Otterndorf, Germany · Saturday, May 2, 2026

Timed 6 hours

Otterndorfer Gezeitenlauf

Race completed
not publishedn/a Distance
2 m Climbing
not publishedn/a Grit

We hold no course length for this race — a timed or backyard event is measured by the clock, not the kilometre — so there is no Grit score to give you.

53.8116° N, 8.9021° E © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap

What the course asks

Field size ~25 Small. Long stretches with nobody in sight.

DUV results for the 2026 edition (6h) — ranked runners only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

Typical conditions, May

Daytime high 15°C
Night low 9°C
Rainfall Mostly dry
Daylight 15 h 06 m of light

Regional 2001-2020 average for May — NASA POWER, grid elevation 2 m. Not a forecast.

Results history

Year Race Finishers Men's winner Women's winner
2026 6h 25 Martin Schulz · 70.377 km Rabea Reinhold · 57.836 km
2025 6h 23 Matthias Kögel · 71.719 km Rabea Reinhold · 64.457 km
2024 6h 24 Toni Hecker · 70.773 km Agata Krafczyk-Möhring · 68.191 km
2023 6h 20 Matthias Kögel · 70.186 km Rabea Reinhold · 58.375 km
2019 6h 39 Jörn Hesse · 75.084 km Patricia Rolle · 64.967 km
2018 6h 58 Jens Steiner · 73.455 km Patricia Rolle · 67.346 km
2017 6h 44 Jörn Hesse · 77.596 km Sigrid Hoffmann · 64.442 km
2016 6h 73 Jörn Hesse · 74.571 km Jitka Oehlerkingova · 64.059 km
2015 6h 139 Adam Zahoran · 85.606 km Pamela Veith · 72.788 km
2014 6h 50 Kai-Uwe Jendretzke · 73.405 km Birgit Grewe · 61.894 km

The field grew 9% between 2025 (23) and 2026 (25). 44% of the 2026 field were women.

DUV results for the 2026 edition (6h) — ranked runners only. Starters are not published, so the field was at least this big and no finish rate can be given.

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