Chemnitz (Germany), Sunday 10 May 2015

Karl Marx bust and Hotel Mercure, Chemnitz, Germany (Copyright © 2014 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

The Stadtlauf running series in Germany starts off in Chemnitz, the ‘Stadt der Moderne’, a fascinating city with a long industrial heritage and a population of about 240,000 people.

Situated in eastern Germany, Chemnitz was renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt by the GDR authorities in 1953, but it returned to its original name in 1990.

The event comprises a 5k, a 10k, a half marathon, and children's races.

The route is a flat 5km loop that begins at the Karl Marx Monument, an enormous 7.10m-high bronze head of Karl Marx — the second-largest bust in the world.

Competitors run through the modern city centre (built within the last 20 years), along the ‘Straße der Nationen’ (a socialist-style boulevard), and around the Schlossteich (a very pretty small lake).

Instead of a bib number, participants get a technical T-shirt which they must wear during the race.

 

Country: Germany

Venue (Map): Chemnitz (Dresden 77km, Leipzig 84km, Prague 167km, Berlin 260km)

Date: 10 May 2015 (Sunday)

Race distance: 300m (children 7 years and under); 2.5km (12 years and under); 5km; 10km; 21.1km;

Start time: 8.45-9.15 (children); 9.30 (5km); 10.30 (10km, 21km)

Start/finish area: Brückenstraße

Entries: online (up to 9 May 2015); late entries on 9 May 2015 (14.30-20.00) and on the day (7.30-8.30); race limit: 3000 runners

Entry fees (5km, 10km, 21km): € 23 (up to 15 February 2015), € 28 (up to 10 May 2015)

Entry fees (children's races): no entry fees; no chip timing; finisher medal to all children; race limit 400 runners

Timing: ChampionChip: use your own chip, buy a single-use chip (€ 3), or buy a chip (€ 31)

Race centre: Galerie Roter Turm (Saturday 14.30-20.00); Stadthalle (on the day 7.30-10.00)

You get: pasta party (on Saturday); technical T-shirt or singlet; finisher medal

Prizes: to the first 3 M/F

Number of finishers 2014: 465 (5km), 629 (10km), 231 (21km)

Event website: mein.sportscheck.com/sport/laufsport/events/stadtlauf_chemnitz

 

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