Chemnitz (Germany), Sunday 11 May 2014
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 7.10-metre-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: 11 May 2014 (Sunday)
Race distance: 5km; 10km; 21.1km; 300m (children 7 years and under); 2.5km (12 years and under)
Start time: 8.45-9.00 (children); 9.30 (5km); 10.30 (10km, 21km)
Start and finish: Brückenstraße
Entries: online (up to 10 May 2014); late entries on 10 May 2014 (until 20.00) and on the day (until 8.30); race limit 3000 runners
Entry fees (5km, 10km and 21km): € 22 (up to 31 January 2014), € 27 (up to 11 May 2014)
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 or buy a single-use chip for € 3
Race centre: Galerie Roter Turm (Saturday 14.30-20.00); Stadthalle (on the day 7.30-10.00)
You get: technical T-shirt; pasta party (on Saturday)
Prizes: to the first 3 M/F
Number of finishers 2013: 419 (5km), 570 (10km), 223 (21km)
Event website (in German): mein.sportscheck.com/sport/laufsport/events/stadtlauf_chemnitz
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