Spreelauf

The spreelauf is a stages - Ultramarathon , a 400-km along the Spree leads. The event took place for the first time in 2000 and was repeated in 2001, 2002 and 2004. All events were organized by Ingo Schulze . In 2003 the event had to rest because the organizer was running the Trans-European Run during this time . The event has been replaced by the Deutschlandlauf since 2005 .

Henry Wehder, who grew up in the headwaters of the Spree, had the idea of organizing an ultramarathon along the Spree. He was able to win Ingo Schulze as an organizer, the only one with experience in organizing stage runs in Germany. Wehder himself took over the route exploration and marked the route on the first Spree run. He was a participant in the subsequent events.

The first run of the Spree led from the source to the mouth. Due to the lack of interest in the Berlin district of Spandau , the route was reversed the following year. The municipality of Eibau -Walddorf ensured an enthusiastic atmosphere at the finish every year with the Spreequell Festival on the Kottmar .

The route runs along the Spree Cycle Path and for the most part manages without the use of federal roads, which makes this run very different from runs such as the Germany Run and the Trans-Europe Run and thus underlines the character of a landscape run. An exception is the stage through Berlin, where some busy streets and traffic lights are on the route.

Spreelauf 2000 - 1st international Spreelauf

May 21 to May 26, 2000
420 km from the source to the mouth
42 participants (38 men, 4 women)
36 participants (32 men, 4 women) reached the goal:

Winner Eberhard Bergner in 34 hours 14 minutes 32 seconds
Winner Ute Wollenberg in 40 hours 46 minutes 49 seconds

Spreelauf 2001 - 2nd international Spreelauf

August 28, 2001 to September 2, 2001
420 km from the mouth to the source
46 participants (43 men, 3 women)
33 participants (31 men, 2 women) reached the goal:

Rainer Koch 33 hours 39 minutes 44 seconds
Ruth Jäger 54 hours 31 minutes 48 seconds

A special feature was the live broadcast of the start in the ARD morning magazine at the IAA . After a short interview with some participants, Guildo Horn started in the studio.

Spreelauf 2002 - 3rd international Spreelauf

August 13, 2002 to August 18, 2002
420 km from the mouth to the source
48 participants (41 men, 7 women)
40 participants (34 men, 6 women) reached the goal:

Robert Wimmer 32 hours 43 minutes 1 seconds
Simone Stegmaier 48 hours 5 minutes 9 seconds

Spreelauf 2004 - 4th international Spreelauf

August 31, 2004 to September 5, 2004
407 km from the mouth to the source
34 participants (29 men, 5 women)
27 participants (23 men, 4 women) reached the goal:

René Strosny 32 hours 30 minutes 57 seconds
Simone Stegmaier 42 hours 45 minutes 25 seconds

literature

Andreas Dörfler, Gottfried Oel: Spreelauf 2004

Web links

Official website - reports, pictures, statistics, participant portraits and all result lists for all Spreelauf runs (for Spreelauf 2000 only the final result list and the first three of each day)
Spreelauf on steppenhahn.de with links to runner reports