Black Forest Marathon

The Black Forest Marathon is a marathon in Bräunlingen that has been held on the second weekend in October since 1968 . After the Essen marathon around the Baldeneysee and the Göltzschtal marathon, it is the third oldest marathon event in Germany, and the second oldest in terms of the number of events.

The program now also includes a half marathon , a relay marathon , a 5 km run, a 10 km run, 1.75 km and 1.05 km school run. He has been held since 2007 by LSG Black Forest Marathon e. V. The board of the association has been Frank Kliche since 2014 .

history

The Black Forest Marathon was launched in 1968 by SV Donaueschingen and TuS Bräunlingen. It was the first popular runner-oriented marathon in West Germany. The even older Tusem Marathon , which has existed since 1963 (later Around the Baldeney Lake ), was a club comparison match in its early years. One week before the Black Forest Marathon, the Göltzschtal Marathon was held for the first time in what was then the GDR - like the Black Forest Marathon, an event for people's runners.

From the beginning, a women's rating was included in the invitation to tender - making the Black Forest Marathon the first marathon worldwide that was also open to women. At that time there was still enormous resistance against women who ran long-distance races, and there were no national or international rules that could have given a women's marathon legal status. Only the year before had there been a scandal at the Boston Marathon when the race director tried to force the "K. V. Switzer “started to take Kathrine Switzer out of the race. Roland Mall, the organizer of the run, secured himself by setting the finish time extremely high at ten hours and simply "forgetting" the part of the tender that concerned the runners when applying to the German Athletics Association (DLV).

Of the approx. 600 starters, 51 women were at the start in Bräunlingen, 48 of which reached the finish.

After fears that women would not be able to cope with such a long distance also proved to be irrelevant in the next two years and the DLV made no move to take action against the start of women on its own, the organizers officially presented the for the 1971 event Application to approve the women's run. This was granted, and thus the DLV was the first of the international associations to allow women's marathons. 71 participants started and Elfriede Rapp won a few seconds ahead of Eva-Maria Westphal .

In 1972 there was another novelty at the Black Forest Marathon, when the participants began to record the participants' data electronically. At this point in time, more than 1500 runners were starting, which made the Black Forest Marathon the most popular marathon worldwide in those years when there were no city marathons.

When in 1975 the DLV announced a national marathon championship for women as the second association worldwide (after the USA) , it was awarded to Bräunlingen and thus recognized the pioneering role of this event. Christa Vahlensieck became the first German marathon champion with a course record that still exists today.

Until the mid- 1980s , the number of starters rose further to well over 2000 ( 1986 the finisher record was reached with 2321), but then fell due to the increasing competition from the newly created city ​​runs , at times even to under 400 finishers. For a few years, the large lap through the Black Forest was replaced by a half-marathon route to be run twice. Since returning to a large circuit, however, there has been an upward trend in registrations.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), a large number of national and international running events had to be canceled. This includes the Black Forest Marathon in 2020 .

stretch

From the start in Bräunlingen at 700  m , you first walk towards the northwest. At the hamlet of Hubertshofen it goes into the forest and further and further west. Shortly before the Eisenbach district of Oberbränd you have reached an altitude of approx. 1000  m at km 17 . The route now runs at this altitude up to 25 km to the south until it turns east and mainly downhill leads first to the Brändbachtalsperre (Kirnbergsee) and then to the destination in Bräunlingen.

The half marathon route is identical to the marathon route in the first part and turns south at km 12 to the Brändbachtalsperre, where it meets the marathon route again. The 5 km run, which also starts on Sunday, initially heads west, on the Am Bruggacker road to the Galgenbergstraße junction, then turn right, parallel to the sand path to Röthenbach. Continue towards Waldhausen. After the confluence on the Riedweg after 480 m there is a fork, there take the dirt road. Again in the open area, after 850 m turn right and again on the Riedweg, back to the town hall. This is also the original way back at the marathon. The 5 km run is very well intended for beginners, the total of around five meters in altitude is barely noticeable. The 10 km run started the day before consists of a lap south of Bräunlingen and Hüfingen with a total of around 100 meters of altitude to be mastered .

statistics

Course records

marathon

• Men: 2:22:58, Moses Cheserek , 2003
• Women: 2:45:43, Christa Vahlensieck , 1975

half marathon

• Men: 1:04:21, Elijah Keitany , 2006
• Women: 1:18:03, Priscah Kiprono , 2006

Winners list

marathon

Sources: website of the organizer

date	Men	time	Women	time
Oct 11, 2020	suspended due to Corona	---------	suspended due to Corona	---------
Oct 13, 2019	Marius Stang	2:35:02	Kerstin Bertsch	3:13:06
Oct 14, 2018	Niels Schallner	2:33:36	Svenja Mann	3:09:06
0Oct 8, 2017	Jens Ziganke	2:31:28	Stefanie Doll -3-	2:54:59
0Oct 9, 2016	Kay-Uwe Müller -3-	2:34:46	Stefanie Doll -2-	2:58:27
Oct 11, 2015	Kay-Uwe Mueller -2-	2:36:09	Miriam Koehler	3:15:08
Oct 12, 2014	Beard Scorched	2:37:05	Gerdi Ott	3:16:27
Oct 14, 2013	Kay-Uwe Müller	2:33:18	Simone Steffen	3:17:59
Oct 14, 2012	Marco Diehl	2:41:25	Tilahun Tefera	2:56:07
0Oct 9, 2011	Hans-Jörg Dörr -2-	2:45:03	Stefanie Doll	3:00:38
Oct 10, 2010	Josef Beha	2:37:27	Jacqueline Keller	3:19:17
Oct 11, 2009	Steffen Häntzschel -2-	2:37:33	Simone Meininger	3:16:38
Oct 12, 2008	Steffen Häntzschel	2:32:23	Birgit Bartels -3-	2:59:17
Oct 14, 2007	Hans-Jörg Dörr	2:40:45	Birgit Bartels -2-	3:05:27
0Oct 8, 2006	Felix Rothe	2:34:41	Sara Winter	3:01:03
0Oct 9, 2005	Bogdan Dziuba	2:25:09	Birgit Bartels	3:06:56
Oct 10, 2004	Geoffrey Karani	2:27:42	Constanze Wagner	3:02:35
Oct 12, 2003	Moses Cheserek	2:22:58	Gudrun De Pay -4-	2:54:16
Oct 13, 2002	Tomasz Chawawko	2:31:32	Gudrun De Pay -3-	2:54:10
0Oct 7, 2001	Peter Kapitza -2-	2:33:32	Claudia Gertsch	3:10:01
0Oct 8, 2000	Peter Kapitza	2:33:34	Gudrun De Pay -2-	2:53:29
Oct 10, 1999	Wiesław Góra	2:31:03	Ursula Herrmann	3:05:20
Oct 11, 1998	Charly Doll -2-	2:33:41	Sonja Ambrosy	3:01:37
Oct 12, 1997	Jochen Rolle	2:35:59	Karin Steiger	2:54:03
Oct 13, 1996	Thomas Danzer	2:31:31	Tomoko Hori	2:55:14
0Oct 8, 1995	Yasuaki Yamamoto	2:25:15	Jacqueline Keller-Werder -3-	3:00:03
0Oct 9, 1994	Tomohito Satō	2:28:47	Gudrun De Pay	2:57:56
Oct 10, 1993	Takayasu Komatsu	2:29:46	Birgit Lennartz	2:59:13
Oct 11, 1992	Frank Philipp	2:33:14	Yukiko Sōma	2:50:24
Oct 13, 1991	Charly Doll	2:27:46	Annette Boes	3:06:38
Oct 14, 1990	Meinrad Beha -2-	2:32:26	Brigitte Matt	3:05:14
0Oct 8, 1989	Werner Steinhilber	2:30:16	Maria Ganter -5-	3:06:53
0Oct 9, 1988	Josef Peter -2-	2:28:17	Jacqueline Keller-Werder -2-	3:01:36
Oct 11, 1987	Joseph Perske	2:25:17	Jacqueline Keller-Werder	2:55:42
Oct 12, 1986	Josef Peter	2:27:39	Maria Ganter -4-	2:57:12
Oct 13, 1985	Meinrad Beha	2:26:54	Maria Ganter -3-	2:55:03
Oct 14, 1984	Guido Dold	2:24:41	Maria Ganter -2-	2:55:49
0Oct 9, 1983	Karl-Heinz Scheder -2-	2:24:24	Maria Ganter	2:53:27
Oct 10, 1982	Karl-Heinz Scheder	2:24:53	Marie Odenbach	3:02:44
Oct 11, 1981	Georg Dury -2-	2:26:41	Doris Schlosser	2:53:47
Oct 12, 1980	Thomas Flum	2:25:48	Annemarie Hilkenbach -2-	2:59:23
Oct 14, 1979	Georg Dury	2:29:00	Annemarie Hilkenbach	3:03:05
0Oct 8, 1978	Lothar Lauffs	2:31:30	Liana winter -3-	2:57:45
0Oct 9, 1977	Henri Poncet	2:25:29	Liana Winter -2-	3:03:08
Oct 10, 1976	Peter Heron -2-	2:24:58	Liana Winter	3:10:33
Oct 12, 1975	André Lacour	2:24:59	Christa Vahlensieck	2:45:43
Oct 13, 1974	Hans Gulyas -2-	2:26:58	Gerda Reinke	3:09:03
Oct 14, 1973	Hans Gulyas	2:27:16	Gabriele Schiess	3:09:02
0Oct 8, 1972	Siegfried Schadt -2-	2:33:57	Michaela Endler	3:37:17
Oct 10, 1971	Siegfried Schadt	2:29:37	Elfriede Rapp -3-	3:35:18
Oct 11, 1970	Hans Schmidt	2:36:22	Elfriede Rapp -2-	3:51:32
Oct 12, 1969	Peter Heron	2:31:29	Elfriede Rapp	4:05:00
0Oct 6, 1968	Peter Bhend	2:36:05	Marthel from the mountains	4:19:57

