The Bertlicher Straßenläufe ("Bertlich Road Races") are held three times per year in Herten, a former mining town in the green northern part of the industrial Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr region) in Germany's state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia).
Map of the venue:
Each event offers a plethora of races, all starting and finishing at the athletics track in Bertlich, a district of Herten:
- 850m for children
- 5km
- 7.5km
- 10km
- 15km
- 21.1km half marathon
- 30km
- 42.2km marathon
The route runs on more-or-less flat roads through agricultural land. The course has been accurately measured.
The half marathon is two laps, the 30k race is three laps and the full marathon is also three laps. The time limit to finish the marathon is five hours.
Bertlicher Straßenläufe 2024:
Date:
- Sunday 18 February 2024
- Sunday 29 September 2024 - Update: The routes will be approximately 300m shorter. The 15k and the Marathon have been cancelled!
- Sunday 1 December 2024 - Update: The routes will be approximately 300m shorter. The 15k and the Marathon have been cancelled!
Event website:
Number of finishers:
| Feb | Sep | Dec | |
| 2024 | 795 | 548 | |
| 2023 | 670 | 558 | 516 |
| 2022 | 714 | 562 | 534 |
| 2021 | --- | 637 | 556 |
| 2020 | --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 1,009 | 552 | 628 |
| 2018 | 1,006 | 817 | 508 |
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