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Berliner Frauenlauf

Berlin
Berlin Victory Column
© OpenStreetMap Berlin Victory Column. Photograph by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons . Course line © OpenStreetMap contributors

The course

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Flat from start to finish: 5 m between the lowest and the highest point.

Start, finish

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Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.

Course elevation profile, 8× vertical exaggeration Elevation along the course from km 0 to km 10. The trace runs between 33 and 38 metres, a range of 5 metres, drawn at 8 times vertical exaggeration so the shape is legible. Smoothed over 1 km before this profile was derived. An unsmoothed urban surface carries the buildings and would assert a climb that is not there.
0 2 4 6 8 10 km
0 2 4 6 mi

  • flat all the way
The course in short 2 lines
  • A flat loop through the Tiergarten33 m to 38 m, with 10.6 m of climbing in total.
  • Two hours, and 1 euro of each entry to charity2 hour limit; 1 euro of each entry goes to charity.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
km 0 to 10GradientA flat loop through the Tiergarten33 m to 38 m, with 10.6 m of climbing in total.

The route starts at 36.5 m and finishes at 36.1 m, so the whole race stays within about 5 m of height. The organiser describes the 10 km as a round through the Tiergarten.

Measured

Whole courseGradientTwo hours, and 1 euro of each entry to charity2 hour limit; 1 euro of each entry goes to charity.

The Berliner Frauenlauf is on 22 May 2027 and also has a 5 km run and walking and Nordic walking over both distances. Timing uses a single-use transponder fixed to the bib.

Sourced

Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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Race fuel for Berlin

One gel every 40 minutes once you are past about 75 minutes of running, plus a spare.

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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race
Other
climb
10.6 m35 ft
cut-off
2:00 h

The Berliner Frauenlauf course has 10.6 m of climbing: a flat course. Its lowest point is 33 m and its highest 38 m above sea level. Next race: Saturday 22 May 2027.

Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

Sources and licence

Last checked.

Course line matched onto OpenStreetMap road geometry: (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License 1.0 (ODbL). Elevation sampled from GEDTM30, Global Ensemble Digital Terrain Model at 30 m (v1.2): Elevation: GEDTM30 (Ho & Hengl, OpenGeoHub), CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Elevation gain computed by us from that line, smoothed over 1 kmsmoothed over 0.6 mi.

The line follows the road down its middle, so it measures 3.77% longer than the certified distance, which is measured on the shortest legal line through every bend.

Date and entry information from the organiser.

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