The 33rd Haspa Marathon Hamburg had a brand-new service ready for participants and fans: the official Haspa Marathon Hamburg App. More than 30,000 downloads made it a huge success. It was top ranked in the category sports in the Apple app store.

In a month the grace period is over. Starting May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has to be applied in every country of the EU. What does this mean for organizers of sport events? How are they affected? Experts from different fields took a look at these questions during an event in…

The Rennsteiglauf was the most popular marathon in German-speaking countries held in 2017. It was the result of the readers' choice at marathon4you.de. We wanted to find out what contributes to the appeal of the event and talked to one of the participants, who will be taking part in 2018 for a…

Vasaloppet is said to be the world’s largest and toughest cross-country ski race. But it is so much more than a sporting event. The air vibrates when 15,800 skiers leave Sälen in snow-covered Western Sweden. And that is just for the main race during that week!

We were curious and took out our calculator. The question that we had was: If we put together all the timing mats that we had in use 2017 what is the size of the area that we cover?
 

In this series we will be introducing the mika:timing and EST staff and their positions. We'll be chatting with them about happy moments, adrenaline rushes, and the important tools they use. Today, we begin with the Project Manager.