REWE Team Challenge
The REWE Team Challenge Dresden is a running event and is one of the largest company runs in Germany. It is held and organized by Laufszene Events GmbH from Dresden. Teams of 4 people, but also individual starters, can register for the popular sports event. The distance to be covered is 5 kilometers.
History of the REWE Team Challenge
The first REWE Team Challenge started in 2009 with 1,743 participants from 185 companies gathered in one wave. The runners started at the Kulturpalast , the finish was in the Rudolf Harbig Stadium . At the end of the event there was a laser show in the stadium . In the following year, the number of participants more than doubled - there were 3,580 starters. In the years that followed, up to 2015, the number of participants increased more than sevenfold. In this context, the REWE Team Challenge celebrated a premiere and started for the first time in three waves of 4,500 participants. Starting at 7 p.m., the starting guns for the respective starting waves were given every 45 minutes. Due to the increasing number of participants, the three subsequent years started in four waves, but every half hour, starting at 7 p.m. While the REWE Team Challenge again reported a record number of participants in 2016 with 16,000 participants, this increased steadily in the following years to a total of 20,000 participants in 2018. With the 10th anniversary of the REWE Team Challenge 2018, further premieres were celebrated. The laser show from previous years was replaced by fireworks at the end. A special highlight was a new world record in reverse running , the REWE Team Challenge - set up by Thomas Dold . For the new world record in running backwards over 5 km, Dold started ten minutes before the first wave of the start. The goal was to finish before the first forward runner and to beat the existing record of Brian Godsey from the USA with a time of 19:31 minutes. For the record attempt, Dold was accompanied by three cyclists, including a signpost and a notary. Before the first forward runner, Thomas Dold was the first (backward) runner to reach the goal of the 5 km run with a time of 19:07 minutes and thus undercut the existing world record by 24 seconds.
Development of the REWE Team Challenge 2009–2018
Development of the REWE Team Challenge 2009-2018
Best times
Individual evaluation
| Women | Men |
|---|---|
| Lisabeth Wagner 16:50 min (5th REWE Team Challenge) | Paul Schmidt 14:25 min (1st REWE Team Challenge) |
Team evaluation
| Women | Men | Mixed |
|---|---|---|
| Team Runners Point Local's Altmarkt-Galerie
1:13:36 (5th REWE Team Challenge) |
Team Lettershop Dresden men
1:02:01 (1st REWE Team Challenge) |
TV Dresden top team
1:07:06 (5th REWE Team Challenge) |
Ratings
The fastest teams women, men, mixed
A team in the REWE Team Challenge consists of four participants. Men, women and mixed teams are included in the ratings. For example, a mixed team consists of three men and one woman.
The organization with the largest number of participants
The title for the organization with the greatest number of participants is given to the one that has registered the most runners for the REWE Team Challenge. The number of participants sometimes reached well over 100 runners per organization.
The most creative outfit
In addition, the teams with the most creative running outfits are awarded a separate vote every year.
Charity
The REWE Team Challenge is particularly committed to running in Dresden and would like to promote it in the long term. Regional running is supported with 5 cents for every kilometer run by each starter. The donations go to the Citylauf-Verein Dresden eV and to the support for athletics Dresden eV