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After the cancellation of the Spielbank Berlin New Year's Eve Run we had hoped to start out an active new year with the Berlin New Year's Run, as usual. This would have been a very good thing for the athletic community right now during these difficult times. However, in consideration of the extended current regulations due to the COVID -19 pandemic and to protect the health of all, we have to cancel the 50th Berlin New Year's Run on January 1, 2021 - despite a well thought-out hygienic safety...

For us endurance athletes, a New Year's Eve run is the best way to say goodbye to the old year and year and welcome the new one full of energy. Especially in 2020 we would have loved nothing more than to do that with you - you can be sure of that. Unfortunately, there will be no sportive fireworks at the end of the year. In fact, we have to cancel the Spielbank Berlin New Year Eve Run on December 31, 2020 in consideration of the more extended current regulations due to the COVID 19 pandemic and...

At the moment, it is raining records and best times among the top athletes. For example, Kenenisa Bekele’s old world record in the 10,000 metres was cracked. Joshua Cheptegei broke it with a time of 26:11.00 minutes. Two weeks ago, Melat Kejeta won silver at the half-marathon world championship, spectacularly beating the German record. But what about the amateur athletes and the age group aces? They also want to show what they are made of.

Even if the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON scheduled for this weekend was not held as planned, Saturday and Sunday in the sports metropolis of Berlin were nevertheless completely dedicated to sports. As part of the #20139 Challenge, athletes from around the world competed to find out how many kilometers they could complete in 2:01:39 hours. This time corresponds to the world record set by Eliud Kipchoge in 2018 at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON.