B2RUN German company running championship
The B2Run German company running championship is a company running series that is held at 17 locations in Germany. All runs have a length of about 6 km and end with the finish in stadiums or squares. The B2Run final takes place annually at one of the 17 locations. The run with the most participants is the B2Run Munich with around 30,000 runners.
Locations
| Location | since | Stadion | Record turnout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munich | 2004 | Olympic Stadium Munich | 30,000 (2016) |
| Berlin | 2009 | Olympiastadion Berlin | 14,500 (2016) |
| Hanover | 2009 | HDI arena | 9,000 (2016) |
| Karlsruhe | 2009 | Wildlife Park Stadium | 8,000 (2016) |
| Dortmund | 2010 | Westfalenstadion | 12,500 (2016) |
| Dusseldorf | 2010 | ESPRIT arena | 9,000 (2016) |
| Hamburg | 2010 | Volksparkstadion | 7,200 (2016) |
| Nuremberg | 2011 | Nuremberg stadium | 17,500 (2016) |
| Frankfurt | 2013 | Commerzbank Arena | 4,100 (2016) |
| Stuttgart | 2013 | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 6,700 (2016) |
| Bremen | 2014 | Weser Stadium | 6,500 (2016) |
| Gelsenkirchen | 2015 | Veltins Arena | 3,100 (2016) |
| Aachen | 2016 | CHIO riding stadium | 2,900 (2016) |
| Kaiserslautern | 2016 | Stiftsplatz | 7,300 (2017) |
| Dillingen / Saar | 2016 | city Park | 14,000 (2016) |
| Freiburg | 2016 | Black Forest Stadium | 6,500 (2016) |
| Cologne | 2016 | Rheinenergiestadion | 22,000 (2016) |
Features of the B2Run
All B2Run runs follow a uniform concept:
- Finish in large stadiums or on well-known places
- Event area and after-run party
- Running distances of around 6 km
- Individual timing by chip
- Diverse rating categories from "fittest company" to "fastest boss" to "most original team"
- Opportunity to qualify for the final
Patrons from politics and sport have been an integral part of the running series since 2012. Patrons are / were, for example, Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil , Munich's Lord Mayor Christian Ude , Borussia Dortmund's managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke or Hamburg's Senator for Interior and Sport Michael Neumann . Boxing world champion Henry Maske , handball goalkeeper Silvio Heinevetter and TV presenter Simone Panteleit also started for B2Run and Olympic champion Magdalena Neuner will appear as B2Run ambassador.
The German Company Run Championship (DFLM)
With the introduction of the German Company Run Championship, all participants have the opportunity to qualify for the finals in the B2Run runs. The team captains of the “fittest” companies and the winners of the “Fastest” and “Most original” categories are invited. With these different evaluation categories, not only the speed but also the commitment of the individual teams is recognized.
Rating categories
Category 1 - "The fittest"
“The fittest” are the teams with the most registrations in the three categories “The fittest group” (companies with more than 1,000 employees), “The fittest company” (companies with 100 to 1,000 employees) and “The fittest SME” (companies with less than 100 employees).
Category 2 - "The fastest"
The category "The fastest" includes the categories "The fastest women and men", "The fastest boss" and "The fastest boss" as well as "The fastest teams".
"The fastest women and men"
All participants are considered in this rating category. Place 1–3 will be honored.
"The fastest boss" and "The fastest female boss"
The “fastest boss” and “fastest female boss” rating category is aimed at managing directors, board members, department managers / branch managers (department or branch with more than 100 employees) and department heads (department with more than 100 employees).
"The fastest teams" (5 runners each)
Women, men and mixed teams (2 women & 3 men or 3 women & 2 men) are rated. The teams within a company do not have to be determined before the run. The runners are automatically divided into teams by timing. Place 1–3 will be honored.
Category 3 - "The most original"
The most original team with the most creative running outfit is honored. Up to 5 runners on the winning team will receive prizes.
German company running championship
At the final of the German company running championship, the winners of the respective categories will be determined by comparing all venues.
B2Run Charity
B2Run works with the German TV Lottery as a charity partner. By paying a surcharge B2Runner to a single item purchase. These so-called charity starters support social projects in this way and can win cash prizes of up to 1,000,000 euros or an immediate monthly pension of up to 5,000 euros.
B2Run GmbH
B2Run GmbH has been a subsidiary of Infront Sports & Media AG since January 1, 2014 . Until December 31, 2013 it belonged to actori GmbH based in Munich. In 2008 actori GmbH, together with its partner, BFV Service GmbH, took over the corporate sports brand world of the Süddeutscher Verlag. As part of this transaction, the B2Run brand and the Munich company run were transferred, which was expanded into a company run series in the following years.
history
In 2004, the Süddeutsche Verlag organized a Maxi Company Run ( Munich Company Run ) through the Olympic Park with around 2,500 runners in Munich for the first time . From this the B2Run Munich developed.
In 2009, the B2Run runs also took place across Germany for the first time in other major cities (Berlin, Hanover, Karlsruhe), where individual timekeeping and the finish in a stadium remained the trademark. When three more locations (Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Dortmund) were added in 2010, the series was expanded to become the German company running championship. In 2012, a total of 82,800 runners from around 4,000 companies, including 26 DAX companies, were registered at eight locations. In 2013 the B2RUN series was expanded to ten locations around Stuttgart and Frankfurt am Main. A total of 101,000 runners were registered.
B2Run has had a mascot called Pit Fit since 2012, who cheers on runners at all locations and gives the brand a face.
In 2014 Bremen was added as the eleventh and in 2015 Gelsenkirchen as the twelfth location. In 2016, the Aachen, Dillingen / Saar, Freiburg, Kaiserslautern and Cologne locations were also added.