MUNICH 2025

The Munich Marathon is for many their first. For some their hardest. For RS, 2024 was the year we showed what it means to start together.

THE START.

Meeting point just after 8am. Orange running shirts in the starting corral — a splash of color impossible to miss. Anyone who's done the Munich Marathon knows the feeling: 10,000 runners, Oktoberfest still lingering in the air, streets closed off. But that morning, the city belonged to us for a few hours.

For some in the crew it was their first marathon. For others their third or fourth. What connects everyone: nobody ran alone.

Keiner läuft alleine. Das gilt auch bei Kilometer 35.

THE COURSE.

Munich is a fast course. Flat, well-paved, with a long straight final stretch that demands mental strength. The route runs through Schwabing, past the Englischer Garten, through Maximilianstraße — a backdrop you couldn't ask for better.

If you live in Munich, you know these streets. If you run them on marathon day, you never forget them.

KILOMETRE 30.

Somewhere between kilometer 30 and 35, it's always the same. The legs start asking questions, the mind answers. If you have someone next to you in that moment who knows the same pain — you get through it.

The RS crew pulled each other along. Not literally — but the orange shirts in the field were a point of orientation. You run for yourself, but not alone.

THE GOAL.

The Olympic Stadium. Finishing on the track, stands on both sides. That moment belongs to you alone. No matter how many times you've experienced it before.

Afterward: finisher area, looking for familiar faces, orange shirts popping up everywhere. Post-race pizza and going over the results. The standard protocol of an RS race day.

October 18, 2025