Essen Marathon
Sunday, 11 October 2026In 13 days
Officially: 64. Essen Marathon 2026
Also known as: Westenergie Marathon · Westenergie Marathon Essen
A two-day running weekend at the Baldeneysee in Essen, all of it from the Seaside Beach. Saturday brings a children’s run, a 5 km fun run and three walking and Nordic-walking loops; Sunday the marathon, a four-person relay and an 18.6 km lap of the lake.
Distances for 11 Oct 2026
Entry fee
Five dated windows. Marathon EUR 45 rising to 75, Seerunde 22 to 45, team relay 70 to 100. No fee is published for the Walking Day or the Mini-Marathon and FunRun.
Rules and terrain
- Surface
- road
Start
Mini-Marathon · FunRun · Walking Day Große Schleife · Walking Day Kleine Schleife · Walking Day Schnupperwalk · Seerunde · Marathon · TeamStaffel·Seaside Beach · Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 384, 45133 EssenSeaside Beach, Baldeneysee, Essen
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Afterwards
Editions
- 11 Oct 202664th edition
Where this came from
- Sources
- Organiser site westenergie-marathon.de: Anmeldung page (start times and fee windows), FAQ (distances and start place), Walking Day and Mini-Marathon pages. Checked 8 September 2026.
- Last verified
- 8 Sep 2026
- Organised by
- TUSEM Essen Leichtathletikabteilung · Organiser · operator · verified 8 Sep 2026 (opens in a new tab)