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Paderborner Osterlauf

14:302:30 PM Paderborn
Paderborn Cathedral
Paderborn Cathedral. Photograph by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The half marathon is two laps of a circuit of asphalt roads, starting and finishing at Heierswall beside the Sportzentrum Maspernplatz.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Two laps of one circuit from HeierswallOne circuit run twice, measured to IAAF/AIMS rules.
  • A 14:30 start and a 17:15 finish closeStart 14:30, finish closes 17:15 on Easter Saturday.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryTwo laps of one circuit from HeierswallOne circuit run twice, measured to IAAF/AIMS rules.

The organiser describes every distance as a circuit over asphalt roads: the 5 km, 10 km and walking events run it once, the half marathon twice. The route is officially measured to IAAF/AIMS standards. There are three refreshment stations on the 10 km and half marathon courses, and water and food at the finish.

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Whole courseTacticsA 14:30 start and a 17:15 finish closeStart 14:30, finish closes 17:15 on Easter Saturday.

The 79th Osterlauf is billed as Germany’s oldest road race. The half marathon is the last start of the day, after the children’s, 5 km and 10 km races, and the CEP PacerTeam supplies pacers on the 10 km and half marathon. Runners born in 2010 or earlier can enter.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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2 gels for Paderborn, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, by the clock:

  1. km 7.3mile 4.6
  2. km 14.7mile 9.1

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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distance
21.1 km13.1 mi

Race week

Timetable

Before race week 1 key date

  1. 7 Mar 2027

    Registration deadline The last registration deadline for the Osterlauf; individual races can be fully booked earlier.

Saturday 27 March Race day

  1. 10:1510:15 AM

    5 km Fit and Fun run start

  2. 10:3010:30 AM

    Walking and Nordic Walking 5 km start

  3. 12:3012:30 PM

    10 km run, first start A second start follows at 13:00.

  4. 14:302:30 PM

    Half marathon start Start and finish are on Heierswall at the Sportzentrum Maspernplatz. The half marathon is two laps of the circuit.

  5. 17:155:15 PM

    Half marathon finish closes Finish closing time; insurance cover ends after it.

Times as published by the organiser, in Paderborn time, checked .

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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.

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