Rhine half marathon
The Rhine Half Marathon is a half marathon that has been taking place in Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine since 2006 , initially under the name GAG-Erlebnis-Halbmarathon.
In 2010 TuS Köln took over rrh. In 1874 the event from the previous host MTV Köln 1850 and on the occasion of the VIII. Gay Games also organized a marathon in which two laps were run. 166 men and 28 women reached the destination. In the open classification, Frank Löschner won in 2:42:09 h and the Austrian Judith Priglinger in 3:32:40 h. In the Gay Games ranking, Abdellah Saadani (2nd overall, 2:50:10 h) and Ulrike Hellmich (2nd overall, 3:37:04 h) won the marathon, as did the American Rich Velazquez (3rd overall , 1:15:56 h) and the Briton Suran Dickson (2nd overall, 1:26:34 h) in the half marathon.
In 2011 MTV Cologne 1850 took over the organization again, now without a 5 km run. In 2012 the event was supplemented by a 10 km run. In 2013 the run, which was supposed to take place in June, was canceled due to the withdrawal of the previous name sponsor GAG Immobilien . The next edition is planned for 2015.
route
Until 2010, a large lap with start and finish on Wiener Platz in Mülheim was run, which led via Buchforst , Buchheim and Holweide into the heathland around Gut Mielenforst in the south of Dellbrück and returned to the starting point via Brück , Merheim and Höhenberg .
In 2011, the start was moved to the Mülheimer Brücke and a two-lap course was introduced, which initially runs downstream on the right bank of the Rhine . After a round through the Schlosspark Stammheim , it goes on the Düsseldorfer Straße to Mülheim back to the finish on the Wiener Platz.
statistics
Course records
- Men: 1:11:41 h, Philipp Nawrocki, 2006
- Women: 1:19:17 h, Silke Optekamp , 2009
Winners list
| year | Men | time | Women | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2012 | Torsten Trems | 1:17:43 | Maike Schön | 1:19:53 |
| June 26, 2011 | Manuel Skopnik | 1:17:50 | Stefanie Rötger | 1:19:30 |
| Aug 7, 2010 | Andreas Mueller | 1:13:56 | Marlen Günther | 1:25:40 |
| Aug 9, 2009 | Marc Fricke | 1:15:24 | Silke Optekamp | 1:19:17 |
| Aug 10, 2008 | Philipp Nawrocki -3- | 1:11:47 | Martine Schroeder ( LUX ) | 1:26:49 |
| Aug 12, 2007 | Philipp Nawrocki -2- | 1:13:18 | Pascale Schmoetten ( LUX ) | 1:25:27 |
| Aug 13, 2006 | Philipp Nawrocki | 1:11:41 | Jeannine Hagedorn | 1:23:05 |
Development of the number of finishers
| year | half marathon | including women |
5 or 10 km | including women |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 542 | 146 | 153 | 53 |
| 2011 | 478 | 112 | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 1157 | 318 | 32 | 10 |
| 2009 | 1463 | 358 | 75 | 41 |
| 2008 | 1456 | 335 | 95 | 43 |
| 2007 | 1081 | 266 | 48 | 23 |
| 2006 | 909 | 205 | 55 | 21st |
Web links
- Official website
- Old website (until 2009)