Lengerich, Germany · Sunday, October 18, 2026

Fixed Distance 50K

Lengericher Ultratrail

16 days to go
46 km Distance
960 m Climbing
3.7 Grit · Challenging
52.1866° N, 7.8604° E © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap

What the course asks

Climbing rate 21 m / km Rolling. Moderate undulations. Requires consistent effort across varying grades.
Time limit 8 hours 10:26 min/km average. Generous. Walkable throughout for most of the field. Tighter than 74% of 50K races. Measured against 1035 races of the same distance. Cut-off calculator →
Field size ~19 Tiny. You will run alone for most of it.

DUV results for the 2026 edition (46km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Typical conditions, October

Daytime high 14°C
Night low 6°C
Rainfall Mostly dry
Daylight 10 h 33 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for October — NASA POWER, grid elevation 101 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year Race Finishers Men's winner Women's winner
2026 46km 19 Christoph Suuck · 04:44:38 Sarah Mangler · 04:37:08
2025 46km 28 Jörg Neugebauer · 04:56:23 Jarste Nissen · 05:13:14
2025 46km 19 Artur Mally · 04:54:00 Jenny Engler · 06:17:20
2024 46km 19 Steffen Herke · 04:41:58 Sonja Heitkamp · 05:17:46
2024 46km 14 Rene Bosch · 04:44:44 Sonja Beer · 05:23:10
2023 46km 9 Lars Koppmann · 06:00:34 Liane Hennigs · 07:04:52
2022 46km 7 Wolfgang Wellensiek · 04:32:46 Francis Werthmöller · 06:47:00

The field shrank 32% between 2025 (28) and 2026 (19). 37% of the 2026 field were women.

DUV results for the 2026 edition (46km) — finishers only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

The Aid Station

Course-specific beta from the community

⛰️ terrain

This is a rolling course. Expect fast, runnable sections where rhythm is key.

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👟 gear

With trail terrain, choose a shoe with moderate cushioning for optimal performance.

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Gear for this race

Chosen for 46 km of trail with 960 m of ascent.

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Overview

The Lengericher Ultratrail, a 46 km trail race in Lengerich, Germany, has been run 7 times since 2022. Each edition features 2 loops of a 23 km course through the Teutoburger Wald and Tecklenburger Land, described as hilly with wanderwege, pfäde, Hexenstieg, and Teutoschleifen.

With 960m of elevation gain over 46 km, the course averages 20.9m of climb per kilometer. The 8-hour time limit means runners must maintain a pace faster than 10.4 minutes per kilometer, a cutoff tighter than 74% of 50k races.

The latest edition in 2026 had 19 finishers, placing it in the smallest 30% of 50k races by field size among 2648 peers. The entry fee is 18€.

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