The Bertlicher Straßenläufe ("Bertlich Road Races") are held three times per year in Herten, a former mining town in the green northern part of the industrial Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr region) in Germany's state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia).
Map of the venue:
Each event offers a plethora of races, all starting and finishing at the athletics track in Bertlich, a district of Herten:
- 850m for children
- 5km
- 7.5km
- 10km
- 15km
- 21.1km half marathon
- 30km
- 42.2km marathon
All routes are predominantly flat. The course has been accurately measured.
The 15k race and the half marathon consist of two laps through agricultural land. The 30k is three laps and the full marathon is four laps.
The time limit to finish the marathon is five hours.
Bertlicher Straßenläufe 2026:
Date:
- Sunday 22 February 2026
- Sunday 27 September 2026
- Sunday 29 November 2026
Event website:
Number of finishers:
| Feb | Sep | Nov/Dec | |
| 2025 | 623 | 635 | 650 |
| 2024 | 795 | 548 | 506 |
| 2023 | 670 | 558 | 516 |
| 2022 | 714 | 562 | 534 |
| 2021 | --- | 637 | 556 |
| 2020 | --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 1,009 | 552 | 628 |
| 2018 | 1,006 | 817 | 508 |
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