half marathon

year	Men	time	Women	time
2020	suspended due to Corona	---------	suspended due to Corona	---------
2019	Fabian Schneckenburger	1:14:10	Melanie Schneider	1:28:38
2018	Omar Tareq	1:11:58	Christine Wintersig	1:28:55
2017	David Jansen -2-	1:14:26	Katrin Köngeter -2-	1:23:44
2016	David Jansen	1:20:05	Katrin Köngeter	1:23:55
2015	Alexander Grigo	1:15:55	Stefanie Doll -3-	1:23:08
2014	Kay-Uwe Müller	1:14:29	Stefanie Doll -2-	1:23:05
2013	Jonathan Harre	1:14:33	Judit Dengler	1:31:24
2012	Dominik Sowieja	1:15:27	Verena Kohnle -3-	1:26:42
2011	Marian Blazinski	1:09:09	Verena Kohnle -2-	1:30:32
2010	Antonio Jose da Costa	1:14:47	Verena Kohnle	1:31:02
2009	Alois Dotter	1:18:14	Stefanie Doll	1:27:12
2008	Steffen Riegraf	1:16:49	Sonja Lutz	1:26:50
2007	Patrick Wieser	1:11:33	Raphaela Sieber	1:25:03
2006	Elijah Keitany	1:04:21	Priscah Kiprono	1:18:03
2005	Elisha Sawe	1:07:17	Sabine Baumann	1:30:39
2004	Maksim Janischewskyi	1:07:26	Julia Ruban	1:20:52
2003	Simion Magut	1:10:34	Birgit Bartels	1:23:17
2002	Hardwig Pottin	1:10:30	Anke Tiedemann	1:22:08
2001	Jean-Michel Aubry	1:15:27	Renate Kieningen	1:29:44

Development of the number of finishers

year	marathon	half marathon	10 km	Season	5 km
2020	corona	corona	corona	corona	corona
2019	408	1065	423	35
2018	358	910	422	35
2017	517	1065	354	33
2016	297	849	304	20th
2015	320	869	310	29
2014	325	872	274	29
2013	345	909	250
2012	387	1015	234
2011	441	1133	286
2010	473	1266	270
2009	555	1257	291
2008	551	1229	280
2007	633	1340	375
2006	564	1148	223
2005	524	0997
2004	374	1020
2003	433	0826
2002	514	0745
2001	556	0537
2000	691
1999	794
1998	741
1997	910
1996	935
1995	931
1994	1074
1993	1152
1992	1453
1991	1372
1990	1194
1989	1425
1988	1583
1987	2043
1986	2321
1985	2043
1984	1821
1983	1838
1982	1600
1981	1791
1980	1982
1979	1982
1978	1872
1977	1820
1976	1997
1975	2143
1974	2113
1973	1726
1972	1434
1971	1420
1970	1040
1969	863
1968	792

See also

• List of marathons
• German Road Races

Web links

• Official website
• Black Forest Marathon 2012 on Laufreport.de
• Black Forest Marathon 2013 on Laufreport.de * Black Forest Marathon : How a classic came about by Werner Sonntag , Laufreport.de, October 2007

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald Krämer, Klaus Zobel & Werner Irro (eds.): Marathon. A running book in 42,195 chapters. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-464-2
2. ↑ Helmut Grolman won the decathlon . In: HNA . October 11, 1971.
3. ^ Günter Krehl: Bräunlingen - cradle of the women's marathon. In: Laufreport.de. October 9, 2011, accessed November 15, 2019 . 
4. ↑ The "Eternal" German Marathon Hit Parade on planet-marathon.de
5. ↑ Super User: Home - 51st International Black Forest Marathon October 13, 2018 - October 14, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2017 (German). 
6. ^ Chronicle of the 40th International Black Forest Marathon. 1968–2007 ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.6 MB)