already run the 42.195km twice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1823","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526,"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1823\/revisions\/2526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}